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Jia Pingwa’s banned novel returns after 17 years

Feidu (废都) returns to shelves in a new, unbanned edition. Read about its troubled publishing history, previous attempts at republication, and the drive to restore its status as serious literature rather than spectacle.

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Foreign books for Chinese children

Four Chinese authors recommend children’s books.

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A “parkour” look at Beijing

A city guide to Beijing that comes in four volumes with fold-out maps and exploded diagrams.

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Declaring a separation from irrational online public opinion

Lu Jinbo draws a line distancing himself from online public opinion.

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Is this the kind of information that should be embargoed?

The Far Eastern Economic Review‘s Traveller’s Tales blog says that “For the last few days, China-hand journalists have been whispering and sending coded emails about the late Zhao Ziyang’s forthcoming memoirs”

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A manual for reporting on disasters

Tony Zixin Lee has a collection of interviews of journalists who reported on the 512 Sichuan Earthquake.

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Insatiable longings: a review of Wang Gang’s English

Josh Summers reviews the English translation of Wang Gang’s novel ‘English.’

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Writing the history of the Gang of Four

Ye Yonglie completes a massive history of the Gang of Four.

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Linda Jaivin’s A Most Immoral Woman

Based on her findings about the love affair between The Times of London correspondent George Morrison and Mae Ruth Perkins, daughter of a millonaire, the author presents picture of China at the beginning of the twentieth century when Japan and Russia were both forces closing in.

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Who’s killing off private booksellers?

Dangdang denies accusations that it and other online booksellers are squeezing out private bookstores.

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