Exploring Humanity’s Many Possible AI Futures | Book Review
Entrepreneur Kai-Fu Lee and sci-fi writer Chen Qiufan weave fiction and technical explanation to illustrate the opportunities and pitfalls of artificial intelligence
Seeing Ghosts | Book Review
How the memoirs of a Chinese American author, haunted by her parents, can help us relate to our own families
The Raw and Unabashed Poetry of Yu Xiuhua | Book Review
Yu Xiuhua’s “Moonlight Rests on My Left Palm” is a celebration of the power of straight-talking
The Revenge Rocks | Fiction
Yang Ping's sci-fi story explores the darker side of humanity's space ambitions
Burst Your Bubble With Taiwan's Queer Sci-Fi Classic
A review of the new English translation of the Chi Ta-Wei's "The Membranes," an eerily relevant imagining of the future
Songs from the Past | Book Review
Jia Pingwa’s latest translated novel tells an alternative history of China through the music of mourning
Lust, Revolution
In Yan Lianke's "Hard Like Water," eroticism and class conflict overlap within the Maoist vanguard of the Cultural Revolution
Chinese Sci-Fi Inspired by Mars
As China's Mars mission sends images and data back to Earth, we look at Chinese sci-fi stories inspired by the Red Planet
Exploring the Treachery of Language | Book Review
The latest translated "thriller" from Geling Yan is an experience in linguistic deception, down to the title and genre of the book
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