Books

BOOKS

The Strike’s Experiment Hits the Mark

Debut experimental fiction about a Chinese factory strike evokes universal themes

March 28, 2018

BOOKS

Black, Blue, and Well Read

Literature’s 1980s golden age lives on in “Heilan”

Liu Jue (刘珏)

Jan. 7, 2018

BOOKS

Great Expectations

With US-China relations facing fresh challenges, a new book ponders if history offers clues to its future

Aug. 7, 2017

BOOKS

Strange Tales Indeed

A close look at Pu Songling’s immortal short stories

April 22, 2017

BOOKS

Tales from China’s Millennials

Alec Ash defines the nation’s 1985 to 1990 generation

April 12, 2017

BOOKS

Three Body The Third

Death’s End transforms physics into a nightmare hellscape of horror and loss. Also, there’s a love story.

Sept. 25, 2016

BOOKS

Trekking Cat Country

Everybody Shareskyism, hwala-fuszji, and the importance of wearing trousers in Lao She’s sci-fi satire

July 23, 2016

BOOKS

Decoding a Spy Savant

Inside the mind of Mai Jia’s “Decoded”

June 16, 2016

BOOKS

The First Real China-Watcher

A look at musings from Arthur Henderson Smith’s “Chinese Characteristics”

March 24, 2016

BOOKS

Three Body is Back

Dark Forest, you don’t have a Wallbreaker

Jan. 3, 2016

BOOKS

Su Tong’s Madwoman

Unsettling fictions scratch beneath a China in the not so distant past

Oct. 17, 2015

BOOKS

Shen Fu’s Floating Life

A pioneering puzzle of early 19th century Chinese literature

Aug. 31, 2015

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