The veteran journalist walks us through five titles from her shelf, from past China correspondents to new novels — and an anti-imperialist board game from...
Five recent travel books published in China explore the world beyond, from Peru to Japan. We consider how Chinese travelogues show unique perspectives.
A supernatural crisis pits an anxious autocrat against his own functionaries, when a hunt for soul-stealing sorcerers turns into a political witch-hunt among 18th-century China’s...
Three recent books narrate family histories that flow over time and space. But when identities evolve across borders, language holds the memory that carries us...
China’s capital is so difficult to capture that sometimes only fiction can suffice. The editor of a new short story collection explains how a literary...
A collection of three decades worth of Chinese art photography shows a country in social and cultural foment, questioning the status quo and pushing aesthetic...
Can a Japanese scientist loosen China’s grip on the rare earths supply chain needed for critical magnet technologies? Read Luke Patey's new cover story at The Wire China.
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