Chenxin Jiang

Chenxin Jiang is a literary translator based in Chicago and Shanghai and a senior editor at Asymptote.

Several Types of William Empson

Several Types of William Empson Several Types of William Empson

A lost study of Buddhist art reveals a hidden side of a great literary critic.

Sep 6, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Chenxin Jiang

Worn portraits of Mao Zedong in Shanghai, China, 2006.

Memories of the Mao Era Memories of the Mao Era

Ji Xianlin’s memoir is the most widely read account of the Cultural Revolution in China. Has it changed the country’s amnesia about its bloody past?

Feb 10, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Chenxin Jiang

Red Guards (with “Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-tung” in hand) on the cover of an elementary school textbook from Guangxi, 1971.

5 Books That Shed Light on the Cultural Revolution 5 Books That Shed Light on the Cultural Revolution

“The most intriguing books draw out the continuities between contemporary China and its Maoist past.”

Nov 19, 2015 / Chenxin Jiang

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