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Before “Black Myth,” Other Games Tapped into Chinese Culture
From almost the very beginning, video games have drawn inspiration from Chinese literature
Starside Economy
A street stall seller finds himself at the center of an interplanetary business deal in Wang Nuonuo’s sci-fi short story
The Beasts Within
Yan Ge’s zoological thriller blurs the boundary between savagery and civilization
Fiction: District Champ
Writer Ban Yu explores a clash of values in a northeastern factory town
Fiction: The Empty Room
The distance in an intimate relationship—a short story from our issue “High Steaks”
The People’s Price
Zhou Meisen’s popular novel tackles corruption and scandal at the heart of Chinese politics
Fiction: The Trial
A novelist discovers the power of words over life and death—from our issue “Contagion”
Monumental Memory
Yan Lianke’s memoir is a vivid meditation on life, death, and dignity in rural China
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