Ep 92 - Zijin Chen and Bad Kids with Michelle Deeter

‘I’ve never broken any rules, not even rules at school. Why would I blackmail someone?’

’In the ninety second episode of The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast we are getting duped by Bad Kids (坏孩子 - huài háizi). Fleeing the proverbial orphanage with me is the book’s translator, Michelle Deeter, here to mark a breadcrumb trail through the dark children’s palace that author Zijin Chen has constructed for the benefit and perturbation of all.

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// NEWS ITEMS //

• READ: 'The Sacred Clan': Liang Hong turns to fiction to explore rural China

• READ: The Bug Princess by Yang Shuangzi

• VISIT: an exhibit on poet Su Shi at West Lake Museum in Hangzhou

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// WORD OF THE DAY //

(骄傲 – jiāo'ào – pride)

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// MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //

• Children’s palaces of China and the Soviet Union

• The Untouched Crime, also by Zijin Chen

• Amazon Crossing’s translated Chinese titles

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// Handy TrChFic Links //

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