End of the Revolution
That was why, ever since the Communists took over in 1949, Mao hadn’t stopped making fake smoke over fake fires.
Butterfly Lovers
Heaven must have been smiling on them, allowing them to get away with stealing these forbidden fruits, at a time when boys and girls were not allowed to spend time in each other’s company.
The Wisdom and Magic of Mandarin
How can you say you hate the study of Chinese when you are Chinese yourself? Go look in the mirror if you have any doubts!
Eileen Chang - A Chinese Rarity
Government intervention is to art what Jaws was to Jersey Shore, driving off all but the congenitally stupid.
Because of That Mailbox
Public order in the small town has not been too good lately. It is said that an unknown gang of robbers has been breaking into houses when the owners are at work.
Twice Removed
Although the scion of an old scholar gentry family, he did not go in for prostitutes or dog fighting and instead was keen on being modeng, at the time anything from overseas was modeng: the current translation for the word is “modern”.
Touch Paper
Ah Ji found that the people around the town did not treat him with the proper respect.
The Last Sacrifice
In this piece from Soul Mountain, Nobel Prize winner Gao Xingjian tells of the final ceremony of a dying Miao Master of Sacrifice.
My Secret Affair
From her figure, I cold tell she was an extremely ordinary-looking girl, but due to my unendurable boredom, I was dying for any excitement.
Dumb Boy Ah Tong
Ah Tong, called by his family name, had a stubborn character well known in town, where everyone called him Stubborn Dumb Boy.
End of the Revolution
Butterfly Lovers
The Wisdom and Magic of Mandarin
Eileen Chang - A Chinese Rarity
Because of That Mailbox
Twice Removed
Touch Paper
The Last Sacrifice
My Secret Affair
Dumb Boy Ah Tong
