BOOKS

Over Drawn: ​The Dilemmas Facing China’s Booming Online Comics

China’s wildly popular online comics struggle to reproduce the magic of the 1990s

BOOKS

Myth and Mechas: “Iron Widow” Sees Historical Figures Piloting Robots | Book Review

Wu Zetian defeats giant robot (and the patriarchy) in new novel

BOOKS

Flight of Fantasy

Fantasy series’ last-minute disappearance was the latest high-profile “postponement” in Chinese entertainment

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FICTION

Lighthouse | Fiction

Author An Wei explores the nature of reality and the self, and whether one has a choice to accept either

FICTION

The Floating Temple

A tale of spiritual trial and a longing for the tangible

ARTS

Wildest Fantasy

Is this the end of Chinese fantasy fiction or a reluctant new beginning?

BOOKS

Strange Tales Indeed

A close look at Pu Songling’s immortal short stories