Ep. 23: Mark Kitto on Shanghai in the 2000s

About this episode

Mark Kitto discusses his new novel capturing the essence of Shanghai in the 2000s.

The author and former media mogul explains why he chose fiction as the best way to capture Shanghai’s go-go years in his new novel. 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: Mark Kitto

Topics covered

• Shanghai
• fiction
• 2000s
• media
• literature

Keywords

• Shanghai
• Mark Kitto
• fiction
• 2000s
• media mogul
• novel
• China

Mentioned in this episode

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

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