Roger Tagholm interviews Chinese author Ah Yi about his career change from policeman to blogger to novelist.
Sex, Politics and “Heroic Dissent”: Chinese Authors in the UK
In the UK, there is a growing interest in Chinese authors, according to agents and publishers, but the challenge of selecting works for translation remains.
China’s Murong Xuecun: Balancing Between Censorship and Dissent
One of China’s most popular writers, Murong Xuecun began speaking out against the government a year ago after a friend was arrested, at risk of his own freedom.
What is a Bigger Crime, Censorship or Self-censorship?
When the state forces writers to operate in a gray area, where things that are tolerated one day are deemed illegal the next, it’s indefensible.
One in 1.3 Billion: The Phenomenon of China’s Han Han
Race car-driving author Han Han is seen as the voice of China’s young generation and read by 300 million people, but will what he represents be lost in translation?