National independence, and the preceding political struggles, helped create the space for literary creation in many post-colonial countries. Much of modern Indian or Chinese literature is inconceivable without the political movement for freedom from foreign rule.
I have two sons in America, and all they care about in Chinese culture is Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique culture and folk customs.
Being a student of Wuxia literature, I was aware 'Crouching Tiger' was book four in the 'Crane Iron Pentalogy.'
I have a deep love for the Chinese people.
'The Good Earth' is a great book.
Every year, I send 1,000 students to China to study Chinese history, language, and culture.
Trying to project our expectations and our desires onto the sci-fi being written in China now isn't terribly helpful.
Chinese readers are buying books in translation, particularly non-fiction about China, in large numbers.
I am not an expert on Chinese science fiction. I probably know more than anyone else in the West, but that doesn't actually mean I am an expert.
Historically, there had been many periods of Chinese Renaissance.
A Chinese poet many centuries ago noticed that to re-create something in words is like being alive twice.
I would love mainland Chinese to read my book. There is a Chinese translation which I worked on myself, published in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Many copies have gone into China but it is still banned.
I need to talk about Chinese culture. We have deep, strong philosophy and culture. I want to share some information, tell the worldwide audience.
I'm a reader of Chinese literature, I like their films, but also: I've had great difficulty getting my work published in China; very little of it has been published there. The first two attempts to have all of my work published, for instance, were refused without any reason ever being given.
Beijing Coma took me 10 years to finish.
You have to be willing to totally immerse yourself in China in order to have in-depth exposure to China.
To my surprise, the more I searched about Qi Xiangfu, the more I found of a life lived partly online. He once wrote a short memoir in which he described himself in the third person, with the formality usually reserved for China's most famous writers.
China is a great country with a great culture, populated by fascinating, industrious and talented people.
In my 20s, I became obsessed with the role-playing game 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms,' named after a classical Chinese novel, and later 'The Sims,' a life-simulation game, and 'StarCraft,' a science-fiction game.
My major in college was Chinese Studies. It was very intentional.
I think really, China, Chinese, I think they really have a long history of civilization, rich culture.
The problem with being an avid reader in China is that there were few books to be read.
While in the West, the insane are so many that they are put in an asylum, in China the insane are so unusual that we worship them, as anybody who has a knowledge of Chinese literature will testify.
A lot of Chinese martial arts films were based on Chinese martial arts novels. And these novels created a world of putting history, calligraphy, and martial arts into one.
