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Ep. 34: China’s Disappearing Countryside, with Colin Flahive

Over the last quarter century, the countryside of southwest China has been transformed. The author of two memoirs reflects on what is lost, and what...

Hong Kong’s Past, Present and Future

Six years after Hong Kong's National Security Law went into effect, we convened a panel of authors to discuss what has changed since.

Can China Actually Go Green?

China’s environmental strides came out of the clash between grassroots activists and the state, argues a new book by a Chinese journalist. But now that...

Stranger Than Life

We recommend five Chinese-language books that draw on real-life experiences, from an LGBTQ short story collection to a reality-TV inspired novel.

The Perfect Dictatorship?

A new book argues that “smart authoritarianism” enabled China's economic growth while keeping draconian control over its society. But is it really possible for the...

Awards Ceremony for the 2026 Winners

Journalist Barbara Demick and translator Michael Berry talk about their winning books "Daughters of the Bamboo Grove" and "The Running Flame," at our prize ceremony.

China and the Mediterranean

The Middle Kingdom and the Middle Sea have had contact for millennia. Two books explore how China has viewed the Mediterranean, and the state of...

Frank Dikötter on the Rise of the Party

The historian talks about the early days of the Chinese Communist Party, and how they prevailed in 1949, in a China Books Review book talk...

Tiananmen in Fiction

After 37 years, the Tiananmen Square protests and crackdown of 1989 have been preserved in novels as much as in memory. But does the Anglophone...

Ep. 33: Murder in Hong Kong with Simon Elegant

The Hong Kong-born novelist and journalist talks us through his new novel "City on Fire," a whodunnit thriller set against the 2019 protests.

China’s Workers’ Literature Revival

Once a socialist genre beloved of Mao, laborers’ or “battler” literature has seen a revival in the era of the gig economy. Two new books...

Xu Zhiyuan on Chinese Intellectuals

A journalist, author, bookstore owner and vlogger talks about the legacy of Liang Qichao, the changing nature of China’s intellectual scene, and whether studying history...

China Books Review

Ep. 34: China’s Disappearing Countryside, with Colin Flahive

Hong Kong’s Past, Present and Future

Can China Actually Go Green?

Stranger Than Life

The Perfect Dictatorship?

Awards Ceremony for the 2026 Winners

China and the Mediterranean

Frank Dikötter on the Rise of the Party

Tiananmen in Fiction

Ep. 33: Murder in Hong Kong with Simon Elegant

China’s Workers’ Literature Revival

Xu Zhiyuan on Chinese Intellectuals

20 Nov, 6:30-8pm; Asia Society, NYC

Jung Chang: My Life After China

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