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The Nanny’s Tale

A migrant worker leaves her own child behind to survive, becoming a nanny in Beijing. When she hears of a literary community for migrants, she...

Liao Yiwu: The Storyteller

Since the 1990s, Liao Yiwu has been gathering oral histories of Chinese experience, from the everyday to the extraordinary. Then in 2011, harangued by the...

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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Feb 5, 6:30-8pm; Asia Society, NYC

Book Talk: Yi-Ling Liu on China’s Internet

How did the Chinese internet go from being one of the most explosive avenues of social upheaval to one of the most strictly censored and surveilled digital spaces in the world? Register now to hear journalist Yi-Ling Liu tell the story of China’s internet culture, its pioneers and its regulators, at the book launch for “The Wall Dancers” in conversation with Afra Wang. Use code CBR15 for $10 off!
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