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Where are today's great writers?
2011-06-01 08:21
Thirty years after China's literature began to develop in new and exciting directions, the general consensus of Chinese public opinion seems to be that it's not nearly exciting enough. No one doubts the achievements of the Chinese economy but the achievements of Chinese literature are less obvious.
The write stuff
2011-06-01 08:21
The image of a long queue outside the small campus bookstore lingers in the memory of writer Zhao Lihong. He was a student at Shanghai-based East China Normal University from 1977 to 1981 and Chinese literature was his major. "Students and faculty would line up each morning for new books, even before the bookstore started business," Zhao, 60, recalls. "Books were always in short supply."
Novelists enjoying prime time
2011-06-01 08:21
The shift from collective consciousness to an increasingly personal perception of life characterizes the general trajectory of the past 30 years of Chinese literature.
Time Line
2011-06-01 08:21
1980s: Only a few dozen new novels are published each year.

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Where are today's great writers?

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