In “Little Monk Writes Rain,” “Yulu’s Linen” and “Lost in Peach Blossom Paradise,” spirited children meet Eastern visual traditions that have a life of their own.

The interior of JF Books. Photograph by Daniella Ignacio. The Chinese bookstore in Dupont Circle is new to DC, but it’s actually a revival of Jifeng Books, a hub for political and intellectual thought ...

Back in 2017, PW stated that describing the Chinese children’s book market is “as easy as A, B, C (amazing, booming, crowded).” Fast forward to 2025, the “booming” part has suffered somewhat due to ...

Last year, the Chinese retail book market, valued at ¥112.9 million new titles, the highest number in nearly a decade. The total retail market was about 88 percent of the 2019 level, according to ...

A reader picks up a Chinese book in English edition at the 2026 London Book Fair. Photo: Courtesy of the Phoenix Publishing and Media Group. In China's exhibition area of the 2026 ...

JF Books in Dupont Circle became D.C.’s first Chinese bookstore when it opened in the fall, but the path to that point took thousands of miles and a lot of courage. JF Books aims to share Asian books ...

American Born Chinese, the graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, is a near-universally lauded, surreal graphic novel about a Chinese American kid who’s deeply embarrassed to be Chinese. So it’s not ...