Renowned Chinese sci-fi writer Chen Qiufan discusses his book “AI 2041,” humanity’s AI future, and how he gets published overseas
Author Tang Fei spins a yarn about alien sheep and intergalactic ties that bind
Four translators and interpreters talk about the impact new technologies like generative AI are having on their work and future career prospects
A tale of Old Shanghai, fluid identities, and the unreliability of memory
In this short story from established sci-fi author Chi Hui, the human race dreams of flight against the wishes of aggressive, legalistic alien overlo…
A fresh poetry translation from Cang Bai on the humble wheat crop
In Shen Shuzhi’s depiction of waning village life, a “left-behind” child comes to terms with loneliness growing up with his grandmother
Author Han Jinliang’s contribution to the growing body of Chinese Covid literature on pandemic restrictions and collective loss
“Maybe she had slipped through to some other dimension…Perhaps the whale had traveled the same way and died on the prairie.”
In Zhao Song’s newly translated thriller, a recluse moves into a mysterious apartment block where not everything is as it seems
Enjoy a poem on spring flowers and rains by university lecturer and writer Wang Ruiyuan
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