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‘It’s just life, right? One place is as good as another’In the ninety third episode of the Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast we are Running through Beijing (跑步穿过中关村 - pǎobù chuānguò zhōngguāncūn) in the loping style of 70后 hero Xu Zechen. At the fabled finishing line – observing us wryly, beer and chuan’er in hand – is the translator, Eric Abrahamsen of Paper Republic fame. Insert your porn DVD, stamp your hukou, and - most importantly – find somewhere to sleep tonight.-// NEWS ITEMS //WATCH: Two queens discuss their translation of Lu Min’s Dinner for SixBORROW: University librarians take note: new tome incomingREAD: A Sailor on the Ferry 🇭🇰 by &amp; tr Jasmine Tong-// WORD OF THE DAY //(跑步 – pǎobù – running)-// MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //the glorious Beijing hukouBeijing Sprawl by Xu Zechen, tr. our guest Eric &amp; Jeremy Tiangperformative DVD crushing, lolthe analog and digital history of ZhongguancunThe Diary of Miss Sophie (and my ep on it)-// Handy TrChFic Links //Help Support TrChFic // Episode TranscriptsINSTAGRAM🍢TWITTER🍢DISCORD

‘It’s just life, right? One place is as good as another’In the ninety third episode of the Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast we are <a href="https://www.catranslation.org/shop/book/running-through-beijing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Running through Beijing</a> (跑步穿过中关村 - pǎobù chuānguò zhōngguāncūn) in the loping style of 70后 hero <a href="https://paper-republic.org/pers/xu-zechen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Xu Zechen</a>. At the fabled finishing line – observing us wryly, beer and chuan’er in hand – is the translator, <a href="https://paper-republic.org/pers/eric-abrahamsen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eric Abrahamsen</a> of Paper Republic fame. Insert your porn DVD, stamp your hukou, and - most importantly – find somewhere to sleep tonight.-// NEWS ITEMS //<ul><li>WATCH: Two queens <a href="https://youtu.be/VgD9rrVPJaI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">discuss their translation</a> of Lu Min’s Dinner for Six</li><li>BORROW: University librarians take note: <a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/bloomsbury-handbook-of-modern-chinese-literature-in-translation-9781350215306/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">new tome incoming</a></li><li>READ: <a href="https://chajournal.blog/2023/07/22/ferry/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Sailor on the Ferry</a> 🇭🇰 by &amp; tr Jasmine Tong</li></ul>-// WORD OF THE DAY //(跑步 – pǎobù – running)-// MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //<ul><li>the glorious <a href="https://www.thechinastory.org/great-expectations-and-dashed-hopes-hukou-transfer-in-beijing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beijing hukou</a></li><li><a href="https://www.catranslation.org/shop/book/beijing-sprawl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Beijing Sprawl</a> by Xu Zechen, tr. our guest Eric &amp; Jeremy Tiang</li><li><a href="https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-03/07/content_848238.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">performative DVD crushing</a>, lol</li><li>the analog and <a href="https://focus.cbbc.org/how-did-zhongguancun-become-chinas-silicon-valley/#:~:text=The%20area's%20scientific%20origins%20date,Baidu%2C%20ByteDance%2C%20and%20more." rel="nofollow" target="_blank">digital history</a> of Zhongguancun</li><li><a href="https://tinyurl.com/DingLingSophie" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Diary of Miss Sophie</a> (and <a href="https://trchfic.wordpress.com/2022/12/31/ep-7-ding-ling-and-the-diary-of-miss-sophie/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">my ep on it</a>)</li></ul>-// Handy TrChFic Links //<a href="https://trchfic.wordpress.com/help-support-trchfic/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Help Support TrChFic</a> // <a href="https://trchfic.wordpress.com/all-episode-transcripts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Episode Transcripts</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/trchfic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">INSTAGRAM</a>🍢<a href="http://twitter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TWITTER</a>🍢<a href="http://discord" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DISCORD</a>

Ep 93 - Xu Zechen and Running through Beijing with Eric Abrahamsen

Peng Lun

At the ninth annual Worlds Literature Festival Salon event, the international writers present were tasked with examining Ways of Writing: Ways of Reading - how literature and story-telling have been affected by economic and digital changes.

Worlds Literature Festival Salon Provocation 5: Peng Lun with Eric Abrahamsen