Shanghai Baby — Looking Back

In Never again Crazy like Wei Hui, popular novelist Zhang Yueran interviews the author -- now a therapist -- of that naughty, banned-in-China-at-the-turn-of-the-century novel, Shanghai Baby: Zhang Yueran: Can you talk about your early works? There's a lot in there that's incredibly valuable. Zhou Weihui: They can't be all bad, I suppose, but they aren't … Continue reading Shanghai Baby — Looking Back

Shanghai Baby’s Translator, Author Wei Hui & Abu Ghraib 

At the turn of 21st century, three young female Chinese novelists were busy boldly writing about their sexuality, orgasms and all, and being lambasted for it by the critics and Chinese society at large. The trio were Jiu Dan, who chronicled the exploits of  China's“Little Dragon Girls” in Singapore in Crows (乌鸦); Mian Mian, author … Continue reading Shanghai Baby’s Translator, Author Wei Hui & Abu Ghraib