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China’s long quest to produce a great crime novel
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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
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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…
FICTION
The Dark Room Problem | Short Story
Award-winning sci-fi author Chen Qiufan investigates how technology manipulates our consciousness in this short story
FICTION
Restaurant of The Thousand Arms | Short Story
Short story writer Hu Yuesheng offers a modern update on the wuxia novel
BOOKS
Turning the Page on a Male-Centric Sci-Fi World
A new science fiction and fantasy anthology shows the best of China’s growing canon of female and non-binary authors
POETRY
Friend, Could You Write Up a Plan? | Poetry
A poem on future planning by Shanghai-based writer Sirongyun
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