BOOKS
Booklist: An American Bum in China
Matthew Evans’s misguided travels are rife with schadenfreude
BOOKS
Booklist: The Debt Collector
Zhejiang writer Wang Shou tackles confused morality and socioeconomic divides in this new Penguin novella
BOOKS
Genius Loci
Lin Yutang’s biography of Su Dongpo presents a supernaturally complex portrait of the poet
ARTS
Out of the Wild
“Society Guidance” curator Bian Ka sits down with TWOC to discuss art in the 1990s
BOOKS
Booklist: The Transpacific Experiment
Matt Sheehan raises more questions than answers for “how China and California compete for our future”
DESIGN
Gallery: Undersong
Artists Chen Haiyan and Tao Aimin in a cross-media conversation on the secret histories of women
ARTS
China Brick by Brick
Lego-certified builder Andy Hung discusses his new show in Beijing and his passion for the brick
FILM
Memory Lanes
The Dashilar Short Film Festival presents a changing neighborhood through the eyes of youth
