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Liu Yichang's "Tête-bêche" takes the narrative as its subject, inspired by tête-bêche postage stamps, which are printed with one stamp inverted relative to the other. This stream-of-consciousness technique is used to describe strangers passing each other on the street, thus creating different strong contrasting narrative strategies. The interaction between Ah Xing and Chunyu Bai is precisely a microcosm of societal tête-bêche.