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Invisible Summit: One Blind Person's Journey to 8,848 Meters
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Threads in the Cosmos | Short Story

Author Tang Fei spins a yarn about alien sheep and intergalactic ties that bind

By Tang Fei & Xiao Yizhi (肖一之)   November 21, 2023
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE
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Fantastic Five | Short Story

A time-bending tale of love and life from author Li Hongwei

By Li Hongwei (李宏伟) & Dylan Levi King   April 30, 2023
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Epidemic

As a mysterious illness ravages the population, one youngster goes on a journey in search of the terrible truth

By Wei Guan & George Dudley   January 13, 2023
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Grass Jelly

A town of small-town fortunes by writer Wang Yu

By Wang Yu (王鱼) & George Dudley   December 21, 2022
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Fly to Weightless Island

Check out our new translated Chinese short story, by Hong Kong-based writer Cheng Jiaoyang

By Cheng Jiaoyang (程皎旸)   November 8, 2022
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Chilling Tales from Youyang, Part 3

Three more spooky stories from a ninth-century book of tales

By Hatty Liu   September 2, 2020
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Fiction: The Eighth Prince

A moving and deceptively simple tale of the countryside—from our “Alpine Ambition” issue

By Jiang Xinlei   May 23, 2020
BOOKS

5 Mao Dun Literary Prize-winners

Novels that won China’s highest literary honor

By Tina Xu (徐盈盈)   March 27, 2020

Help us find the best books on China

TWOC is seeking submissions for its quarterly and annual “Best Books on China” lists

By The Editors   August 24, 2019
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Fiction: Getting Lucky

Part 2 of Kang Fu’s whimsical modern take on “Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio”

By Kang Fu   April 27, 2019