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A fantasy novel in a serious literary magazine: Guo Jingming in Harvest

Guo Jingming has a new fantasy novel published in a supplement to Harvest magazine. Critics go nuts.

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Dealing with cultural garbage

GAPP vice-director Liu Binjie (柳斌杰) calls for a fight against cultural trash. Netizens ask what that is – should we resist ‘Outlaws of the Marsh’ (水浒传)?

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Confucians vs. Christmas

Ten PhD’s from major Chinese universities author a document calling for rejection of Christmas and return to native Chinese belief.

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Things you don’t need to know about Chinese culture

Does everyone need to know who Yang Zhenning is? Southern Weekly commentator Song Zhijian thinks not.

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Clueless academic takes on popular fantasy novels

Culture Wars: author Xiao Ding (萧鼎) takes on stuffed shirt Tao Dongfeng (陶东风) over fantasy literature.

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