Reginald Johnston: Twilight in the Forbidden City
A Scotsman’s memoir of tutoring Puyi, China’s “last emperor,” is more than just court gossip — it’s a tantalizing portrait of China’s imperial trappings.
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Found in Translation
An award-winning novel set in Japanese-ruled Taiwan explores the relationship between colonizer and subaltern, translator and translated — and how some distances can’t be closed.
Books to Better Understand Taiwan
Five recent titles show there is more to the island than just politics, from historical profiles to a cookbook that sets Taiwanese and Chinese cuisine...
What If Hu Yaobang Had Lived?
The former Chinese Communist Party leader’s ousting and death led to the Tiananmen protests, but his life reveals a deeper push and pull between reformist...
Ep. 17: Lau Yee-Wa on Hong Kong Fiction
We talked to the author of "Tongueless" about how Cantonese is disappearing from Hong Kong schools, and what literature can do to raise awareness.
The Thrilling Truth
A new thriller set in 1930s Shanghai includes just enough historical detail to be believable. But is history at risk of being overtaken by fiction?
Eva Dou on Huawei and Chinese Tech
Eva Dou discusses her new history of Huawei, the Chinese telecommunications giant at the center of the U.S.-China tech wars, and the future of Chinese...
The Curse of the “Good Premier”
Zhou Enlai, Mao Zedong’s second-in-command, has been lionized as a moderating force who held back Mao’s excesses. But does he deserve that reputation, when he...
Graham Peck: Two Kinds of Time
An American writer’s memoir of World War II China remains a timely diagnosis of the pathologies of U.S. foreign policy in the wake of the...
Huawei Goes to Iraq
How the Chinese telecom giant built a global business by chasing contracts in the Middle East — and attracted U.S. regulation in the process.
What China Read in 2024
Five books published in China last year, from fiction to memoir, reveal a nation still reeling from the pandemic, and finding a new literary voice...
Announcing the Baifang Schell Book Prize
A new annual award to celebrate outstanding books on or from China and the Sinophone world, with shortlists and winners to follow in both nonfiction...