I recently completed two co-translation projects touching on what was known in ancient China as the remote “Western Regions” – Xinjiang and Central Asia, basically. < 漫游草原丝路>, a travelogue by H.K Chang, has now appeared in English as Roaming the Steppe Silk Road, and Jun Liu’s and my rendition of Liu Liangcheng’s < 凿空>, a novel set in … Continue reading Backgrounder: China’s “Steppe Literature” →