When the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded on December 10, 2010, its recipient, Liu Xiaobo, was in Jinzhou Prison, serving an eleven-year sentence for what Beijing called “incitement to subvert state power.”
Modern China and the West
In Modern China and the West: Translation and Cultural Mediation, the authors investigate the significant role translation plays in cultural mediation.
Republic of China Novelists
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Literary Authority and the Modern Chinese Writer
Throughout the twentieth century, Chinese writers have confronted the problem of creating a new literary tradition that both maintains the culturally unique aspects of a rich heritage and succeeds in promoting a new modernity.
Woman and Chinese Modernity
“We live in an era in which the critique of the West has become not only possible but mandatory.
Chinese Modern
Chinese Modern examines crucial episodes in the creation of Chinese modernity during the turbulent twentieth century.
The New Woman in Early Twentieth-century Chinese Fiction
In The New Woman in Early Twentieth-century Chinese Fiction, Jin Feng discusses representations of women in May Fourth fiction, issues of gender, modernity, individualism, subjectivity, and narrative strategy.
Family by Ba Jin
Family by Ba Jin – The first half of the 20th century was a period of great turmoil in China, with thousands of years of established civilization being uprooted by a radical socialist revolution.
Biographical Dictionary of the People’s Republic of China
This biographical dictionary is an indispensable research tool for information about the prominent persons of the past seven decades in China. The book documents nearly … Read more
The Autobiography of Ba Jin
“The Autobiography of Ba Jin was originally written in Chinese by the famed 20th century Mainland Chinese author (Ba Jin) in 1934 when he was only 30.
The Cinema of Ang Lee
Through suggestive readings of gender and identity, this book explores the international appeal of an acclaimed contemporary director.
Urban China
Currently there are more than 125 Chinese cities with a population exceeding one million.