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Red Alert: The Challenge of Bringing a Chinese Classic to Screen
Classic novel “Dream of the Red Chamber” has been subject to dozens of film and TV adaptations in the last century, but why is no one satisfied?
Casa Batlló | Short Story
A tale of migration and missed connections by Chinese author Zhang Wanhe
Countryside Police Station: International Repercussions | Short Story
Author A Yi’s tale of bureaucracy and absurdity behind county officials’ futile attempt to put out a fire
Countryside Police Station: An Unsolved Case | Short Story
Novelist A Yi’s satirical take on how county police “solved” a case of theft at a local chemical plant
Podcast | China’s Booming Web Novel Industry
Industry insiders and fans discuss China’s web novel craze, its origins, and the impact of AI
A Fruitful Year | Short Story
A mother and daughter's life is transformed by the unlikely arrival of a boy, a man, and a pigeon
Red and White | Short Story
Cheng Huizi tells a heartfelt story of the love between mother and daughter in a society that often values sons more highly
Threads in the Cosmos | Short Story
Author Tang Fei spins a yarn about alien sheep and intergalactic ties that bind
Elastic Girls | Short Story
A tale of Old Shanghai, fluid identities, and the unreliability of memory
Poetry That Delivers
Wang Jibing, China’s “delivery driver poet,” talks to TWOC about getting inspired on the road and not letting online trolls get the better of him
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