Ushering in a nation of readers: Regulations on reading to help foster book-loving society

For Lin, a 62-year-old retired Chinese language teacher who worked at a middle school in Beijing, a visit to the National Library of China (NLC) on Sunday carried meaning far ...

Realizing how small you are and how much to explore via reading: singer-author G.E.M.

Editor's Note: In an age of information overload, reading remains a necessary channel to invigorate the mind, provide inspiration and cultivate virtue. Whether it is childhood enlightenment or the pursuits of ...

Chinese writer Liu Liangcheng's literary journey transforms a rural village

Late autumn in Beijing unfurls like a painting, red bricks and green tiles set off against golden leaves, a beauty that even the richest words cannot fully capture. Yet, as ...

Through cross-cultural journeys, Chinese writer Xu Zechen explores possibilities of self and literature

A local mask-maker–yellow-skinned, black-haired, black-eyed, his slender figure accentuated by a long, delicate neck– appeared before “me” in Mexico by chance, clad in the traditional garments of the Mayan people. ...

From hutong to skyscrapers – Shi Yifeng's literary excavation of Beijing

When Honoré de Balzac wrote of Paris, he declared that he could never exhaust its stories, never fully capture its labyrinthine streets or the infinite human dramas unfolding within. Today, ...

Chinese writer Ma Boyong: Finding meaning in history gaps

As soon as Chinese writer Ma Boyong settled into the interview with the Global Times, he posed a curiosity-sparking question: "Do you know how evaluation systems of the key performance ...