Tag Archives: Beijing Bestsellers

Beijing Bestsellers: Nutrition, history, and a codeless Dan Brown

Posted on 2006-06-20 by Joel Martinsen

Overall bestsellers for June 2-8 and June 9-15, 2006.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Celebrity authors, fantasy, and Wang Meng’s father

Posted on 2006-06-03 by Joel Martinsen

Overall bestsellers for April 28 – May 11, May 19-25, and May 26-June 1, 2006.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Marx makes a comeback

Posted on 2006-05-04 by Joel Martinsen

Overall bestsellers for April 14-20 and 21-27, 2006.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Bloggers’ books and an inflated translation

Posted on 2006-04-17 by Joel Martinsen

Overall bestsellers for 06.03.31-06.04.6 and 06.04.07-03.04.13. Also commentary on bloggers writing books.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Brothers, CCTV 10, and expensive books

Posted on 2006-04-06 by Joel Martinsen

Overall bestsellers for 06.03.24-06.03.30.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Duku, bookstore rankings, and even more about Lei Feng

Posted on 2006-04-01 by Joel Martinsen

Overall bestsellers and general non-fiction for 06.03.17-06.03.23, with special attention paid to a new essay collection, sales ranks from various Beijing bookstores, and a chart of Lei Feng propaganda.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Zhang Zhongxing’s philosophy, a taste of Yu Hua, and more Dan Brown

Posted on 2006-03-20 by Joel Martinsen

Beijing Bestsellers this week features a leak of Yu Hua’s second volume of Brothers, and several work of philosophy by the late Zhang Zhongxing.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Narnia and Lei Feng, but no Brokeback for now

Posted on 2006-03-13 by Joel Martinsen

This week’s bestselling books in Beijing. Narnia series, foreign scholarship on Mao Zedong, and Lei Feng are included. Also, a discussion of why Brokeback Mountain isn’t coming to China.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Korean teen lit, essays, and memoirs

Posted on 2005-11-15 by Joel Martinsen

Beijing’s bestselling books this week include “Outsider” by Gwiyeoni and “Random Thoughts” by Ba Jin. General non-fiction is covered, too.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Moment in Peking and other TV hits

Posted on 2005-11-05 by Joel Martinsen

The bestselling books in Beijing, China, this week include Lin Yutang’s Moment in Peking, Harry Potter, and Yu Hua’s Brothers.

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