Chinese Literature

Out of the many topics that Asia Pacific Memo has covered, one of them is Chinese literature.

On Monday, June 20, 2011, we interviewed Mr. Chan Koonchung, a noted cultural figure in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Taipei. Mr. Chan is the author of the novel, Shengshi-Zhongguo 2013 (The Fat Years) which has caused a sensation in intellectual circles inside and outside China.

Memos part of this Theme:

• Christopher Rea, “Spawn of China’s One-Child Policy” (Memo #347)

• Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize in Literature – Interview with Dr. Christopher Rea (Memo #182)

• Author Chan Koonchung on His Role as an Activist Public Intellectual (Memo #95)
  

• Author Chan Koonchung on His Novel, Shengshi-Zhongguo 2013 (Memo #92)

• Literature in 21st Century China – Harvard Professor David Der-wei Wang (Video Interview) (Memo #70)

• Why Scholar-Writers Yang Jiang and Qian Zhongshu are Important to China Today (Memo #48)

• 4-part interview with Dr. Christopher Rea on Qian Zhongshu. Part 1: Who was Qian Zhongshu? Part 2: Humans, Beasts and Ghosts: Stories and Essays Part 3: The Comedic Style of Qian Zhongshu Part 4: On Qian Zhongshu’s Essays

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