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Best China Books of 2023

Our round-up of recommended titles (and one anti-recommendation) from the past year, selected by our editors and various guests.

What China’s Reading

Our round-up of untranslated Chinese books from the Sinophone world, from “everyday feminism” to working-class struggles, and a globetrotting frog.
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NYC: Jan 21 5:30-7p DC: Jan 26 6-7:30p

Book Club: I Deliver Parcels in Beijing

Join us in January to discuss Chinese writer Hu Anyan’s collection of autobiographical essays (tr. Jack Hargreaves) about floating between odd jobs on the outskirts of China’s megalopolises: stocking warehouses, waiting at hotels, selling bikes, delivering packages and more. Register to save your seat!
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