Chinese writer Su Tong published Binu: The Myth of Meng Jiangnu last August.
Since JK Rowling's Harry Potter series blew away audiences worldwide, fantasy novels have been thriving in the publishing world as well as on screen. Now fantasy novels in China are getting their break on the Internet, as budding authors knock out romances and thrillers to win great popularity among virtual communities.
Myths and legends have captured our imaginations ever since modern humans could communicate. Prehistoric cave paintings clearly reveal our long fascination with tales and folklore. However, once a legend is created, and retold over and over for thousands of years, can it be changed?
MILAN: Call it a license to runway.
NEW YORK: In the 1953 film How to Marry a Millionaire, Pola, played by Marilyn Monroe, routinely walked into doors and mistakenly read books upside down in an attempt to disguise her near-sightedness.
Beijing's arts scene is flourishing, and the city's locals and expats are getting right behind it. But Zhu Chaoying, the developer of Beijing's newest arts venue, the Brewery Factory International Art Garden, also known as the Liquor Factory or Jiuchang, seems to care little about what the public wants.
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