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The Rise of Amateur Writing

After a plagiarism scandal upended China’s literati, a spate of bestselling books published by amateur writers has changed what Chinese readers consider as literature.

Who Will Be the Next Dalai Lama?

The Dalai Lama, who just turned 90, writes in his memoir that he will reincarnate in the “free world.” But will his political, religious and...

Jane Gardam: The Old Filth Trilogy

A clever skewering of British colonials in pre-handover Hong Kong became a best-seller for its portrait of imperial ruin and class jockeying.

Liang Qichao: Reformer or Revolutionary?

The legacy of the late Qing era intellectual, once exiled in Japan, is overlooked in the West. A new collection of his essays shows a...

Books for High Temperatures

Five recent books on China cover a range of heated topics, from dystopian Hong Kong to the end of Sino-U.S. engagement.

The Secret Life of Student Democracy

A scholar’s portrait of student volunteer groups in China is inspirational, but are they really planting the seeds of democratic change?

Michael Luo on the Chinese-American Story

The New Yorker writer discusses his new history of the Chinese in America, and immigrant identity from the Chinese Exclusion Act to Donald Trump.

How to Hide a Chinese Empire

After millennia of imperial history, China today has distanced itself from the concept of empire. But the new forms of Chinese imperium are more subtle...

Winston Lord’s China Bookshelf

The diplomat reflects on books that have guided his thinking ever since he flew to Beijing for a secret meeting that would spark the U.S.-China...

Awards Ceremony for the 2024 Winners

Journalist Edward Wong and translator Lin King talk about their books "At the Edge of Empire" and "Taiwan Travelogue," winners of the first Baifang Schell...