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Ba Jin was Lu Xun’s spiritual heir Ôºç Qin Hui
From Strong Country Forum, thanks to David Kelly for the translation: Editor’s note:, Ba Jin, China’s great literary master of the present age, “conscience of 20th century China” and “people’s writer”...
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Lu Xun 鲁迅 in Virtual China: 70th anniversary of his death РLyn Jeffery
From Virtual China: Lu Xun is revered in China as the father of modern Chinese literature, and was similar to Mark Twain in his ability to skewer the morals and politics of the day (early 20th century...
View ArticleSo Long, Lu Xun – Arthur Waldron
Arthur Waldron wrote the following on the blog of Commentary Magazine: From China comes news, reported in the Chinese-language newspaper World Journal, that the works of Lu Xun“the country’s greatest...
View ArticleSilencing Lu Xun – The FEER Blog
While Lu Xun’s writing are being removed from high school reading lists in Beijing, the reading of kung fu romance novels of Jin Yong is promoted by authorities. From Travellers’ Tales – The FEER...
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Julia Lovell on Translating Lu Xun’s Complete Fiction: “His is an Angry,...
Danwei interviews Julia Lovell, whose translation of the complete works of Lu Xun,The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun (Penguin Classics), has recently been...
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Julia Lovell: China’s Conscience
In the Guardian, Julia Lovell, author of The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China: The Complete Fiction of Lu Xun (Penguin Classics), writes: To no one’s great surprise, communist China’s 60th...
View ArticleFive Books on Chinese Language & Culture
Asia Society Director of Education and Chinese Language Initiatives Chris Livacarri chooses five books for The Browser. His picks include histories of China’s languages and its relationships with the...
View ArticleWriter’s Family Fights Looted Manuscript Sale
The grandson of writer and translator Zhou Zuoren (1885-1967) is fighting to stop the auction of an one of his manuscripts in Hong Kong, according to the South China Morning Post. The document is...
View ArticleA Literary Guide to China
As part of a Telegraph series of guides to literature from around the world, Oxford University professor of modern Chinese history and politics Rana Mitter gives an overview of some great books about...
View ArticleTextbooks Modified to Curb ‘Deep Thinking’
At Tea Leaf Nation, Liz Carter notes that, much to the chagrin of many netizens, an essay by modern literary figure Lu Xun has been omitted from the latest editions of widely used middle school...
View ArticleLu Xun Letter Sells for More Than $1 Million
The South China Morning Post reports that a letter by revered Chinese writer and intellectual Lu Xun sold for 6.56 million yuan (more than US $1 million) at an auction in Beijing on Monday: The letter,...
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River Crabbed: Ah Q’s Scars, Heshen’s Grievances
The following censored weibo, which show netizens digging into China’s deep literary and cultural troves to reflect on the current state of society, were selected from FreeWeibo by CDT Chinese editors...
View Article“Cancer” of Westernization vs. “Catastrophe” of Isolation
As Chinese authorities mount a sustained campaign against Western influence in higher education, the legal system, and beyond, China Media Project’s David Bandurski surveys recent developments in the...
View ArticleFeng Zhenghu’s Airport Diary: A Generation With Ideals
After he was denied re-entry to China eight times, Feng Zhenghu lived in Tokyo’s Narita Airport for 92 days in 2009-2010. Now Feng is telling the story of his airport odyssey on his blog, and CDT is...
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Clan of the Week: Zhao
The Word of the Week comes from the Grass-Mud Horse Lexicon, a glossary of terms created by Chinese netizens and encountered in online political discussions. These are the words of China’s online...
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Translation: Zhao Country and the Bankruptcy of Patriotism
A novella published more than 90 years ago critiquing the social rot of late imperial China has found new meaning for netizens. In Lu Xun’s “True Story of Ah Q,” the titular anti-hero tries to...
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Netizen Voices: “Misogyny With Chinese Characteristics on the Diplomatic Stage”
At a December 3 English press conference in Beijing, in reply to an anonymous reporter’s question on U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s comments on the national security threat posed by Chinese tech...
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Translation: A Literary Master Offers Anodyne Comfort to Xi’an
While the ongoing lockdown of Xi’an has thrust millions of people into health and food insecurity, online public outrage must contend with state media’s heart-warming stories of “noodles helping...
View ArticleNetizens Decry The Display Of Their IP Addresses
Several of China’s largest social media companies including Weibo, Douyin, Toutiao, Zhihu, Kuaishou, and Xiaohongshu have announced that they will display users’ IP addresses. The measure, which will...
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“Why have our eyes been blindfolded, our mouths covered?” (Li Wenliang’s...
Over two years after whistleblower Dr. Li Wenliang’s death from COVID-19, the comments section under his last Weibo post, which has become known as “China’s Wailing Wall,” continues to serve as a...
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