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The Dark Room Problem

Award-winning sci-fi author Chen Qiufan investigates how technology manipulates our consciousness in this short story

By Chen Qiufan & Dylan Levi King   May 15, 2022
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Restaurant of The Thousand Arms | Fiction

Short story writer Hu Yuesheng offers a modern update on the wuxia novel

By Hu Yuesheng (胡月生) & Ana Padilla Fornieles   May 12, 2022
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Hi-Lee-Bon | Fiction

An old man and a mysterious snack set the scene for this cynical and humorous tale by Zheng Zaihuan

By Zheng Zaihuan (郑在欢) & Dylan Levi King   March 19, 2022
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June 23, 2016 | Fiction

In this short story, writer Gu Xiang finds humanity and humor in the idiosyncrasies of elderly Chinese

By Gu Xiang (顾湘) & Jesse Young (杨哲思)   November 9, 2021
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The Stranger on the Train

Wu Shangwei finds the motions of life through the characters met on a train ride

By Wu Shangwei (吴尚蔚)   May 1, 2021
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Why do cats gather at night?

Writer Wang Nuonuo's imaginative take on an age-old question

By Wang Nuonuo (王诺诺)   April 27, 2021
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Starside Economy

A street stall seller finds himself at the center of an interplanetary business deal in Wang Nuonuo’s sci-fi short story

By Wang Nuonuo (王诺诺)   March 7, 2021
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Fiction: District Champ

Writer Ban Yu explores a clash of values in a northeastern factory town

By Ban Yu   January 23, 2021
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Fiction: Sixty-Degree Grassland Liquor

A clash of values on the fast-disappearing Mongolian grassland

By Surina 苏日那   November 15, 2020
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