The Haircut Razor
yuwei hua on family, writing, and identity.
China
China – PEN Transmissions
Shadow Histories: Writing What You Don’t Know
Christine Wu on reimagining family history.
My Crime, Being Born Illegal: Shen Yang in Conversation with Nicky Harman
Shen Yang speaks to Nicky Harman about the One Child policy, "excess-birth daughters", and her memoir, More Than One Child.
The Librarian Would Give You a Lock-down Extension: An Interview with Chen Qiufan
Chen Quifan - also known as Stanley Chan - discusses Shanghai, speculative fiction, AI, and threats to humanity.
Amid a sea of red flags
The award-winning writer and artist discusses her life-long relationship with literature and the politics of being a writer in China.
The five stereotypes of Tibet
What's the story behind the romance and propaganda surrounding Tibet?
Past Events Disperse like Smoke
PEN Atlas contributor Gregor Benton looks at revolution, resistance and the Beijing University literature class that harboured three of China's best-known intellectual and political adversaries, in light of his forthcoming translation of Mei Zhi's prison memoirs F: Hu Feng's Prison Years.
Chinese literature – where are we now?
The second PEN Atlas despatch in this week's two-part sequence is by one of China’s most important writers and avant-garde poets, Han Dong, who looks into two very significant periods in China's literary history.
Performing in Chains
The PEN Atlas continues this week with a two-part blog sequence. The first despatch comes from one of China's most established writers, Yan Lianke, who reflects on mechanisms of censorship.
