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What might China look like in the year 2119 – a century after the first outbreak of Covid-19? This was the question posed by editor Xueting C. Ni to ten leading Chinese science fiction writers at the start of Comma Press’s new anthology China +100. Please join us for an afternoon co-hosted by our Centre...
Do join us for an open lecture by Prof Jeff Wasserstrom, (UC Irvine), co-hosted with the student-run East Asian Research Society, on China in Five Bookshops: A Quintet of Travel Tales This talk will use the speaker’s visits to unusual bookshops in five different cities at five different periods to explore ways that the People’s...
"从成都出发，到别处去" Join us for an open conversation between two of Chengdu’s foremost literary stars, the poet and artist Yu Yoyo 余幼幼 and the bilingual author, and Cheney Creative Fellow with us, Yan Ge 颜歌. Yan Ge will be moderating the discussion and Yoyo will also be reading some of her poems. NB: This event...
Join us for a special event to celebrate the English translation of the novel Tibetan Sky 天藏 with the author Ning Ken宁肯 and his translator Thomas Moran. This is the latest SinoLeeds event -- a collaboration between our Centre and Sinoist Books For more information about the speakers and reviews of the book itself, and...
Join us for readings and discussion about poetry of Beijing, with American Chinese poet Anthony Tao. Anthony Tao was born in Beijing, grew up in Overland Park, Kansas, USA, and graduated with a journalism degree from Northwestern University. He returned to Beijing in 2008 to cover the Olympics for ESPN The Magazine, and then stayed. He has...
We are delighted to be supporting the following event, which will take place on campus, at Stage@Leeds, in the evening of the Leeds Staff Festival 2026. The play is written by Hongwei Bao, whom we featured in our bookclub last month and you can read a new interview with Hongwei about the play also on...
We are delighted to welcome you to the Symposium on Cantonese Opera in Global Context, organised by Dr Xunnan Li as part of our collaboration with the Cantonese Opera Research Centre at Hong Kong Metropolitan University, together with scholars and practitioners from around the world. This mini-symposium focuses on the translation, cultural industrialisation, artistic creation,...
In association with Granta literary magazine, we are delighted to be welcoming the poet and author Xiao Hai 小海, a leading voice of China's migrant worker literature movement to discuss his latest work, a memoir of his life as a migrant labourer, translated by Tony Hao and published by Granta (2026). Xiao Hai will also...
A major convention of poets from China and the UK, for three full days of poetry readings, discussion roundtables, translation workshops and cultural exchange. The UK side is co-organised by Poetry@Leeds, the Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing, and the Global Research Development Office. Participating poets in the Leeds/UK delegation include Kimberly Campanello, John Whale,...
A powerful, funny and must‑see show about identity, representation and finding your voice. Don’t Call Me China Doll Friday 20 March 2026 • 7:30pm • Stage One Diana Feng brings the legacy of Anna May Wong to life in a performance full of humour, honesty and incredible physicality. It’s bold, it’s relevant and it’s happening right here at the theatre...