Tag Archives: Zheng Yuanjie

The highest-paid authors in China, 2009 edition

Changjiang Times and Wu Huaiyao find that Zheng Yuanjie passed Guo Jingming to become China’s highest-earning author.

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Jin Yong joins the Chinese Writers’ Association

Other writers quit in protest. Zheng Jun explains why it’s pointless to get all het up about it. Wang Xiaoyu calles Jin Yong a “post-80s” writer.

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John Rabe in Nanjing’s city of life and death

Blogger reviews of City of Life and Death and John Rabe.

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Rich authors complain about rankings

After the disclosure of the richest authors in China, Zheng Yuanjie (郑渊洁) complains about publishers hiding true print numbers.

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Chinese authors ranked by income, sort of

Chinese authors are ranked according to total sales multiplied by cover prices. Yu Qiuyu is on top with 14 million yuan in royalties.

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