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Han Han the novelist versus Fang Zhouzi the fraud-buster

It’s been an exciting two weeks on China’s microblog scene. Megablogger, rally racer, and novelist Han Han has been defending himself against science writer Fang Zhouzi’s charges that he didn’t write some of his most famous work. Han Han (韩寒) … Continue reading

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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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Declaring a separation from irrational online public opinion

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

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Snags in China’s new ISBN distribution system

Guangdong Province didn’t get its new system up in time for GAPP’s change to a per-book licensing model, so publishers were stymied.

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Media reform in China by the end of 2010, says GAPP

China Youth Daily: China’s government is determined to unstrap the state media from the government branches they have been affiliated with.

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The death of a foreign-run website in China

Nick Young, an Englishman who used to publish the China Development Brief, faces a Faustian bargain: Then came the offer. Song said he could provide funds to expand our publishing and make it “famous” while helping the world to understand … Continue reading

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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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Publishing and pulping the ancient classics

Tons of classic Chinese novels are pulped every year.

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Two decades of profitable Chinese book agents

An Min (安民) writes in Southern Weekly (南方周末) about Chinese book agents (书商) and Xue Mili (雪米莉).

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Author vs. publisher: circulation numbers and royalties

Do anti-counterfeit emblems work as a means of keeping publishers honest? Also, more bluster from Wang Shuo about his record-breaking advance.

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