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In the early 20th century, China tried to ban its millennia-old lunar calendar in the name of modernity—with mixed success
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Literary-minded social media posters are adapting famous works for the Covid-19 era
The Art of Saying Nothing
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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
How China Adopted Western Punctuation
The story of how Chinese punctuation evolved from the Han dynasty to today
Famous Cheating Scandals from Chinese History
China's imperial exams were a hotbed for fraud
China's Most Famous Poetic Water Town
Shaoxing has long been a magnet for China's most famous poets, writers, and now tourists
The Greatest Sayings of Lu Xun
Ten quotes from the 20th-century literary giant that tackle past—and present—Chinese society
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