Our friends over at A Public Space journal let us know about their new issue, featuring "An Irrelevant Writer: The Letters of Shen Congwen" by Yiyun Li, an acclaimed novelist and friend of the Asia ...

BEIJING: As China's National Day holiday wraps up, people have flocked to cities and attractions rich in cultural heritage.

With no access to travel bloggers, books and museums became his guide. In Hunan province, a book by Shen Congwen (1902-88) served as his guide. Following Xiangxi Sanji (Random Notes on a Trip to ...

The late artist Huang Yongyu left his native town in Fenghuang, Hunan province, in 1937, and reached Xiamen, Fujian province, to attend Jimei Middle School, where his uncle taught.