About this episode

The episode explores the history and social commentary of horror writing in China with translator Xueting C. Ni.

Horror writing has an unsavory reputation in China, but comes with a long history and is full of biting social commentary. The translator of a recent collection explains what lurks beneath. The China Books Podcast is a companion of China Books Review, a project of Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations and The Wire China. For any queries or comments, please write to info@chinabooksreview.com.

People in this episode

Host: China Books Review

Guest: Xueting C. Ni

Topics covered

• Chinese horror
• social commentary
• literature
• translation
• cultural history

Keywords

• Chinese horror
• literature
• social commentary
• Xueting C. Ni
• translation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: China Books Review, Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations, The Wire China

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