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Podcast | China’s Booming Web Novel Industry

Industry insiders and fans discuss China’s web novel craze, its origins, and the impact of AI

FICTION

A Fruitful Year | Short Story

A mother and daughter's life is transformed by the unlikely arrival of a boy, a man, and a pigeon

FICTION

Red and White | Short Story

Cheng Huizi tells a heartfelt story of the love between mother and daughter in a society that often values sons more highly

FICTION

Threads in the Cosmos | Short Story

Author Tang Fei spins a yarn about alien sheep and intergalactic ties that bind

FICTION

Elastic Girls | Short Story

A tale of Old Shanghai, fluid identities, and the unreliability of memory

POETRY

Poetry That Delivers

Wang Jibing, China’s “delivery driver poet,” talks to TWOC about getting inspired on the road and not letting online trolls get the better of him

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FICTION

Fantastic Five | Short Story

A time-bending tale of love and life from author Li Hongwei

FICTION

Flight | Short Story

In this short story from established sci-fi author Chi Hui, the human race dreams of flight against the wishes of aggressive, legalistic alien overlords

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FICTION

Spring Days Past | Short Story

In Shen Shuzhi’s depiction of waning village life, a “left-behind” child comes to terms with loneliness growing up with his grandmother

FICTION

Epidemic

As a mysterious illness ravages the population, one youngster goes on a journey in search of the terrible truth