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The Subplot: What China is Reading and Why it Matters

by Megan Walsh

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Start the Week, BBC Radio 4 · April 10, 2022

Love poetry; love books

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An exploration of contemporary Chinese literature revealing the huge appetite for books and the wonderful diversity of Chinese writing, from migrant-worker poetry movements and homoerotic romances to surreal stories and sci-fi.

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