China

How to be a warrior princess: Chinese heroines

Nina Powles remembers how it felt to discover Mulan, a Chinese ‘warrior princess’, as a child, and looks into other stories of woman warriors in China and how their stories still resonate today. 1. Learn how to cut your own…

Children’s book publishing in China

Nina Powles looks into the children’s book scene in China, finding an industry that is still ‘young and is currently experiencing rapid growth’. Pippi Lu & Lu Xixi (皮皮鲁与鲁西西), by Yuanjie Zheng Children’s books in China made international headlines recently,…