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Chinese Elementary School Textbook Triggers Controversy for Being “Tragically Ugly”
The illustrations in a Chinese schoolbook series for children have triggered controversy on social media platform Weibo, where the hashtag
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50 of the Best New Books on China for the Holidays and Winter 2020/2021
What’s on Weibo lists the 50 best China books for winter reading 2020/2021, with China non-fiction and fiction books that have come out in English
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“Invincible Wuhan Man”: Coronavirus Patient Reading Political Book Goes Viral
As the number of coronavirus infections continues to grow in Wuhan, three newly-built cabin hospitals have started to receive patients. This week,
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“The End of an Era”? – Beijing Bookworm Closes Its Doors
As news of The Bookworm’s closing makes its rounds on social media, Beijingers have responded in shock, mourning the loss of an iconic and
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Nineteen Eighty-Four Turns 70: Orwellian China and Orwell in China
First published June 12 2019 George Orwell’s classic Nineteen Eighty-Four turned seventy this week. For a country that is labeled ‘Orwellian’
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John Pomfret’s Majestic New Survey of China-US Relations, “The Beautiful Country and the Middle Kingdom”
– Congratulations to John Pomfret on the publication of his for-the-ages comprehensive summary of the history of China-US relations, “The