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Starside Economy
A street stall seller finds himself at the center of an interplanetary business deal in Wang Nuonuo’s sci-fi short story
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The Beasts Within
Yan Ge’s zoological thriller blurs the boundary between savagery and civilization
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Fiction: District Champ
Writer Ban Yu explores a clash of values in a northeastern factory town
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Fiction: The Empty Room
The distance in an intimate relationship—a short story from our issue “High Steaks”
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The People’s Price
Zhou Meisen’s popular novel tackles corruption and scandal at the heart of Chinese politics
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Fiction: The Trial
A novelist discovers the power of words over life and death—from our issue “Contagion”
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Poet’s Peak
How verses by an obscure Tang hermit inspired an American countercultural movement
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Monumental Memory
Yan Lianke’s memoir is a vivid meditation on life, death, and dignity in rural China
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