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Multiculturalism. The next generation.
1. At the Bookworm bookshop in Sanlitun district, Americans and Brits worked side by side with local Beijingers and I played ‘do you know’ with a transplanted East Londoner while my German translator discussed foreign rights with an expat from Berlin. Somewhat confusingly, the Italian member of the team, Giulia Fabris, turned out to be [...]
China, in no particular order
I’ve been to lots of small literary festivals in my time, but I’ve never been to a small literary festival in China. To get to Suzhou takes just over an hour by plane from Beijing to Shanghai, then 25 minutes by train or an hour and a half if your taxi is being directed by [...]
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