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The Dark Room Problem

Award-winning sci-fi author Chen Qiufan investigates how technology manipulates our consciousness in this short story

By Chen Qiufan & Dylan Levi King   May 15, 2022
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FICTION

Restaurant of The Thousand Arms | Fiction

Short story writer Hu Yuesheng offers a modern update on the wuxia novel

By Hu Yuesheng (胡月生) & Ana Padilla Fornieles   May 12, 2022
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

By Ningyi Xi (席宁忆)   April 8, 2022
ARTS

Friend, Could You Write Up a Plan? | Poetry

A poem on future planning by Shanghai-based writer Sirongyun

By Sirongyun ‎ (丝绒陨) & Nathaniel J. Gan   March 27, 2022
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FICTION

Hi-Lee-Bon | Fiction

An old man and a mysterious snack set the scene for this cynical and humorous tale by Zheng Zaihuan

By Zheng Zaihuan (郑在欢) & Dylan Levi King   March 19, 2022
BOOKS

Balcony | Fiction

Sun Pin’s short story explores the foibles of romanticism in the modern day

By Sun Pin (孙频) & Jesse Young (杨哲思)   January 2, 2022
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MODERN HISTORY

The Butterfly Effect: Redeeming China’s Early Romance Novels

How “Mandarin Duck and Butterfly,” a romantic literary movement from early 20th century China, became forgotten in the tides of modernization

By Savannah Billman   November 3, 2021
BOOKS

Taipei Terrors | Book Review

Taiwanese ghost story “Whisper” rummages through the island’s past and present for a local spin on horror, but fails to lend luster to worn-out tropes

By Siyi Chu (褚司怡)   October 31, 2021
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BOOKS

The Raw and Unabashed Poetry of Yu Xiuhua | Book Review

Yu Xiuhua’s “Moonlight Rests on My Left Palm” is a celebration of the power of straight-talking

By Siyi Chu (褚司怡)   October 6, 2021
ARTS

Red All About It

The enduring cult appeal of an 18th-century literary classic

By Hatty Liu   September 23, 2017
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