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Tag Archives: books
The Devil pays a nighttime visit to Mr. Qian Zhongshu
Scholar Christopher G. Rea is the editor of a new book of translations of Humans, Beasts, and Ghosts: Stories and Essays by Qian Zhongshu. In an article on The China Beat, Rea says Qian “might be called the best Chinese writer you’ve … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Books and Art
Tagged books, Christopher G. Rea, Danwei.com, Demons, Devils, literature, Qian Zhongshu
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Liu Jing and his comic book history of China
Liu Jing (刘京) is a Beijing-born entrepreneur, designer and cartoonist. He recently published Understanding China Through Comics, a book for iPad and Kindle about Chinese history. Below is a brief Q&A with Liu, followed by an excerpt from his new book. … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Books and Art
Tagged books, comics, Danwei.com, history, Liu Jing
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Copyright Society to reprint out-of-print texts
A plan to reprint orphaned works draws criticism from publishers.
Posted in Books, Intellectual Property
Tagged books, China Written Works Copyright Society, copyright, reprints, Shi Hongjun, Zhang Hongbo
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Those damned book thieves
Winter, the season for book theft at All Sages Books.
Posted in Books
Tagged All Sages, books, shoplifting, theft
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Harvest Season: Q&A with novelist Chris Taylor
Chris Taylor is the author of Harvest Season, his debut novel set in southwestern China and published earlier this year by Earnshaw Books. He recently answered Danwei’s questions about how he came to write his first work of fiction.
Posted in China Books
Tagged books, Chris Taylor, fiction, Harvest Season, novels, Yunnan
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Translating for the masses
Sun Zhongxu explains literary translation; Zhao Guohua talks about two decades of film translation; and genre translator Yu Shi describes her work schedule.
Posted in Books, Translation
Tagged books, Dan Brown, film, Stephen King, Sun Zhongxu, translation, Yu Shi, Zhao Guohua
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Self-censoring the used book market
Kongfz, an online marketplace for used books, releases new rules designed to eliminate content from sellers that could get it into trouble with the authorities. The problem: it doesn’t spell out what content is problematic.
Posted in Books, Media regulation
Tagged banned books, books, Kongfz
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Jeroen de Kloet’s China with a Cut
Jeroen de Kloet is the author of China with a Cut, which looks into the dakou culture and then the ensuing commercialism of China’s music market.
Posted in China Books
Tagged Amsterdam University Press, books, Dakou culture, Jean de Kloet
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Travels with Herodotus in Chinese
An interview with Wu Lan, Chinese translator of Polish writer Ryszard Kapuściński’s book Travels with Herodotus. Shot and edited by Eric Mu, at the Hall of Brief Snow in Beihai Park.
Posted in Books, Featured Video
Tagged books, Kapuściński, Travels with Herodotus, Wu Lan
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Jean Kwok’s Girl In Translation
Jean Kwok writes about the Asian American emigration experience. Her website describes the plot of Girl In Translation thus: “When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate from Hong Kong to Brooklyn squalor, she quickly begins a secret double life: exceptional schoolgirl during the day, Chinatown sweatshop worker in the evenings.” For more, see Jeankwok.net.
Posted in China Books
Tagged Asian American living, books, emigration, Jean Kwok, Penguin
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