China's rise over the past two decades has captivated the imagination of Chan Koonchung. In 2009, compelled to explore ascendency and the shifting attitudes he observed, the Beijing resident ...

At Five Books, The Fat Years author Chan Koonchung offers some recommended reading on utopias and dystopias, and discusses how they relate to modern-day China. Among his selections are George ...

Shanghai-born Chan Koonchung's thriller The Fat Years is a thinly veiled critique of life in modern China. Set in 2013, its presents a world in which China has taken over as the leading economy ...

In an interview with Joyce Lau at the New York Times, The Fat Years author Chan Koonchung discusses sex, censorship, and Tibet in his latest novel, The Unbearable Dreamworld of Champa the Driver.

Writers and Company52:27"The Fat Years" with author Chan Koonchung (2012 Encore) Eleanor Wachtel spoke with writer Chan Koonchung last year in Beijing. His novel The Fat Years is a dystopian ...

Lawrence Pollard interviews acclaimed and controversial writer Chan Koonchung about his much debated dystopian novel The Fat Years from a buzzy local bookstore in the city centre, filled with an ...

Lawrence Pollard interviews acclaimed and controversial writer Chan Koonchung about his much debated dystopian novel The Fat Years from a buzzy local bookstore in the city centre, filled with an ...

Chan Koonchung’s novel The Fat Years, newly translated into English, portrays a China of the very near future that can best be described as slightly off-kilter. The year is 2013 and, following a ...

"China today is like a big fat man," says Chan Koonchung, author of 2009's celebrated futuristic novel The Fat Years. "It has got so big that when it turns around, it inadvertently crushes a few ...

HONG KONG, October 16, 2014 — In its debut at the Asia Society Hong Kong Center, the Asia Society Kai-Yin Lo Distinguished Programs presented an evening dialogue with John Howkins, a creativity and ...

Chan Koonchung is a writer who lives in Beijing. His novel “The Fat Years” has been translated into 14 languages. His latest novel is “The Unbearable Dreamworld of Champa the Driver.” ...

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