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Beijing Bestsellers: Zhang Zhongxing’s philosophy, a taste of Yu Hua, and more Dan Brown

Posted on 2006-03-20 by Joel Martinsen

Beijing Bestsellers this week features a leak of Yu Hua’s second volume of Brothers, and several work of philosophy by the late Zhang Zhongxing.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Narnia and Lei Feng, but no Brokeback for now

Posted on 2006-03-13 by Joel Martinsen

This week’s bestselling books in Beijing. Narnia series, foreign scholarship on Mao Zedong, and Lei Feng are included. Also, a discussion of why Brokeback Mountain isn’t coming to China.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Korean teen lit, essays, and memoirs

Posted on 2005-11-15 by Joel Martinsen

Beijing’s bestselling books this week include “Outsider” by Gwiyeoni and “Random Thoughts” by Ba Jin. General non-fiction is covered, too.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Moment in Peking and other TV hits

Posted on 2005-11-05 by Joel Martinsen

The bestselling books in Beijing, China, this week include Lin Yutang’s Moment in Peking, Harry Potter, and Yu Hua’s Brothers.

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Beijing Bestsellers: No big names – only pandas

Posted on 2005-08-21 by Joel Martinsen

It’s really just an innocuous essay collection. Just a shuffle of titles on the overall bestseller list – nothing new that captures the interest of Chinese readers this week. It’s not that there’s nothing out there – major literary authors … Continue reading →

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Beijing Bestsellers: Yu Hua and kids’ adventure

Posted on 2005-08-15 by Joel Martinsen

One of the few books about real life on the list this week. The Shanghai Book Fair closed Sunday. Numbers on the book fair as reported in The Beijing News put 300,000 visitors spending more than 25 million yuan in … Continue reading →

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Beijing Bestsellers: Angels and web fiction

Posted on 2005-08-06 by Joel Martinsen

Bestsellers from The Beijing News for week of July 30, 2005.

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Beijing Bestsellers: Getting motivated

Posted on 2005-07-31 by Joel Martinsen

Evidently whole-grain bread, and not cheese, is the key to success. Harry Potter #6 is tops again this week, again in two versions. One wonders if impatient Harry Potter fans won’t keep the English edition on the list until the … Continue reading →

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Beijing Bestsellers: Harry Potter, Betty’s Kitchen, and lifestyle books

Posted on 2005-07-24 by Joel Martinsen

Betty gives lazy cooks a fake book. Is anyone surprised that Harry Potter #6 is tops this week? It takes two slots, no less, with the British and American editions coming in at #1 and #2 respectively. And the first … Continue reading →

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Beijing Bestsellers: Initial D, Jonathan Spence, and Chrysanthemum translations

Posted on 2005-07-09 by Joel Martinsen

Jay Chou and Edison Chen on the cover of the celebrated classic, Initial D. Teenage readers put two new books into the overall top ten list this week. Pictured is Initial D: The Movie Book (#4), which according to the … Continue reading →

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