DNA PODCAST 060 – CHINESE WEBNOVELS WITH JEREMY BAI
In this episode, Rob and Don sit down with translator and author Jeremy Bai to discuss the world of Chinese Webnovels. The trio discuss the history of...
China makes a play for the Teen Anime market
One interesting development which has gone somewhat unnoticed during the first half of 2017 was China’s streaming media companies entering the teen animation market. While Chinese companies...
Thunderbolt Fantasy
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the Kung Fu puppetry of Taiwan, but little did I know that I wasn’t the only one who’d taken an...
The Kung Fu Puppetry of Taiwan
As far as I know, Taiwan is one of the few places where puppetry is not only appreciated, but where puppet shows are shown on national...
Chinese Web Novel Genres
After posting a link to my recent post about Chinese Xianxia webnovels, I became engaged in a discussion on the Wuxiaworld Forums about the different webnovel genres in...
Why Star Wars:TFA Failed in China
There has been some discussion about why Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the movie that rocked the box office in North America and Europe, comparatively tanked in China....
Xianxia- The Fantasy Genre that’s Dominating Chinese Web Fiction
A little over a year ago, I noticed a Chinese name, Douluo Daolu, on the “top 20 manga” of the site Mangafox.com, which I thought was unusual...
2015’s Top Chinese Web Novel Authors
It’s very easy to forget that about a third of the planet reads only in Chinese, and that doesn’t mean they’re reading translated works from English sources....
Crocodile Princess Excerpt 3/3- The Happy Ox Inn
For these three days, I’ll be posting three chapters as an excerpt from my newly released novel Little Gou and the Crocodile Princess, available now wherever eBooks...
Crocodile Princess Excerpt 2/3- The Lin Family
For these three days, I’ll be posting three chapters as an excerpt from my newly released novel Little Gou and the Crocodile Princess, available now wherever eBooks...