Books
March-29-2013
- Mark O'Neill's faithful record
- An Irish missionary spent 45 years in a rural town in Northeast China from 1897 to 1942 and witnessed one of the country's most turbulent times.
March-29-2013
- Translations lag behind
- Russians had their first translation of Chinese literature before the Chinese got translations of Russian literature. But Chinese literature in Russia lags behind.
March-29-2013
- A long chapter's lasting journey
- William A.P. Martin, the US missionary who first translated Russian literature into Chinese, which appeared in a Shanghai magazine in 1872, would never have expected Russian works to go on a lasting journey deep into the neighboring country.
March-28-2013
- Yue-sai Kan: Life is a competition
- On March 26, fashion icon Yue-sai Kan unveiled her latest book, Life Is a Competition, in Beijing.
March-24-2013
- Deng's biographer awarded on China studies
- Ezra Vogel, author of "Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China," was honored for his outstanding contribution in the studies of China.
March-22-2013
- Giddens Ko: Battle with life
- Taiwan writer Giddens Ko, better known by his pen name "Nine Knives", is going to share how he expresses his motto "life is a non-stop battle" at a lecture in Guangzhou on March 26.
March-21-2013
- Exploring Bookworm Literary Festival
- What started in lil' ol' Beijing has now broadened its reach to include six other cities, each contributing to a total of 250 events for English and Chinese audiences.
March-20-2013
- Muscle of change
- The Power to Evolve is more of a self-help book revealing the secrets to success of Wan Jie, president of Artron Enterprise (Group) Limited. China CITIC Press' latest publication, it provides a typical case of corporate transformation over 20 years.
March-20-2013
- Nordic crime in freezing climes a hot genre
- Nordic crime fiction in gloomy northern Europe is increasingly popular and some of the appeal lies in the contrast between violent crime and what seems to be a placid, well-ordered society.
March-20-2013
- Banishing bookworms from the library
- Restorers of ancient books at the Shanghai Library compare themselves to doctors and their books to patients. But they are also artists.
