News & Events
About Us
Shop
![](https://cdn-dev.theworldofchinese.com/media/images/WeiXinTuPian_202303301.2e16d0ba.format-jpeg.fill-450x294.jpg)
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
![](https://cdn-dev.theworldofchinese.com/media/images/VCG211346384592.9a9dcd34.format-jpeg.fill-450x294.jpg)
Out of the Cloud Chamber: How to Help Chinese Poetry Go West?
Meet the new wave of scholars and translators making the untranslatable relatable
![](https://cdn-dev.theworldofchinese.com/media/images/VCG211321280320.origin.2e16d0ba.format-jpeg.fill-450x294.jpg)
Ancient Poems About Laborers’ Plight
On International Workers’ Day, we take a look at how ancient poets wrote about labor and the working classes
![](https://cdn-dev.theworldofchinese.com/media/images/VCG11449398664_jh2Srrj.2e16d0ba.format-jpeg.fill-450x294.jpg)
Anti-War Poetry in Ancient China
Four ancient Chinese poets on human suffering amid turbulence and war
![](https://cdn-dev.theworldofchinese.com/media/images/VCG211220788411.origin.2e16d0ba.format-jpeg.fill-450x294.jpg)
Chinese Trees and Their Meanings
Symbolism of eight common trees in Chinese culture
![](https://cdn-dev.theworldofchinese.com/media/images/VCG111167584181.f71c7840.format-jpeg.fill-450x294.jpg)
The Desert City Remembered for a Tragic Poet
Delingha in Qinghai was made famous by revered poet Haizi, now the city is trying to use that fame to boost tourism
![](https://cdn-dev.theworldofchinese.com/media/images/WeiXinTuPian_202112171.2e16d0ba.format-jpeg.fill-450x294.jpg)
Poet Shangyang Fang on Avoiding Tokenizing When Writing in English
“I refuse to conform to this stupidity”: Up-and-coming poet Shangyang Fang talks to TWOC about musicality in verse and not conforming to tropes
![](https://cdn-dev.theworldofchinese.com/media/images/7.caption____8E7jmoM.2e16d0ba.format-jpeg.fill-450x294.jpg)
I Sacrificed 16 Years to the Mines
Miner-poet Chen Nianxi tells the harrowing story of his years working as a blaster underground
![](https://cdn-dev.theworldofchinese.com/media/images/202104.OTCYe.cover_ima.2e16d0ba.format-jpeg.fill-450x294.jpg)
On the Character: 野
The history and development of a Chinese character that is far-seeing and untamed
![](/static/img/footer-spread.21bc206df898.png)