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Literary Youths

Five classic works of Chinese children’s literature

By Hatty Liu October 5, 2020

ARTS

‘Reading makes life wonderful’

Nothing makes me happier than the smile on a child’s face whose been given the gift of books

By Kiran Gautam October 17, 2017

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Five Must-Read Works By Chinese Female Writers

These exceptional works by female Chinese authors reflect on topics from the impact of rapid urbanization on Chinese women to the trauma of sexual abuse victims

The Infancy of Children’s Literature in China

A century ago, the founding of a children’s magazine witnessed a progressive movement in how modern Chinese society wrote for—and saw—children

The British Spy Who Cracked the Secret to Chinese Tea

How a 19th-century act of “corporate espionage” changed world history

The Blast that Nearly Destroyed Beijing

The Wanggongchang Explosion continues to mystify historians almost 400 years later

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

Epidemic

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