What started in the 90s by students at Nanjing University as an anti-Valentine’s day is now the world’s busiest shopping day. 11/11, known as Singles’ Day (光棍节 / 光棍節) on account...
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![[Updated] Popular Chinese Sci-Fi Novel to Be Released in English on November 11](https://i0.wp.com/www.beyondchinatown.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/threebodyproblem1.jpg?resize=170%2C256)
We’ve been anticipating the English translation of Liu Cixin’s (刘慈欣 / 劉慈欣) popular sci-fi novel The Three-Body Problem (三体 / 三體) since it was promised at MFA Lab’s sci-fi themed screening in April. Finally, the...
Before the pro-democracy Umbrella Movement (now in its fifth week) occupied business districts in Hong Kong, the former British colony visibly expressed its desire for autonomy from Beijing under the “One Country,...
Chinese rock band Second Hand Rose (二手玫瑰), who performed last weekend as part of the Modern Sky Festival in Central Park (Photos at Brooklyn Vegan 1, 2), may be in the middle of a...
![A Look at the Pro-Democracy Protests in Hong Kong [updated]](https://i0.wp.com/www.beyondchinatown.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/15261014037_3e1ee10ebf_k1-e1412563574534.jpg?resize=335%2C166)
A few additional links have been added since the original publication. Facing a government-imposed Monday deadline to disperse, the protest movement in Hong Kong against Beijing’s version of democracy for the former British...
Writer and filmmaker Guo Xiaolu (郭小橹 / 郭小櫓), named in 2013 as one of Granta‘s Best of Young British Novelists and whom we consider one of the most original and fascinating Chinese...
Happy 中秋节! We didn’t get a chance to do a new post on mooncakes this year. So, here’s our post from September 19, 2013 when we were a Facebook page...
If you missed Jocelyn Ford’s Nowhere to Call Home at the Museum of Modern Art’s ContemporAsian‘s Lens on Tibet series, you’re in luck. The producers have made it available for viewing on demand or purchase....
Waking the Green Tiger: Documentaries from the Front Lines of China’s Environmental Crisis, Asia Society’s five-film series on environmental concerns in China, opened last night to a full house. Given China’s seeming disregard for...
Inviting a discussion of China’s environmental problems beyond gaping at smoggy photos of Beijing, Asia Society presents Waking the Green Tiger: Documentaries from the Front Lines of China’s Environmental Crisis, a five-film series that highlights...