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Cool retro Chinese sneakers

Warriors: a classic Chinese brand as seen by a Chinese graphic designer who lives in Finland.

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20 fragments of a ravenous youth: a review

Ian Wallace reviews Guo Xiaolu’s ’20 Fragments of a Ravenous Youth’

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Willow fluff and trashy romance novels

Flying Catkin (飞絮) by Zhang Ziping (张资平) has echoes in today’s publishing landscape.

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Lupine lactose intolerant

A book review of Wolf Totem by Linda Jaivin.

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CCTV broadcasts One World without the Super Girls

CCTV vs. Super Girls; student interviews DL, who has envoys in Beijing; HK media on the torch; historical and geographic perspectives on the boycotts; book reviews; sketchy underwear ads at Xinjiekou.

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A Shanghai baby talks about old China

Graham Earnshaw republishes old books on China; China’s PR crises; child labor; green Olympics; local officials vs. central government; overseas students speak; Han in Xinjiang.

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Do women need their own Writers’ Association?

Jiang Yun (蒋韵) is president of the new Shanxi Women Writers’ Association.

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Online book reviews: word-of-mouth about good reads

Dong Ningwen (董宁文) talks to China Reading Weekly (中华读书报) about online ‘grass-roots’ book reviews on Douban and other websites.

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Upcoming China-related books

Upcoming China-related books; no Olympic scalping; torch relays in North Korea and southeast Asia; Carrefour mob attacks American volunteer teacher.

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But what type of books should we read?

GAPP, the Propaganda Department, and the Office of Spiritual Civilization remind you to read a book tomorrow.

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