POETRY
Another Kind of Wheat | Poetry
A fresh poetry translation from Cang Bai on the humble wheat crop
Chinese Writers
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
Liberation Day | Short Story
Author Han Jinliang’s contribution to the growing body of Chinese Covid literature on pandemic restrictions and collective loss
FICTION
Prairie Whale | Short Story
“Maybe she had slipped through to some other dimension…Perhaps the whale had traveled the same way and died on the prairie.”
BOOKS
Can China’s Detective Novels Finally Make Crime Pay?
China’s long quest to produce a great crime novel
FICTION
Neighbor | Short Story
In Zhao Song’s newly translated thriller, a recluse moves into a mysterious apartment block where not everything is as it seems
ARTS
Rustbelt Renaissance: China’s Post-Industrial Northeast Rises Again in Film
Why is China’s Northeast such a fertile setting for film, music, and literature?
POETRY
Crabapple Blossoms | Poetry
Enjoy a poem on spring flowers and rains by university lecturer and writer Wang Ruiyuan
FICTION
Martial Tea | Short Story
Hu Yuesheng’s newly translated short story harks back to “wuxia” tales of old
BOOKS
The Rouge Street Blues: A New Translation Breathes Life into China’s Rustbelt
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…
