From the canine history of Hong Kong to a revisionist history of the Great Leap Forward, we recommend five new China books to add to your list.

Six years after Hong Kong's National Security Law went into effect, we convened a panel of authors to discuss what has changed since.

Journalist Barbara Demick and translator Michael Berry talk about their winning books "Daughters of the Bamboo Grove" and "The Running Flame," at our prize ceremony.

The historian talks about the early days of the Chinese Communist Party, and how they prevailed in 1949, in a China Books Review book talk at Asia Society.

Find out who won our two $10,000 awards in the Baifang Schell Book Prize, for nonfiction and literature from or on China and the Sinophone world published in 2025.

The Wall Street Journal's China bureau chief, author of a new biography of Kim Il Sung, spoke at Asia Society about the DPRK's ruling dynasty and the state of China reporting today.

Announcing the jury’s shortlist of five books for the Baifang Schell Book Prize: Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Book on China or the Sinophone World.

Presenting the jury’s shortlist of five books for the Baifang Schell Book Prize: Award for Outstanding Literature from or on China or the Sinophone World.

The author and journalist takes us behind, above and beyond China's Great Firewall for her book talk on "The Wall Dancers" in a China Books Review event at Asia Society.

Resolving to read more in 2026? We have you covered with five recommendations, from an essay collection of Tibet to a colloquial history of China’s hot-button issues.

Two literary scholars explain what Shakespeare can tell us about China under Mao, and the nature of tyranny, in a China Books Review event at Asia Society.

Identity issues. Migrant stories. Company profiles. Lost daughters. Daddy issues. Our annual round-up of notable books on or from China, nonfiction and literature, nominated by experts.