chinese women writers Archives - Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/tag/chinese-women-writers-2/ Tue, 05 Apr 2016 05:46:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 39938774 Born in China, Writing in English https://booksbywomen.org/born-in-china-writing-in-english/ https://booksbywomen.org/born-in-china-writing-in-english/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2016 12:22:05 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15400 When I told my friends in China that I wrote two novels about Empress Wu, their favorite empress, the first thing they asked was, “Is it in Chinese?” It’s a legitimate question, I understand, since I was born and grew up in China. I went to school in China, too, and learned the basics of […]

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