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This bawdy, irreverent Cultural Revolution classic is also bizarrely moving

Golden Age became a bestselling sensation when it was published in China in the early Nineties. It remains a much-loved novel and Wang Xiaobo the most popular modern author in China

The cult writer’s amusing 1992 novel, now published in English, lampoons China’s communist regime via the sex diary of a frustrated biology teacher

Craft and verve abound in this tragicomic coming-of-age debut fuelled by the lapel-grabbing voice of its 15-year-old narrator, Andy, living in a north-western Nigerian town riven by sectarian violence.

The Chinese-British author on leaving her family to find creative freedom, the effect on those she writes about in her revealing new book, and the power of Moby-Dick

Feature: Winter sports create business opportunities in NW China mountain town-

With new work from Richard Ford, Lorrie Moore and Zadie Smith, plus second novels by Caleb Azumah Nelson and Guy Gunaratne, this is shaping up to be a memorable 12 months

It’s possible to identify another period that might surpass the 1980s as China’s most open: a 10-year stretch beginning around the turn of this century, when a rich debate erupted over what lay ahead. As in the past, many of those speaking out were establishment intellectuals who were careful not to challenge too directly the Communist Party’s right to rule but took advantage

“It’s all welcome. It just needs to be alive,” says the writer, whose latest novel is “No One Left to Come Looking for You.” “The only genre I avoid is bored certainty.”