ChinaRhyming
Paul FrenchRecreating Old China
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 63 | Founded | 6 years ago | Last Issue | 8 days ago |
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June 2 2026 - ChinaRhyming - Love, Corruption, Murder
Macau Closer - A Many Splendoured Thing (1952)
My latest column on Macao in popular culture for Macau Closer magazine. This issue it’s Han Suyin’s semi-autobiographical novel (with nods to the later movie - of which some stills below wi...
May 13 2026 - ChinaRhyming - Spooks, Refugees and Deals
John le Carre’s Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club with Adam Sisman
In March I spent some time with John le Carre’s biographer Adam Sisman. We spoke at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival and the Macao International Litera...
May 8 2026 - ChinaRhyming
The Illuminated Man: Life, Death and the Worlds of J. G. Ballard
Sci-Fi writers Christopher Priest and Nina Allan's new biography of JG Ballard is now out...The Illuminated Man: Life, Death and the Worlds of J. G. Ballard (Bloomsbury).....
April 28 2026 - UK New Book Cover Reveal - The Last Emperor of China: Twilight of the Forbidden City - 27/8/26
The Last Emperor of China - Coming this August to the UK
Introducing the forthcoming UK edition of The Last Emperor of China: Twilight of the Forbidden City (Elliot and Thompson) - out this August 27th in the UK, Ireland and a few other...
April 17 2026 - ChinaRhyming - The M Lit Fest Heads to France, Midnight in Poland
M Festival France 2026 - Nanteuil-en-Vallée, Charante, 24-26 July 2026
Do you remember the days of the Shanghai International Literary Festival at M on the Bund? Literary events at Capital M in Beijing and M on the Fringe in Hong Kong?...
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Return to the City of Darkness - Kowloon Walled City (BBC Radio 3) is now on BBCSounds. My new book The Last Emperor of China: Twilight of the Forbidden City (Elliot & Thompson/St Martin’s Press) out 27/8/26
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