The newly released ‘Freedom to Write Index’ features 2022 key cases, trends, regimes, victims of oppression, and leading markets of concern.
Taiwan Publisher Li Yanhe’s Detention Prompts Alarm
Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office confirms that Gusa Publishing’s Li Yanhe (Fu Cha) is detained for ‘endangering national security.’
From Richard Charkin’s ‘My Back Pages’: ‘The Challenges of International Diplomacy’
Publication day: ‘The IPA continues to quietly do good work in the background’ on the freedom to publish and diplomacy, writes Richard Charkin in ‘My Back Pages’—his memoir releasing today.
Freedom of Speech: Outrage at Xu and Ding’s Imprisonment
Strident international objections have followed China’s 14- and 12-year sentencings this week of writers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi.
February’s China Bestsellers: A Crime Drama Knockout
Catapulted to the top of February’s list just weeks after its show’s premiere, ‘The Knockout’ smacks down ‘The Three-Body Problem.’
China Bestsellers in January: A Three-Adaptation Problem
Now with three serial adaptations either on the air or in post-production, Liu Cixin’s ‘The Three-Body Problem’ rockets up the charts.
China’s Book Market in 2022: An 11.77-Percent Decline
Overall book sales in China decreased in 2022, but online sales driven by TikTok and other short-video platforms are growing rapidly.
China Bestsellers in December: What the Kids Are Reading
With adults following the animated adaptation of ‘The Three-Body Problem,’ we look at the China’s bestselling children’s books for December.
IPA’s Karine Pansa at DBW: ‘A Big Wake-Up Call’ in Book Business Data
The need for coherent, actionable data impacts the progress world publishing can make on its prime challenges, IPA’s Karine Pansa says.
China Bestsellers in November: Screening ‘The Three-Body Problem’
Anticipation of a new animated adaptation of Liu Cixin’s trilogy drove ‘The Three-Body Problem’ back to the top of China’s charts.