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A later story by Yu Dafu, about a man's failed relationships with two sisters.

Book I: Chapters 1 & 2

From February, 1922.

I have been researching the life of Polish author in 1920s China Stephanie Rosen-Hoa aka Horose / 华罗琛 and her husband Hua Nangui / 华南圭 since several years. As I was spending a week working in Paris, I took a few hours to follow their steps in the French capital. Stephanie Rosenthal arrived in Paris … Continue reading Following Horose steps in Paris

Mercredi 15 juillet, Wang Jibing, livreur de repas de 57 ans, a remporté le prestigieux prix littéraire chinois Lu Xun. Durant les sept années de sa vie de livr...

Foreword, Trigault's Letter to the Reader, and Translator's Preface

Sixty years after the Cultural Revolution began, a writer looks back to her childhood in Beijing during its peak, and the banned books that sustained her through the tumult.

Siem Reap est souvent associée aux temples d’Angkor, mais la ville est également l’une des plus belles destinations gastronomiques du Cambodge. La cuisine khmère y révèle toute sa diver…

Que peuvent nous apprendre quelques anciennes monnaies chinoises sur l’Empire khmer ? Bien plus qu’on ne l’imagine. Une récente étude archéologique révèle que ces modestes objets …