Category Archives: Books

The angry professor writes a book

Posted on 2007-07-25 by Joel Martinsen

Zhang Jiehai (张结海) has a book out – I Am Angry (我愤怒) – about the China Bounder affair.

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Haruki Murakami in Chinese

Posted on 2007-07-09 by Joel Martinsen

Lin Shaohua (林少华) talks about how his translations of the works of Haruki Murakami (村上春树) are received in China.

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Sanmao goes overseas

Posted on 2007-07-03 by Joel Martinsen

Zhang Rongrong (张融融) writes about her father Zhang Leping (张乐平) and his creation Sanmao (三毛).

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Maps, Territory, and Place Names in China

Posted on 2007-07-01 by Joel Martinsen

A discussion of a new scheme for China’s administrative divisions (中国地图), street names in the Cultural Revοlution, and territorial integrity.

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China’s unfavorable copyright imbalance

Posted on 2007-06-27 by maya

GAPP just released a report on the state of China’s publishing industries in 2006. The report concluded that, while China’s copyright-related trade has made strides, the “unfavorable copyright trade imbalance” hasn’t fundamentally reversed. In support of this conclusion, the report … Continue reading →

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Xinhua Bookstore’s competitors are both online and in-house

Posted on 2007-06-26 by Joel Martinsen

Xinhua Bookstores (新华书店) faces competition from private sellers as well as structural contradictions.

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Some like them uncut

Posted on 2007-06-22 by Joel Martinsen

Hu Tong (胡同) of Booyee Bookshop (布衣书局) writes about the popularity of uncut editions.

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Lu Jinbo: Marketing the Wang Shuo brand

Posted on 2007-06-21 by Joel Martinsen

Larry Lu Jinbo (路金波) talks about how he markets books by Wang Shuo (王朔), Han Han (韩寒), and Annie Baobei (安妮宝贝).

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Copyright protection for online content

Posted on 2007-06-18 by maya

Beijing Business Today recently reported on China’s accession and ratification of two U.N. Internet-related treaties, the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty. Together, the two treaties require signatory countries to provide copyright protection for computer programs, … Continue reading →

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Trend-spotting in online fiction

Posted on 2007-06-05 by Joel Martinsen

An interview with Daniel Dan Fei (丹飞), publisher of Notes on Graverobbing (盗墓笔记), Rear Palace (后宫), and Those Ming Dynasty Things (明朝那些事).

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