Ep. 6: Spy Novels, True Thriller
The China Books podcast talks to Adam Brookes, author of a China spy novel trilogy and a WWII non-fiction thriller, about writing on China for...
Translated Chinese Literature: Winter Warmers
Our columnist picks another five recently translated titles — from Hong Kong tea house poetry to a self-help seal — and reviews the state of...
Washing History
A new novel about the Chinese Civil War feels true to the author’s experience of it, but also amplifies the Party’s preferred version of the...
New Chinese Literature in Translation
Our pick of five recent fiction books translated from Chinese into English, from donkeys that see ghosts to a dystopian vision of Hong Kong.
Ep. 1: Chinese Fiction in the Reform Era
When China opened up in the 1980s, how did fiction writers respond to their new-found — but fragile — freedoms of expression? The China Books...