Category Archives: Books

Murdoch’s China story — spiked book review

A review of a new book about Rupert Murdoch’s adventures in China.

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Should authors get mixed up in politics?

Chang Ping (长平) writes about Zhang Ping (张平), a famous author who is vice-governor of Shanxi. And Wolfgang Kubin (顾彬) comments on Chinese lit.

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The top Chinese books in 2007

China Reading Journal (中华读书报), Yazhou Zhoukan (亚洲周刊), and City Pictorial (城市画报) choose mainland China’s top books for 2007.

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Free residential workshop for literary translators

This March, British Book publishing giant Penguin is offering a free residential workshop to early- and mid-career literary translators who work in both English and Chinese. From their press release: Workshop sessions will be led by renowned sinologists and translators … Continue reading →

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A tragic peasant rebellion, abridged for today’s readers

One-third of the text is cut out of an updated edition of ‘Li Zicheng’ (李自成) by Yao Xueyin (姚雪垠), because today’s readers don’t need the didacticism, errors, and ideology of the original.

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China book roundup of 2007

2007 has seen a mixed bag of books published about China in English: there has not been the range of strong, big books that were published in 2006, but this year has seen a few gems. It is worth noting … Continue reading →

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Marketing translated literature: Spanish edition

Mo Yan (莫言,) Rosa Montero, Cristina Cubas, and Hipolito Navarro speak on a Cervantes Institute panel about Spanish literature.

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My first book of Chinese prayers

Boji Tianjuan (博集天卷) announces publication of My First Prayers Book (我的第一本祈祷书).

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Fiction rankings from Dangdai magazine

Dangdai magazine (当代) for December, 2007, has a list of the past six months’ best-sellers, and a selection of editors’ picks.

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Learning from the lives of ants

The book Ant (蚁呓) by Zhou Zongwei (周宗伟), designed by Zhu Yingchun (朱赢椿). Life of Ants (蚁生, aka Life of Antz) by Wang Jinkang (王晋康).

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