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Pacific Asia Museum reopens; a new Bechdel Test; composer Alex Heffes
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Episode 17594
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Pacific Asia Museum reopens; a new Bechdel Test; composer Alex Heffes

The Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena reopens with a show that examines how Mexican artists influenced their Chinese counterparts; researchers from FiveThirtyEight have new ways to examine the representation of women in movies; Alex Heffes scored a day in the life of the planet for a BBC documentary.
Christina Yu Yu, director of its USC Pacific Asia Museum, left, along with members of the media look at a cobalt-oxide porcelain charger and vase from the early Ming dynasty during a media tour of the newly renovated USC Pacific Asia Museum, December 6, 2017. (Photo/Gus Ruelas)
Christina Yu Yu, director of its USC Pacific Asia Museum, left, along with members of the media look at a cobalt-oxide porcelain charger and vase from the early Ming dynasty during a media tour of the newly renovated USC Pacific Asia Museum, December 6, 2017. (Photo/Gus Ruelas)
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The Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena reopens with a show that examines how Mexican artists influenced their Chinese counterparts; researchers from FiveThirtyEight have new ways to examine the representation of women in movies; Alex Heffes scored a day in the life of the planet for a BBC documentary.

How artists from Mexico influenced a closed-off China
Listen • 10:31
“Winds from Fusang: Mexico and China in the 20th Century” is the first show in the re-opened USC Pacific Asia Museum.
Is it time for a new Bechdel Test?
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Data journalists at the FiveThirtyEight website developed new ways to measure gender equality in the film business that go beyond the original standards.