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The top Chinese books in 2007

China Reading Journal (中华读书报), Yazhou Zhoukan (亚洲周刊), and City Pictorial (城市画报) choose mainland China’s top books for 2007.

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Free residential workshop for literary translators

This March, British Book publishing giant Penguin is offering a free residential workshop to early- and mid-career literary translators who work in both English and Chinese. From their press release: Workshop sessions will be led by renowned sinologists and translators … Continue reading →

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Kim Jong Il – the Great Media Man

A propaganda video about Kim Il Song, media man.

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Danwei Picks: 2007-12-19

Problems for local environmental bureaus, Danone breaks with Mengniu, book prices rise, and a blogger personally experiences a four hour variety show extravaganza.

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Danwei Picks: 2007-12-3

Raymond Zhou on cross-cultural art, United Hemispheres on Chinese lit trends, and a bird flu case in Jiangsu.

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Danwei Picks: 2007-12-2

Douban’s top ten reading list, Beijing Newspeak on Xinhua’s reporting on the fishing accident, and Zhuang-language propaganda posters.

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Super-agent Toby Eady on the importance of agents for Chinese authors

Guest contributor Toby Eady is a London-based literary agent who represented Jung Chang (Wild Swans) and Xinran Xue (The Good Women of China). Chinese Authors – beware when fools rush in I have a Chinese author whose work I and … Continue reading →

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Horror novelist puts down his pen for the sake of the environment

Horror novelist Zhou Dedong (周德东) goes exclusively online.

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Publishing and pulping the ancient classics

Tons of classic Chinese novels are pulped every year.

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Women writers in 1940s Shanghai who were not Eileen Chang

Xiaojie Ji (小组集), an anthology of literature by women in 1940s Shanghai. Chen Zishan (陈子善) writes the foreword.

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