The future is now
2011-03-18 10:52:33
The realities of the country’s rapid modernization are the stuff of fiction, and one sci-fi writer is chronicling their most dynamic dimensions.
Jin Ping Mei, or The Plum in the Golden Vase
2011-03-15 07:55:52
Jin Ping Mei was one of the quartet of classic novels in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) before A Dream of Red Mansions replaced it in the subsequent Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
Fiction as truth
2011-03-11 10:42:04
When Jessica Rudd wrote Campaign Ruby, she never thought that work of imagination would play out in real life.
Reading China from an Indian perspective
2011-03-11 08:07:50
"China is becoming everybody's business," says Douglas Kerr, professor of English at Hong Kong University.
'A Dream of Red Mansions' with new ending to be on bookshelves
2011-03-03 10:58:01
Chinese writer Liu Xinwu's new edition of Qing author Cao Xueqin's "A Dream of Red Mansions" will be on bookshelves this month.
China novelists overcoming translation issues
2011-03-04 07:59:07
A delegation of seven British literary editors joined their Chinese counterparts at the China-UK Literature in Translation Forum held on Feb 22.
The animal in man
2011-03-04 07:59:07
A novel portrays the ways in which humans can be beastlier than any other creature.
Cross-cultural connections
2011-02-25 07:53:33
Chinese authors will join fellow writers from around the world at the nation's biggest literary feast.
Secret to being a happy expat in China revealed
2011-02-18 10:42:08
Lisa Carducci has touched upon a core issue for most Western expats in China: How to live happily and meaningfully in the Middle Kingdom?
Peace at a price
2011-02-18 10:38:10
A book about China's contribution to the UN peacekeeping forces is a timely reminder of its increasingly influential role in world affairs.
Three of best from Gao Yang
2011-02-18 08:15:59
Three works by Gao Yang (1922-1992) are being introduced to the Chinese mainland by Beijing Jiban Book company.
Pipi Lu turns 30
2011-02-14 10:30:00
Tens of millions of Chinese grew up reading Zheng Yuanjie's fairy tale stories about Pipi Lu, the naughty but kind-hearted boy, and his little sister Lu Xixi.