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Tony Hao

Tony Hao is a Connecticut-based Chinese-to-English literary translator and writer. Authors he has translated include Taiwanese novelist Tong Wei-Ger 童偉格, Chinese short story writer Ban Yu 班宇, and Chinese essayist Xiao Hai 小海.

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Fiction | Issue 170
Fiction | Issue 170

The Cage

Tong Wei-Ger

‘The islanders held him in a large dog cage under a banyan tree by the village square, awaiting the day when someone would convey him to a prison camp.’

Fiction by Tong Wei-Ger, translated by Tony Hao.

Fiction | Issue 169 padlock
Fiction | Issue 169 padlock

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Ban Yu

‘It was a special time in Shenyang’s history – everyone was enthusiastic about football, and every company had a football fan club.’

Fiction by Ban Yu, translated by Tony Hao.

Essays & Memoir | Issue 169 padlock
Essays & Memoir | Issue 169 padlock

Adrift in the South

Xiao Hai

‘Finally! I thought. Now I get to work in a big factory. I was fifteen and a half years old. I was a child laborer.’

Xiao Hai on coming of age in the factories of Shenzhen, translated by Tony Hao.

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