Chinese author Fang Fang posted notes online while being quarantined in Wuhan. They became Wuhan Diary. She talks with us ...

If you speak multiple languages, you've probably had the experience of thinking or dreaming in a language that's not your native tongue. I learned some French in high school, and I'll occasionally ...

When Mao Tse-Tung (as we spelled it then) launched his Cultural Revolution in 1966, Chen and her expatriate Chinese husband, ...

On Belgian-Australian writer Simon Leys and his books on China. Plus Maoism: suicide and madness.

On a research trip to Taiwan, writer Kat Chen studies late Taiwanese memoirist Sanmao and gains a new understanding of her ...

Welcome back to Techne! I’m a big fan of The Public Domain Review, an online journal focusing on works of art and literature now in the public domain. Hugh Aldersey-Williams, a writer and curator, ...

The spiritual leader of Tibet has published amply but seldom written in depth about politics. Now, as he approaches 90, he ...

The true cost of the immigration policy can be measured in the generations of Chinese Americans who were never born.

China’s announcement on January 17th that its economy had grown by an estimated 5% in 2024, right on target, was greeted with ...

Get up close to the original manuscript of The Metamorphosis and other Kafka works Dive into previously overlooked aspects of ...

Hasitha Fernando explores the story behind Ex Machina on the tenth anniversary of its UK release… Ex Machina is one of the ...

The world of children's literature is filled with talented authors who dedicate their lives to crafting stories that inspire, ...