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Woman From Shanghai and the marketing of Chinese literature in translation

The cover to the English translation of Yang Xianhui’s collection of stories from a rightist camp shows an attractive, traditional woman in a qipao. Berlin Fang looks at what books about China are published in the US and how they are marketed.

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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.

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