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Sex Sells
A book on prostitution in China asks sex workers how they see the industry, the state and themselves.
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Mark Kitto on Shanghai in the 2000s
The author and former media mogul explains why he chose fiction as the best way to capture Shanghai’s go-go years in his new novel.
What Happened to China Travel Guides?
Guidebooks for China boomed from the 1980s to the 2010s. Then the Covid pandemic hit. With fewer visitors, and travel guides going out of print...
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...
