What America Reads About China
Conspiracy theories and alarmism about Cold War redux are the best selling China books on Amazon.com. We read them so you don’t have to.
What China’s Reading: 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.
New China Books: 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.
What China’s Reading: Uncertain Times
China’s economy is unsteady, its publishing industry facing hard times — yet interesting books continue to come out. Here are five of them, from psychotherapy...
Translated Chinese Literature: Short Fiction
Short stories are all the rage in Chinese, but get short shrift in the West. We picked five recent translated collections, from riveting horror tales...
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 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...
China Fiction for the Holidays
Five recent titles bring mystery and magic to the season, from novels of split identity to a children’s book about escaping over-protective parents.
Translated Chinese Literature: Story and History
Five recent Chinese books in translation apply different prisms — pictures, poetry, fiction, memoir — to draw narratives out of complicated personal and political histories.
What China’s Reading: Travelers’ Dispatches
Five recent travel books published in China explore the world beyond, from Peru to Japan. We consider how Chinese travelogues show unique perspectives.
New Photography Books on China
Five recent photography collections, from a frontline view of wartime China to a bucolic portrait of a Hong Kong village, show how images can speak...
Summer China Reads
Five new China books for your summer reading list, from an intergenerational family memoir to a children's picture book of the Cultural Revolution.