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With the publication of his quasi-biographical book to A Good Life is Not Necessarily Expensive (好的生活没那么贵), Qiao Xiaodao’s stories are inspiring more than those who love his music.

Two poems from Chinese young poet Lv Bubu (吕布布)

David Der-wei Wang in his lecture in Peking University reflected upon the history of Chinese science fiction and the perspectives of Chinese intellectuals from Lu Xun (鲁迅) to Liu Cixin (刘慈欣) on Chinese society.

David Der-wei Wang in his lecture in Peking University reflected upon the history of Chinese science fiction and the perspectives of Chinese intellectuals from Lu Xun (鲁迅) to Liu Cixin (刘慈欣) on Chinese society.

With the summer vacation coming to an end, it is time to pick up books again. The market is ready to address various needs of book lovers. The 18th Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) which opened in suburb Beijing from August 31 to September 4 has seen good deals and indicated a booming market for the book business.

One of the most influential writers in China, Han Han published his new book 1988: I Want to Talk with the World in 2010, 10 years after his debut novel Triple Door, which is a scathing satire of Chinese educational system. The novel tells a road trip taken by the narrator with a pregnant prostitute driving a car he named 1988.

Among all provinces in China, Yunnan is a blessed one. Not only because it enjoys the richest mixture of ethnicities and sceneries, but also because it has many devoted writers and poets carving out the depth and pulses of its history and people, for example, Lei Pingyang (雷平阳), a computer-defying writer who has won most of China’s top literary prizes with his verses of “narrow and paranoid love” for this province.

Set in a small town in Xinjiang which was hollowed out by two tunnel-digging fanatics and a huge project of oil-drilling, the much-discussed fiction Zaokong has brought people to reflect on the impact of modernization on the rustic life of Xinjiang.

Laotsu Bhodidharma I am not a follower of Tao or Zen – in fact, if I were, then by the stringent ideas of these creeds, I would not even be writing this article: according to one, you should be achieving the understanding that my article tries to pass on through your own meditative efforts, while according [...]