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In the Age of Digital Streaming, Will Literature Survive?

CJ Sheu

How to learn to stop worrying and love the literature of our new streaming-centric life.

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Translation Wages in China Affecting the Popularity of Foreign Classics

Yao Liqing

China’s translators are severely underpaid, and the proof is in the print.

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BOOK REVIEW: 'Dear Hong Kong: An Elegy to a City'

Dinah Gardner

'Dear Hong Kong: An Elegy for a City' spans five decades, two husbands, a dozen other lovers, a handover to the Motherland, the dementia of the author's mother and the death of her father.

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The Power Couple of Vietnam's 1980s Literary Scene

Saigoneer

Luu Quang Vu and Xuan Quynh’s death was something of a national tragedy in the late 1980s, but their legacy has lived on through their body of work and life stories.

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Chinese Writers Capture Voices of the Corrupt

Li Hui

Nonfiction works like ‘Zhui Wen’ are challenging public perceptions of the graft by writing from the perspectives of the perpetrators.

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Migrant Worker’s Essay Strikes Chord With Chinese Masses

Bibek Bhandari

A rural woman’s personal story of struggle and survival has made her an instant literary celebrity.

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Constructive Criticism: Poets Give Voice to Migrant Struggles

Li Dajun

Working-class wordsmiths from China’s building sites are composing verse to air their grievances.

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FEATURE: Taiwanese Literature Studies on the Brink

Yuan-ling Liang

As another university closes its department of Taiwanese literature, academics and students disagree on the reasons for its demise.

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