Seneca (Expat in China)
I have read the Dream of the Red Chamber; the English translation is a very insipid piece of literature. The reader sifts through the words searching for the meaning but finds puns that only make sense in Chinese. The story as such is nothing extraordinary but it is a good introduction to manorial and aristocratic life centuries ago.
My choice of a good Chinese novel would be more modern: Jiang Ron's Wolf Totem There are many other books, of course, most of which have been penned in the last one hundred years.
 |
|
Zhang portrays the Monkey King in the hit 1986 TV series Journey to the West.[File photo] |
I’ve lived in China for quite a considerable time including my graduate school years, travelled and worked in a few cities and still choose my destination taking into consideration the density of smog or PM2.5 particulate matter in the region.
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263 Registration Number: 130349 
