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The Reverse Migrants

After decades of urbanization and economic development, a cohort of China's population is seeking rural refuge and personal development instead — moving back to the...

One for the History Books

How Endymion Wilkinson’s encyclopedia of Chinese history grew from 70,000 words in 1973 to 1.75 million words for its 50th anniversary edition.

Ep. 4: How ‘Leftover Women’ Reshape China

Educated, unmarried Chinese women have been dubbed “leftovers” by the state, who want them to focus on having children. Their independence is transforming China’s demographics...

Murong Xuecun: ‘I’ve Been Liberated From a Cage’

Formerly one of the last dissident writers left in China, Murong Xuecun is now living in exile. How does a novelist get to the point...

Tears of Salt

Rural women in China have been disadvantaged and abused for millennia. A star Chinese journalist shows how in one village, little has changed.

Will We Hear the Real Stories of Chinese Female Workers Again?

A women’s rights activist, one of the “Feminist Five” detained by authorities in 2015, discusses a banned Chinese book about the lives of female factory...

Panel: Hong Kong’s Past, Present and Future

Join us exactly six years after the implementation of Hong Kong's National Security Law, for a panel discussion on how Hong Kong has undergone profound political, social and economic changes since, with authors and experts Xu Xi, Mark Clifford, Anna Kwok and Simon Elegant. Use code CBR15 for $10 off as a China Books Review reader!

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