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The Revenge Rocks | Fiction
Yang Ping's sci-fi story explores the darker side of humanity's space ambitions
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Burst Your Bubble With Taiwan's Queer Sci-Fi Classic
A review of the new English translation of the Chi Ta-Wei's "The Membranes," an eerily relevant imagining of the future
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The Night is for Lovers | Fiction
Three translated short stories from Yuan Zi, a pioneer of "Beijing drifter scar literature"
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Songs from the Past | Book Review
Jia Pingwa’s latest translated novel tells an alternative history of China through the music of mourning
BOOKS
Distant Pastures
Li Juan’s memoirs of pastoral life give glimpses into disappearing livelihoods in the Altai Mountains
FICTION
Chilling Tales from Youyang, Part 3
Three more spooky stories from a ninth-century book of tales
BOOKS
Poet’s Peak
How verses by an obscure Tang hermit inspired an American countercultural movement
BOOKS
Desert Echo
The late writer Sanmao’s memoir ‘Stories of the Sahara’ is a humanistic whirlwind through a harsh and poignant landscape
FICTION
Lighthouse | Short Story
Author An Wei explores the nature of reality and the self, and whether one has a choice to accept either
BOOKS
Mai Jia’s ‘Message’ to Frankfurt
Chinese spy thriller author Mai Jia will discuss the English translation of his bestselling novel, The Message
FICTION
I Love Spider-Man | Short Story
Chinese author Yi Bei explores roommate relations in a crowded Beijing apartment
FICTION
The Pigeon and the Bum | Short Story
A city’s renewal upends several human and animal lives—a tale from Chinese author Jiang Zijian
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