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Category Archives: Books
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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Tagged Chinese Writers' Association, Jin Yong, Louis Cha, Wang Xiaoyu, Zheng Jun, Zheng Yuanjie
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Is this the kind of information that should be embargoed?
The Far Eastern Economic Review‘s Traveller’s Tales blog says that “For the last few days, China-hand journalists have been whispering and sending coded emails about the late Zhao Ziyang’s forthcoming memoirs”
Posted in Books
Tagged books, Zhao Ziyang
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Insatiable longings: a review of Wang Gang’s English
Josh Summers reviews the English translation of Wang Gang’s novel ‘English.’
Writing the history of the Gang of Four
Ye Yonglie completes a massive history of the Gang of Four.
Posted in Books
Tagged biography, books, Cultural Revolution, Gang of Four, Ye Yonglie
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Sinologist heaps praise on Chinese genre writer
Wolfgang Kubin is quoted comparing Cai Jun to the best of Stephen King. A hoax?
Posted in Books
Tagged @altcat, Cai Jun, hype, literature, thrillers, Wolfgang Kubin
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Zheng Jun’s Tibetan Rock Dog
Rock star famous for song about Tibet pens a graphic novel about a Tibetan mastiff who learns to rock-out.
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Tagged comic books, dogs, Tibet, Zheng Jun
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A use for Twitter
Your correspondent has finally found a good use for Twitter: to review really bad books.
Who’s killing off private booksellers?
Dangdang denies accusations that it and other online booksellers are squeezing out private bookstores.
Posted in Books
Tagged books, bookstores, Dangdang, Jifeng, Shanghai, Xinmin Evening News
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Schools disagree on how best to cover a book
It’s the start of a new semester and the debate over book covers is in the news once again.
Posted in Books, Scholarship and education
Tagged Beijing Youth Daily, book covers, books, conservation, schools, Xiamen
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