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The best Chinese fiction in translation of 2023 – so far

Paul French recommends some of the best Chinese novels, short stories and poetry translated and published so far in 2023.…

1 year ago

Understanding urbanisation in China

Understanding China’s urbanisation drive and its new mega-cities – the powerhouses of consumption, business and societal change – is a…

1 year ago

Britain’s hidden debt to the Chinese in WWI

The story of the Chinese Labour Corps (CLC) during World War One is both touching and fascinating. As the political…

1 year ago

How the digital economy transformed entrepreneurship in China

Lin Zhang’s new book Labor of Reinvention: Entrepreneurship in the New Chinese Digital Economy (2023, Columbia University Press) traces the…

1 year ago

How did Zhongguancun become China’s Silicon Valley?

Zhongguancun is the birthplace of some of China’s (and the world’s) biggest tech companies, including Lenovo, Bytedance – the company…

1 year ago

2022’s 10 Best non-fiction books on China

From the importance of good translation to entrepreneurial techniques for surviving China's uncertainty, these 10 best non-fiction books on China…

1 year ago

The best China fiction novels of 2022

As a challenging year in China draws to a close, Paul french rounds up some of the year's best Chinese…

1 year ago

Colin Thubron on the value of the Amur River

The Amur River, also known as the Heilong River, forms the border between Russia and China and has been a…

2 years ago

Does Hong Kong have a future as an aviation hub?

Can Hong Kong bounce back from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and recover its status as one of the…

2 years ago

How China saved the treasures of the Forbidden City during WW2

A new book by former BBC correspondent and novelist Adam Brookes describes the daring rescue of ancient treasures from the…

2 years ago