By Julia LovellChinese fiction of the 1990s was not short on shock value. If we think of the decade’s cultural tone being set by Deng Xiaoping’s 1992 command to unleash commercial forces, then the years that followed proved rich in works that would ... ...full story at China Beat
from China Beat on Wed, Aug 05 2009
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