Planet China Vol.18: International Women Day’s 2026
Celebrating women who push boundaries VIII: International Women’s Day 2026 Interviews with: Gao Yun Xiang, Wong Wo Bik, Sin Ying Ho, Liao Wanning, Lin Jing … Read more
Recording the Intersection of Migration, Memory, and Womanhood: The Sociological Eye of Grace Lau
From Fetish Clubs to National Galleries: The Radical Work of Grace Lau As we celebrate International Women’s Day 2026, we turn our lens toward a … Read more
From Yunnan the World Beneath the Mushrooms: Where Reality Becomes Small
Lanmaoa Asiatica: The Mushroom That Populates the Room with Tiny Marching Men In 2025, a study was shared in which experts examined a mushroom that … Read more
Chinese Science Fiction: Essential Authors Beyond Three-Body Problem
Chinese SF Authors Who Shaped Modern Speculative Fiction from 1900 to Present The international success of Liu Cixin’s Remembrance of Earth’s Past trilogy, beginning with … Read more
A River of Blood: Adam Williams Returns to Medieval Cairo’s Plague and Murder
Former diplomat Adam Williams returns to historical fiction with a medieval Egyptian murder mystery Adam Williams writes historical novels that pull apart the mechanics of … Read more
Francis Wann and the Letters of Wen Su
Reconstructing the life of a Qing dynasty official through unpublished family archives Francis Wann (雲中燕) is a producer, photographer, editor, and teacher. He holds a … Read more
Richard Pratt draws on Britain and China in A Dance to Wake a Dragon
A Dance to Wake a Dragon brings Tianya’s mythic dragons to readers Richard Pratt is a British educator and author based in Beijing. His fantasy … Read more
Flying Tigers: 35 Historical Images of American and Chinese Soldiers During WWII
American Volunteer Group and their role in China during WWII During the Second Sino-Japanese War, American military photographers captured thousands of images of both American … Read more
Vivian Ling interview on Love Without Borders and Sino-Western adoption
Translating across generations: Interview with Vivian Ling on adoptee narratives Vivian Ling is a Chinese language educator, translator, and editor. She taught at Oberlin College … Read more
Debra Liu Recounts Fifteen Years of Daoist Practice in China
A first-person account of Daoist ritual life across mountain temples Debra Liu is an Australian author and Daoist practitioner whose work intersects cultural history, religious … Read more
Interview with Rowena Hawkins on My Father is Police, Lah!
My Father Is Police, Lah! and the Realities of 1960s Singapore Rowena Hawkins is a Malaysian-based writer born in Singapore to a Ceylonese family linked … Read more
Interview with T.A. Morton about masks, memory, and mythology
The Coffee Shop Masquerade connects Taoist ideas with urban displacement T.A. Morton is an Irish-Australian writer with a background in journalism and editing in Hong … Read more
Emily Cheng, Painter and Fine Artist, Best Known for Her Large-Scale Paintings with Radiant Colors and Radial Compositions
Painter & Fine Artist best known for large scale paintings with radiantly colored, radially composed Emily Cheng is an artist, professor and curator, born in … Read more
Lijia Zhang, Columnist and Public Speaker, a Communicator between China and the World
Lijia Zhang captures the remarkable transformations that have taken place in China. One of the leading Chinese voices and minds who regularly contributes in English … Read more