Asian-Australian author Shelley Parker-Chan’s “She Who Became the Sun” may not be historically accurate, but that’s not the main reason to read it
China’s long quest to produce a great crime novel
From encyclopedia to political pamphlet to standard classroom reading: 70 years in the history of China’s bestselling dictionary
Meet the new wave of scholars and translators making the untranslatable relatable
A translation of Shuang Xuetao, one of China’s brightest millennial writers, finally brings one of the country’s new generation of authors to English…
A new science fiction and fantasy anthology shows the best of China’s growing canon of female and non-binary authors
A new book by historian Yajun Mo reveals the through-lines linking Chinese travelers, past and present
The “Lin Lan Fairy Tales” was a huge project, collecting folklore for children from all across China. So why has no-one heard of it?
Chinese science fiction is finally being translated into English beyond Liu Cixin’s famous Three-Body Problem
Shangyang Fang’s acclaimed debut poetry collection meditates on desire and despair with quotes from Tang poets and techniques from Western classical …
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