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Continue Reading ...Massage, a translation of Chinese novel that won nation’s top literary prize, examines the relationships
Continue Reading ...Hong Kong’s literary festival offers a packed programme of foreign and local writers. Kate Whitehead
Continue Reading ...Gripping novel spans centuries in China as modern Beijinger is stalked by sinister mystery soul mate
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Continue Reading ...Inspiration doesn’t always come easy, but sometimes a cosy hotel room is all a writer needs to get
Continue Reading ...The Hong Kong International Literary Festival has had a shake-up – it has a new manager, new faces
Continue Reading ...Former civil servant becomes Hong Kong’s only dedicated author of adult genre
Continue Reading ...Chan Koonchung satire shows how inequalities of power warp the China-Tibet relationship
Continue Reading ...Adam Zagajewski’s exile-tinged poems strike a chord on the mainland
Continue Reading ...The London-based dissident novelist talks to Kate Whitehead about the Cultural Revolution, challenging
Continue Reading ...Jonathan Spence – historian, intellectual and eminent China scholar – is not one for a snappy
Continue Reading ...Adam Zagajewski’s exile-tinged poems strike a chord on the mainland
The dire state of mainland orphanages 15 years ago spurred filmmaker Jenny Bowen into action. Her charity,
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