Tag Archives: translations

Model Workers 2012

Today we present the Danwei Model Worker Awards 2012, a list of the best specialist websites, blogs and online sources of information about China. The first Danwei Model Worker list came out in 2005. You can find links to all … Continue reading

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Woman From Shanghai and the marketing of Chinese literature in translation

The cover to the English translation of Yang Xianhui’s collection of stories from a rightist camp shows an attractive, traditional woman in a qipao. Berlin Fang looks at what books about China are published in the US and how they are marketed.

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Doing our best to choose articles and reports based on facts: Yeeyan and translation

Jiamin is the founder of Yeeyan. Danwei interviews him below about work with The Guardian, publishing books and the facts of translation.

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A spoof translation about knock-off culture

Even Osnos tracks down the shanzhai Steven Zuckerberg.

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