At the Associated Press, Fu Ting reports mounting pressure on China’s independent bookstores and other cultural channels and venues: Independent bookstores have become a new battleground in China, swept up in the...
A local cadre from the northern province of Heilongjiang was recently expelled from the Chinese Communist Party for reading illegal publications with “serious political issues,” making him the latest among dozens of officials to...
Z-Library, an online database with tens of millions of pirated and uncensored books and articles available for free download, is closing its Chinese WeChat account. In a statement posted to WeChat, Z-Library claimed that Chinese...
On October 16, it was reported online that a recent reprint of the historical biography “The Chongzhen Emperor: Diligent Ruler of a Failed Dynasty” (《崇祯：勤政的亡国君》Chóngzhēn: Qínzhèng de Wángguó Jūn, ISBN 9787549640775)...
Local media outlets in Hong Kong report that hundreds of books on political topics including the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre are no longer available in the city’s public libraries, after the city’s Leisure and Cultural Services...
In the wake of China’s annual “Two Sessions” meetings in Beijing, the Ministry of Education has announced a slew of new regulations aimed at protecting children’s physical, mental, and political health....
The 28th annual Hong Kong Book Fair ended in Wan Chai today. The week-long event fell short of its...
Cartoonist Rebel Pepper comments on the case of Guangxi Normal University Press social media...
Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Hong Kong on Friday for the...
Radio Free Asia reports that writer, historian, and frequent critic of China’s ethnic...
The Los Angeles Times’ Julie Makinen reports apparent growth in the seizure of books and...
At The Telegraph, Tom Phillip’s takes a look at novelist Yan Lianke’s most recent...
Agence France-Presse reports that China’s Ministry of Education has unveiled new rules...
As Fourth Plenum legal reforms promise to increase citizens’ powers to sue the authorities,...
Reuters’ Sui-Lee Wee and Megha Rajagopalan report that the State Administration for Press,...
Dong Fangyu at China Daily writes that a shortage of competent translators is hampering Chinese...
In an interview with Joyce Lau at the New York Times, The Fat Years author Chan Koonchung...
The American travel writer Michael Meyer recently went on a book tour in China for the Chinese version of his book, “The Last Days of Old Beijing”. From The Slate Book Review: I’m nearing the end of a three-week...
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