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Category Archives: Books
Willow fluff and trashy romance novels
Flying Catkin (飞絮) by Zhang Ziping (张资平) has echoes in today’s publishing landscape.
Posted in Books, Publishing
Tagged @classic, books, plagiarism, pollen, spring, Zhang Ziping
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Baobao and the people
Wenjiabao, man of the people, on his late night reading habits.
Sexy Beijing: Dreaming of Inspector Chen
Sufei talks to Qiu Xiaolong, author of English-language mystery novels set in Shanghai and featuring inspector Chen Cao.
Posted in Books, Featured Video, Video
Tagged mysteries, Qiu Xiaolong, Sexy Beijing
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Online book reviews: word-of-mouth about good reads
Dong Ningwen (董宁文) talks to China Reading Weekly (中华读书报) about online ‘grass-roots’ book reviews on Douban and other websites.
Posted in Books
Tagged book reviews, books, China Reading Weekly, Dong Ningwen, Douban, Paper Republic
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“Jia Baoyu! You are the real murderer!”
Murder in the Red Mansions (紅楼夢の殺人) by Ashibe Taku’s (芦辺拓) gets blasted for distorting traditional Chinese culture. Also, lots of other distortions of the Red Mansions.
Posted in Books
Tagged books, egao, Red Mansions, traditional culture
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Customs protects Fujian author from his own work
Chen Xiwo (陈希我) gets the Taiwan edition of his novella collection Book of Offenses (冒犯书) seized by customs in Fujian.
The truth about Tibet, now in book form
Lies and the Truth (谎言与真相) is published by SDX Joint Publishing Company.
Posted in Books
Tagged books, China Press and Publishing Journal, China Publishing Group, GAPP, Joint Publishing Company, Sanlian, Tibet
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The myth of going inland shattered
A review of ‘The China Price’ by Alexandra Harney
Posted in Books
Tagged Access Asia, Alexandra Harney, books, business, economy
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Adventures in teen angst book covers
Some book covers after Sharon (饶雪漫).
High taxes are the enemy of good literature
Er Yue He (二月河), aka Ling Jiefang (凌解放), calls for the government to exempt writers from the income tax.
Posted in Books
Tagged books, Chinese Writers' Association, Er Yue He, GAPP, Mao Dun Prize, NPC, taxes, The Beijing News, Yu Hua
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