
How Netizens Adapt Classic Literature to the Covid Age
Literary-minded social media posters are adapting famous works for the Covid-19 era

The Art of Saying Nothing
Chinese netizens have become experts at “feihua wenxue”: using superfluous language to get out of any awkward situation
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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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