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Does the man who is considered a giant of 20th century literature continue to influence the current generation of writers and readers?
"The great novel that matches the great times has yet to be written," Mo Yan says at the awards ceremony of the Mao Dun Literature Prize.
Newcomers to wine tasting in China may be confused about some of its standard descriptions.
The death of a young English woman in 1930s Beijing has a new book and ending. Chitralekha Basu reports.
Abigail Howell, Penguin China's publicity manager, concedes the campaign to promote Midnight in Peking is "certainly ambitious".
Li Yining's book, Economic Reform and Development - the Chinese Way, helps to demystify China's reform and development.
Picture books that were once all the rage have now become collectors' items, but new efforts are being made to make them mainstream once again.
The best selling imported business and investing TITLES on amazon.cn.
A new book talks about a side of Jacqueline Kennedy only friends and family knew.
Geologist Salomon Kroonenberg shares his views on Earth in the new book "Why Hell Stinks of Sulfur".
A new book by former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji went on sale at the country's bookstores on Thursday, welcomed by Chinese readers who hail the Zhu-style directness in the book.
The just concluded 18th Beijing International Book Fair had a distinct orange flavor, with the Netherlands as the Country of Honor.