The World of Chinese

This text may have the clunkiest title ever, but it does exactly what it says – which makes it great for learning Chinese

An interview with Zheng Yuanjie, the children’s writer who’s been shaping young imaginations for 30 years

Eveline Chao gives the lowdown on her highly praised slang bible, “NIUBI!” and the evolution of Chinese slang

Bi Feiyu spent years training special education teachers for the blind and wrote a book about it

In “Midnight in Peking,” French solves the murder of foreign resident Pamela Werner in a city on the brink of Japanese invasion

Read the full version of a short story by Sheng Keyi, one of China’s most acclaimed young authors.

Look out, Superman! Chinese comics from their earliest days – 5000 years ago – influenced comics worldwide.

Sanmao creator Zhang Leping didn’t know he was creating a cartoon that would be a cultural icon for more than half a century

The epic story, “The Romance of the Three Kingdoms,” may be 700 years old, but China’s still obsessed

Could Chinese writers see into the future?