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Author Chi Zijian's works reflect the shades of darkness and light that color the human soul.
Although much has been written in the Western media about the rise of Asia, editors of the newly re-launched Asian Review of Books (ARB) believe there is a dearth of long-form journalism about the region written for and by Asians.
Two books about the Empress Dowager cast new light on the iconic ruler and controversial historical figure.
The only crime of expat life is to set one's sights too low, says Alan Paul whose book Big in China is now eyeing the silver screen.
Brian Castro was born during a typhoon in 1950, on a ferry between Hong Kong and Macao, to a Portuguese father and a Chinese mother.
A writer of "new realism", Fang Fang's fiction is distinguished by a direct and fierce confrontation with reality.
Andrew O'Hagan slipped into the role of the famed American art dealer, Leo Castelli, quite effortlessly at the Bookworm International Literary Festival in March.
The world of early Chinese immigrants in the United States was one of gold, greed and exclusion. A new book tells it like it was. Kelly Chung Dawson reports.
Thomas Keneally, author of the book on which Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning Schindler's List was based, once asked the famed director for a minor role in the movie, but was turned down.
Emmy Rossum who stars in the US version of the hit UK TV show has been on several dates with Tyler Jacob Moore and while friends say it is not serious at the moment, she is having lots of fun.
Chi Li is one of the country's best-known writers in the West and is about to publish a new book that focuses on Chinese men, a major theme of her writing.
Years from now, Finn Donoghue-Roulston might look back on the day when he, a 5-year-old, was rolled up inside a carpet, and say, "Wow, I was useful in making mummy's bestseller."