Vision of the Other Side, 2006
My first published translation of Chinese fiction.
Posted in Books, Curated & Translated
Chinese Monsters III: Gorgeous Ghouls and Saucy Spooks
And here is the finale of my mini article series on Chinese ghosts, with links at the end to more devilishly delicious reading on featured beings, if you wish!
Posted in Curated & Translated and tagged china, Chinese, culture, demons, Ghost Month, ghosts, Halloween, monsters, supernatural, Zhong Yuan
Chinese Monsters II: Friendly Fiends
Welcome to the second in my mini article series on Chinese Monsters – this one is about friendly creatures of the dark!
Posted in Curated & Translated and tagged china, Chinese, culture, demons, ghosts, monsters, supernatural
Chinese Monsters I: Deadly Demons
Tomorrow is Halloween or All Hallows Eve, the biggest festival featuring supernatural phenomenon in the West. The closest thing on the Chinese calendar took place this year about a month ago. That was Zhong Yuan, or Ghost Month, the biggest of three festivals of the dead. China has a rich history of ghosts and spirits, as many as 1520 have been compiled. To celebrate the global love of ghosties and ghoulies, I’ll be publishing a mini series of articles on the collection 33 ghosts I talked about over this year’s Ghost Month, to give you a flavour of Chinese ghosts and an idea of just how wide a range there is.
Posted in Curated & Translated and tagged china, Chinese, culture, demons, ghosts, Halloween, spirits, supernatural
The Path to Freedom
written by Tang Fei, translated by Xueting Christine Ni
“Imagining the worst tomorrow makes me happy.
The gloom of the future lights my path.”
Posted in Curated & Translated and tagged china, Chinese, horror, literature, science fiction, translation
Introducing the QMUL Confucius Institute Movie Night
I have the pleasure of presenting the first QMUL Confucius Institute Movie Night. Here’s a little from my introduction.
Posted in Curated & Translated and tagged china, Chinese, Confucius Institute, culture, film, QMUL
Flow by Chua Boon Kee: Master Class at Asia House
I am delighted to have the opportunity to work with Chinatown Arts Space and Asia House, to interpret for renown Singaporean artist and winner of the SUSTAIN award, Chua Boon Kee in his sculptor master class, which took place earlier this week, during the auspicious time of Mid-Autumn Festival. His commissioned sculpture, FLOW, has been installed on the corner of Gerrard Place and Shaftsbury Avenue, and was unveiled this afternoon.
Posted in Curated & Translated and tagged art, Asia House, CAS, china, Chinatown, Chinese, culture, london, master class, sculpture, Singapore, SUSTAIN
Chinese Marvel Super Heros and Super Villains
2013 saw Stan Lee in China for the creation of his Annihilator, the Marvel Chinese super hero movie currently in production and scheduled for release next year. This year we’ve seen a very cool new Chinese mutant, Blink, introduced in X-Men: Days of Future Past. I thought this would be a good time to take a look at some existing Chinese super heroes and villains in the Marvel universe.
Posted in Curated & Translated and tagged china, Chinese, comics, culture, Marvel
China Underground – A Translated Sample
An interview with the band Vagabond Street, by John YingLing, for his upcoming documentary, China Underground.
I’ve translated about 3 hours of interviews for this project, which is now heavily into post production (but could still do with more funding). This will be one of the video programe available to accompany my talk “Peking Into Punk”.
Posted in Curated & Translated and tagged china, China Underground, Chinese, documentary, film, Guangzhou, indie music, music, pop culture, punk, rock, Vagabond Street
The Corpse Flower – A Candle in the Tomb Sample
Chunk and Hu, ex-military and diehard, are accompanying an archaeological expedition near the Kunlun Mountains to discover the lost ancient city of Jingjue. With their aid, Professor Chen, his students, and their overseas sponsor, Shirley Yang, have managed to make her way into the secret city of the Taklamakan. In the final resting chamber of the Queen, they have found her coffin. A magnificently carved Kunlun Wood casket, but growing from the lid, is a large, scarlet, sickly smelling blossom.
Posted in Curated & Translated and tagged book, china, Chinese, culture, Ghost Blows Out The Lamp, grave robber, horror, translation