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China’s biggest internet portal Sina published its “Best Books of the Month” for January of 2010. Li Chengpeng’s book on Chinese soccer scandal, Xiong Peiyun‘s reflections on Chinese society, Chen zhiwu’s financial analysis on Chinese modernization and economy, Mo Yan’s novel Frog and Dan Brown’s the Lost Symbol, among others, were on top of the list voted by both readers and celebrated critics.

Qian Chunqi (钱春绮)(1921-2010), one of the most repected Chinese translators of foreign literature, passed away on Feb. 3 in Shanghai at the age of 89.
During his prolific life, Qian has translated more than fifty prominent works of literature from Europe, including those of Goethe, Heine, Schiller, Nietzsche, Baudelaire, Hesse and Storm. Among these works, Faust, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Nibelungenlied were among the most challenging works for translators of all languages around the world.

Although snow at Spring Festival is not necessarily the ideal that a white Christmas is, it is very much a part of life in northern China in January and February, and therefore is a common part of the celebration of the end of the lunar winter.

Li Qingzhao (李清照, 1084─1155) is the most famous woman ci poet of ancient China. Her delicate sensibility, virtuoso mastering of the rhythm and image of Chinese language and heart-wrenching love story makes her an icon for generations of poem-lovers. A crater on Venus is named after her.

Six Ways of Eating A Watermelon Written by Luo Qing (1948-), poet and painter. From 100 Modern Chinese Poems translated by John Minford, Sean Golden or Pang Bingjun. Slightly revised. The Fifth Way: The Consanguinity of Watermelons No one could mistake a watermelon for a meteorite, Star and melon, they are totally unconnected; But the [...]

Tian Gong Kai Wu, a book written by the Hong Kong writer Dong Qizhang is now published by Shanghai Peole’s Culture and Arts Publishing House. 简介 · · · · · · 　　華人世界難得一見之百萬字三部曲長篇小說──「自然史」三部曲之第一部‧二聲部小說。這也是香港新生代著名小說家董啟章以數年時間完成的「自然史」三部曲之第一部，是「自我」探尋、確立之書。 　　 　　 日常的物件，構造出不尋常的人生。從物件的發展史——收音機、電報、電話、車床、衣車、電視機、汽車、遊戲機、錶、打字機、相機、卡式錄音機和書——，展現出人與物共生的歷程和圖景。 　　 　　 三代人的書，構造出V城三代人的歷史。從阿爺董富收藏的《天工開物》，和爸爸董銑鑽研的《萬物原理圖鑑》，到「我」利用文字工場的想像模式創造出來的《栩栩如真》——關於少女栩栩的「人物世界」——；通過小說，尋找通往所有可能世界的路徑。 作者简介 · · · · · · 　　香港大學比較文學系碩士，現從事寫作及寫作教學，著有小說《名字的玫瑰》、《安卓珍尼》、《雙身》、《地圖集》、《V城繁勝錄》、《The Catalog》、《衣魚簡史》、《貝貝的文字冒險》、《小冬校園》、《東京‧豐饒之海‧奧多摩》及《體育時期》等。曾獲聯合文學小說新人獎、聯合報文學獎長篇小說特別獎，及香港藝術發展局文學獎新秀獎等。

A survey done by Sina.com recently revealed the top 10 Chinese books of 2009, in several categories. Among them,

Liu Zhenyun’s One Sentence Is Worth Ten Thousand Sentences tops the literary category.