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Seeing Ghosts | Book Review
How the memoirs of a Chinese American author, haunted by her parents, can help us relate to our own families
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The Raw and Unabashed Poetry of Yu Xiuhua | Book Review
Yu Xiuhua’s “Moonlight Rests on My Left Palm” is a celebration of the power of straight-talking
FILM
Fan Jian’s “After the Rain” | Film Review
Fan explores the enduring trauma for parents who lost children in the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake, and their attempts to rebuild their families
FILM
Zhou Hao Goes “All In” on the Nature of Documentaries | Film Review
A director explores the exploitative nature of documentary filmmaking in his latest work about childhood trauma
ARTS
What’s Next for China’s Once-Thriving Artist Communes?
Contemporary art battles to find a place to grow in the face of regulations and rising property prices
BOOKS
The Revenge Rocks | Fiction
Yang Ping's sci-fi story explores the darker side of humanity's space ambitions
MUSIC
Hebe Tien’s “Time Will Tell” Rejuvenates a Pop Legend
One of China’s most influential pop singers comes of age with her first solo album since she stopped recording with girl group S.H.E.
MUSIC
JIHU Bridges East and West with Contemporary R&B
Rising singer-songwriter fuses Yi language, Han lyricism, and sounds of nature in new single
ARTS
Wang Tuo’s Savage Country
Artist Wang Tuo offers macabre meditations on China's past and present
BOOKS
Burst Your Bubble With Taiwan's Queer Sci-Fi Classic
A review of the new English translation of the Chi Ta-Wei's "The Membranes," an eerily relevant imagining of the future
FILM
What Does ‘Upcoming Summer’ Say about Youth and Love?
A “controversial” teen summer movie tackles coming-of-age and (possible) LGBT themes
FILM
The Light Inside
Director Khashem Gyal on film as a religion and how real culture is “inner” culture
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