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Choice Chengyu: Eating Words

Idioms and phrases for everyday sustenance

By Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧) October 16, 2019

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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-language readers

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

Three Famous Practical Jokes from Chinese History

China may not have invented April Fools’ Day, but Chinese history is littered with practical jokes

Romance and Rebellion in Republican China

How picture newspapers in the early 20th century reflected changing views on freedom and love

The Dark Room Problem

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

Restaurant of The Thousand Arms | Fiction

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

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