Nominations Open for 2025 Baifang Schell Book Prize
Our book prize returns in its second year, celebrating exceptional books on or from China and the Sinophone world. Nominate now!
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.
Winston Lord’s China Bookshelf
The diplomat reflects on books that have guided his thinking ever since he flew to Beijing for a secret meeting that would spark the U.S.-China...
Awards Ceremony for the 2024 Winners
Journalist Edward Wong and translator Lin King talk about their books "At the Edge of Empire" and "Taiwan Travelogue," winners of the first Baifang Schell...
Announcing the 2024 Winners
Presenting the winners (and honorable mentions) for the 2024 Baifang Schell Book Prize, with awards in both nonfiction and translated literature.
Shortlist: 2024 Translated Literature Award
Presenting the jury’s shortlist of five books for the Baifang Schell Book Prize: Award for Outstanding Translated Literature from Chinese Language.
Shortlist: 2024 Nonfiction Book Award
Announcing a shortlist of five books for the Baifang Schell Book Prize: Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Book on China or the Sinophone World.
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...
Best China Books of 2024
Party luminaries. TV chefs. Poetry. Scandal. Our annual round-up of notable titles on or from China, split across nonfiction and translated literature, nominated by a...
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.