Islam has been part of China’s religious and cultural fabric for over a millennium, yet often it is seen as a foreign element. The author of a new study explains just how wrong that is.

Horror writing has an unsavory reputation in China, but comes with a long history and is full of biting social commentary. The translator of a recent collection explains what lurks beneath.

Colonized by the Dutch Republic, Qing China and Japan, Taiwan's complicated past led to a multi-layered identity today. We invited the author of a new primer to lay it out for us.

Tibetans inside China have found various ways to push back against Beijing and voice their dissatisfaction. A lesser-known form of subtle resistance is the art of “zurza,” or satirical repartee.

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

We talked to the translator of a novel that helped launch #MeToo in Taiwan, about why both the movement and the book are having a second wind.

The author of "The Six" tells us about the Chinese survivors of the Titanic, and how they were met with racist scorn on arrival in America after the disaster.

The memoirist and novelist talks us through her grandmother's and mother’s stories, as well as her own, and discusses how the status of women has changed in China through the decades.

We talked to the author of "Tongueless" about how Cantonese is disappearing from Hong Kong schools, and what literature can do to raise awareness.

An expert on China’s military and security policy looks ahead in 2025 to uncertain U.S.-China relations under Trump, and the risk of a war over Taiwan.

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.

In 1924, an American socialite — who would later cause a scandal by marrying Britain's King — traveled the length of China. Her experience was a window into a nation in disorder.