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2011: Excerpt from Geling Yan’s “The Criminal Lu Yanshi”

Where does history end and literature begin? That is the question I often have about contemporary Chinese literature. Today this question came up again as I read the brief excerpt (which I translated below, further down below that I expected … Continue reading

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2023: VOA Interview with Chinese-American Writer Geling Yan

Interview with Yan Geling: The Awakening and Disillusionment of Chinese Intellectuals  September 30, 2023 By Fan Dongning Yan Geling, a Chinese-American writer and screenwriter, and her new book Miradi [Washington, DC] — “In the spring of 1969, due to the … Continue reading

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