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Jeremy Tiang

Jeremy Tiang is the author of State of Emergency and the translator of over thirty books from the Chinese.

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Fiction | Issue 169
Fiction | Issue 169

Ocean Hotpot

Si’an Chen

‘I promise you, the committee only looks at two things: how feasible a proposal is, and what it could actually do for the environment.’

A bureaucrat and an entrepreneur discuss environment-saving proposals in a short play by Si’an Chen, translated by Jeremy Tiang.

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Speedwell

Zhang Yueran

‘Fiction is a kind of spell, I said, and analysing a story is an exorcism. It loses all its mystery.’

Fiction by Zhang Yueran, translated by Jeremy Tiang.

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Fiction | Issue 169 padlock

Hunter

Shuang Xuetao

‘Lu Dong is a fifth-rate actor – that’s by his own ranking system.’

Fiction by Shuang Xuetao, translated by Jeremy Tiang.

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Fiction | Issue 169 padlock

The Excitements of Spring

Zou Jingzhi

‘As a young man, I wanted to learn how to love, but in the end, I did nothing. I wanted to torture myself, but didn’t know where to begin.’

Fiction by Zou Jingzhi, translated by Jeremy Tiang.

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