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Category Archives: Books
Copyright Society to reprint out-of-print texts
A plan to reprint orphaned works draws criticism from publishers.
Posted in Books, Intellectual Property
Tagged books, China Written Works Copyright Society, copyright, reprints, Shi Hongjun, Zhang Hongbo
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Those damned book thieves
Winter, the season for book theft at All Sages Books.
Posted in Books
Tagged All Sages, books, shoplifting, theft
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Dissidents and their activities
“其人其事” for various exiles and dissidents.
Posted in Books
Tagged @nogfw, dissidents, Gao Xingjian, Liu Xiaobo
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This month in Chinese science fiction
Lu Yang dies, Li Chang is finally dismissed from his positions at Science Fiction World, and SF authors participate in a trendy design and art festival.
Posted in Books
Tagged Get it Louder, Lu Yang, science fiction, SF
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Translating for the masses
Sun Zhongxu explains literary translation; Zhao Guohua talks about two decades of film translation; and genre translator Yu Shi describes her work schedule.
Posted in Books, Translation
Tagged books, Dan Brown, film, Stephen King, Sun Zhongxu, translation, Yu Shi, Zhao Guohua
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Self-censoring the used book market
Kongfz, an online marketplace for used books, releases new rules designed to eliminate content from sellers that could get it into trouble with the authorities. The problem: it doesn’t spell out what content is problematic.
Posted in Books, Media regulation
Tagged banned books, books, Kongfz
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The Language Adventures of René in China
A new Chinese learning book by Peter Micic.
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2013: The Fat Years — Interview with Chan Koonchung
A brief interview with Chan Koonchung (aka John Chan or Chen Guanzhong 陈冠中), author of the near future dystopian novel 2013, The Fat Years (盛世:中国2013年). Also on Tudou. See also earlier Danwei Q&A with Chan.
Posted in Books, Featured Video
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This month in Chinese SF
Latest developments in Chinese SF for June 2010.
Travels with Herodotus in Chinese
An interview with Wu Lan, Chinese translator of Polish writer Ryszard Kapuściński’s book Travels with Herodotus. Shot and edited by Eric Mu, at the Hall of Brief Snow in Beihai Park.
Posted in Books, Featured Video
Tagged books, Kapuściński, Travels with Herodotus, Wu Lan
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