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The Thrilling Truth

A new thriller set in 1930s Shanghai includes just enough historical detail to be believable. But is history at risk of being overtaken by fiction?

Dancing To Prison

1983’s Strike Hard Against Crime Campaign led to the arrests of many innocent victims, caught up in a culture of fear. One of them was...
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Tue Mar 25, 6:30pm

Book Talk: Emily Feng on Identity in Xi's China

Join us to hear award-winning NPR correspondent Emily Feng talk about her new book "Let Only Red Flowers Bloom," a collection of narratives of state oppression and grassroots push-back in China — and the challenges she faced while reporting it, culminating in her own expulsion — in conversation with China Books Review editor Alec Ash.