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Top 10 photography books about China
China must be seen, not just read about, in order to be understood. And what better way to explore the country than through pictures? From scenic landscape photography to candid street snapshots to...
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Playboy previews Matthew Polly's forthcoming Bruce Lee biography
Bruce Lee, the star of Enter the Dragon, had died the previous month at the age of 32, never witnessing the culmination of his dream to become the world’s first Chinese male superstar. more »Arts &...
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Top 10 Cool and Unusual China Expat Memoirs
Foreigners have been living and working in China – and writing about it – since the old days of Carl Crow, author of “Foreign Devils in the Flowery Kingdom”. In the 1980s Mark Salzman wrote the first...
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Here's What Those Notorious Expats Are Really Doing In China
"China’s expat scene is like a great big rowdy saloon from America’s Wild West days, with dusty explorers, try-your-luck prospectors and even the occasional outlaw laowai riding in from the hazy...
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Why I Write: behind the scenes with all your favorite China authors
I started Why I Write when working in Shanghai as a magazine editor as a series for China authors – ethnic Chinese from the mainland, and foreigners writing about China – but have since widened its...
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Why Aren't Chinese People Reading Books Anymore?
The country's once-robust trade in serious literature has withered under an increasingly materialistic, results-oriented society. more...
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Timely review of A Death in the Lucky Holiday Hotel
Ho and Huang’s book has received renewed attention in recent weeks as the Chinese government has finally moved to put Bo on trial, roughly a year and a half after he was stripped of his Party posts....
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My Shadow Library: A Chinese Author on Book Piracy
Fascinating read about book piracy in China by author Ye Yonglie (translated by Alice Xin Liu of Pathlight). more »LiteratureChinabooksliteraturechineseYe YonglieAlice Xin LiupiracyBook Piracy
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Top 10 Chinese History and Culture Books To Read
If you enjoy reading while you travel and diving further into the culture check out these awesome Chinese history and culture books before your next trip. Here Is China Adventurers Top 10 Chinese...
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Meet Yang Jisheng: China's Chronicler of Past Horrors
The author of the award-winning book Tombstone discusses how Chinese authoritarianism caused the greatest famine in human history—and continues to cause social problems today. more »LiteratureChinaYang...
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Review of the new book "Yunnan: A Chinese Bridgehead to Asia"
We are often told that China is a continental-sized economy, but it is good to be reminded just how unique some of its provinces and autonomous regions are. Yunnan, with lengthy borders with Myanmar,...
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Book review of "Unsavory Elements: Stories of foreigners on the loose in China"
Following the success of River Town, Peter Hessler's 2001 memoir of life in Sichuan, today's popular China books tend to be of a more experiential nature. Unsavory Elements: Stories of foreigners on...
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Novelist Susie Gordon on Shanghai expats and partying with fu er dai.
Interview with Susie Gordon, a Shanghai-based Brit whose love for this cosmopolitan city is evident in her poetic prose and appropriately-risqué story telling: a glittery glimpse into the decadent...
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Book Excerpt: Dan Washburn's Chapter From 'Unsavory Elements'
Qixin, stuck on the side of a remote mountain, elevation 6,000 feet, is perhaps the poorest village in the poorest province in China. There is no way to prove this, of course, but there’s also no...
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Review: In Line Behind a Billion People
At first glance, In Line Behind a Billion People appears to be one of the books predicting doom for the Chinese economy. After all, its subtitle is How Scarcity Will Define China's Ascent in the Next...
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China's Bestselling Monk
Master Yancan is not a stereotypical monk; chubby, bucktoothed, he speaks in a heavy Hebei accent, though he claims that he practices Mandarin almost everyday by talking to vegetables and dogs. He has...
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'Crazy Rich Asians' Author Kevin Kwan Offers Glimpse Into Singapore's High...
The best-selling author talks to Jing Daily about his movie deal and the habits of Asia's upper crust. more »Arts & EntertainmentChinaluxurycrazy rich asianskevin kwansingaporebooks
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Tom Carter on the making of a China anthology
My interview with author, editor and long-time HHRer Tom Carter. Tom talks about the behind-the-scenes decisions and drama that went into producing Unsavory Elements: Stories of foreigners on the loose...
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Great Reads this Spring
Chinese New Year is just around the corner; it’s time to take a break, plop-down on the couch, breathe deeply, and catch up on some quality Chinese literature. Historically, Chinese to English...
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20 China books to read (and 5 to avoid)
Split into five lists of five: books on contemporary China, books on modern China (i.e. late and post Qing history), books from Chinese voices, China books from the canon ... and a bonus list of China...
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