Blog Category - Books

Page Turners: Dan Washburn's The Forbidden Game, Golf and the Chinese Dream
Perhaps no activity has encapsulated China’s rags-to-riches rise over the past three decades better than golf. Like many foreign ideas, goods, and...
Sheng Keyi's Fields of White
“One February morning, I woke up to something alarming that had happened overnight – the whites of my eyes had grown larger than my irises, tiny...
Bookshelf: Nadia Ho
    Nadia Ho is a novelist from Taipei. We sat down with her to discuss some of her favorite books and authors.
Page Turners: Scott Kronick Looks on the Bright Side
Seems like people in the public relations industry in Beijing need other outlets to express themselves. Will Moss and David Wolf were both popular...
Museums Stay Open Late to Get Lucky, Beijing's First 24-Hour Bookstore Opens
Beijing's cultural offerings just improved a bit, both for museums and bookstores. To allow more people to see the "10 Masterpieces" on display at...
Page Turners: The Siege of Tsingtao
Jonathan Fenby is no one-trick pony. Formerly the editor of the South China Morning Post and senior correspondent for The Economist in Europe, he...
Community Matters: Chug and Glug With Beijing Creatives
Glug, an international series featuring lectures form the world's top...
Capital M Literary Festival Features Authors, Filmmakers, Journalists
The Capital M Literary Festival just announced their 2014 program...
Community Matters: Book Talk With Scott Kronick "The Lighter Side Of China"
  Head over to The Bookworm tonight to hear Scott Kronick...
Steven Davies' The Voyage of the Keying Offers A Flashpoint in Chinese Maritime History
It’s hard to imagine a time when buying a boat would have been illegal, but in 1846, that was the case. China, believing that the ships it built...
The Beijinger Gets a Sneak Peak at the Bookworm Literary Festival Schedule
Everyone's favorite Beijing book nook The Bookworm will be announcing the full schedule...