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FILM

Box Office Blues: National Day Films Leave Audiences in the Dust

Despite a promising opening, this National Day holiday’s box office ends with another round of disappointing performances

BOOKS

Is China on Track for Another Nobel Prize in Literature After Mo Yan?

Canadian literary critic Dylan Levi King examines how Can Xue, who has thrived outside the Chinese literary system, has emerged as a frontrunner for this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature

BOOKS

A Modern Look into Lin Yutang’s Timeless Classic

Celebrating the 129th birthday of modern Chinese writer Lin Yutang with a reflection on “My Country and My People” and its insights into the roots of Chinese society

ARTS

Before “Black Myth,” Other Games Tapped into Chinese Culture

From almost the very beginning, video games have drawn inspiration from Chinese literature

BOOKS

Revisiting “Monkey,” Arthur Waley’s Artful Reimagining of a Chinese Classic

With the recent release of “Black Myth: Wukong,” Canadian writer and translator Dylan Levi King reflects on the popularization of a Chinese literature classic

FILM

Like a Rolling Stone: A Stirring Meditation on Womanhood and Defiance

Based on the true story of Su Min, China’s latest box office hit reflects on the quiet endurance of generations of women and questions whether leaving is the end—or just the first step toward reclaiming independence

FILM, LITERATURE

Red Alert: The Challenge of Bringing a Chinese Classic to Screen

Classic novel “Dream of the Red Chamber” has been subject to dozens of film and TV adaptations in the last century, but why is no one satisfied?

BOOKS, FEMINISM

The Feminine Critique: Women and the Absent Men in Chinese Family Life

Award-winning writer Yao Emei portrays the dark, brutally honest reality of women’s struggles in Chinese families, often due to men, in her latest short story collection, “The Unfilial”

ARTS

Green Gold: The Rise of China’s Avocado Capital

Photographer Li Wei, better known as Dameng, captures how avocado farming transformed ethnic communities in a small southwestern village

FILM

Summer Fizzle: China’s Box Office Reports Steep Decline

Movie-going fatigue strikes audiences as box office revenues decline by almost half from last year’s summer season