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All articles filed in China

interviewsApril 21, 2020May 13, 2020

The Librarian Would Give You a Lock-down Extension: An Interview with Chen Qiufan

Chen Quifan – also known as Stanley Chan – discusses Shanghai, speculative fiction, AI, and threats to humanity.

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archiveMarch 10, 2016

Amid a sea of red flags

The award-winning writer and artist discusses her life-long relationship with literature and the politics of being a writer in China.

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archiveJune 26, 2014

The five stereotypes of Tibet

What’s the story behind the romance and propaganda surrounding Tibet?

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archiveFebruary 7, 2013

Past Events Disperse like Smoke

Gregor Benton looks at revolution, resistance and the Beijing University literature class that harboured three of China’s best-known intellectual and political adversaries

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archiveApril 12, 2012

Chinese literature – where are we now?

The second PEN Atlas despatch in this week’s two-part sequence is by one of China’s most important writers and avant-garde poets, Han Dong,

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archiveApril 12, 2012

Performing in Chains

The PEN Atlas continues this week with a two-part blog sequence. The first despatch comes from one of China’s most established writers, Yan Lianke

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