I've written about China's changing burial rites for some time, I find these fascinating, and I've waited for a year to talk about this indie funeral services called Guicong, which have been doing great work modernising rituals whilst retaining their traditional significance. 1/ #Qingming #culture

Thank you for reading and stocking my book Sinophagia, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Yes, it's definitely a good source to go to for the Chinese gothic in contemporary horror. #books #horror #sff

This week ends with Qingming, the first of the annual Chinese festivals for the dead, a good time to talk about the thriving sense of the gothic in contemporary China's fiction #sff #horror #literature #Cdrama snowpavilion.co.uk/on-chinese-g...

Please enjoy this high quality Xueting moment.

#booksky #mangasky #Netgalley #bookbloggers 📚💙 📚🌶️ Everything is better w/ cats, including office romance manga! Cat-Life Balance was just an adorable story about two people who are seemingly exact opposites finding each other.

#Booksky Speaking of queer Southern gothics written by women, Dee Holloway @deeholloway.bsky.social’s novella, LITTLE NOTHING, is pretty great. Looking for sapphic historical fantasy with unforgettable characters and rich world building? 👇🏻https://queenofswordspress.com/product/little-nothing/

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Two epsiodes into Jentry Chau vs the Underworld and I may have one of my favourite animated series of the year (Thanks, as always to @xuetingni.bsky.social for the recommendation~)

This week ends with Qingming, the first of the annual Chinese festivals for the dead, a good time to talk about the thriving sense of the gothic in contemporary China's fiction #sff #horror #literature #Cdrama snowpavilion.co.uk/on-chinese-g...

给中文读者，上星期参加的科幻作家国际推介，听到各国专家讲话很有意思，也荣幸在活动中发言。 m.newsduan.com/static/conte...

With Qingming coming up, a time of tomb sweeping but also, those outdoor picnics , it couldn't be a better time for another pack opening of Wuhuang His Catjesty and friends on their Spring outing. Join me for some cuteness and mean-cute! #popculture #cats #collectorcards youtu.be/cA6-QpKe-v0

I could totally relate to Emma Lee-Moss, I mean, I love my black metal, punk rock and Baroque, but '80s and '90s Cantopop will always hold a special place. It transcended all kinds of boundaries (That album cover on the wall, I had the album on cassette). #books www.penguin.co.uk/books/456270...

I was totally ignorant of Chinese SF before, and I really loved many (actually, almost all) of the stories. @xuetingni.bsky.social 's notes are super useful to get some of the cultural references

My weekend reading. Fairly typical mix (poetry, science fiction, social sciences). 2 out of 3 straight from Bluesky, where u saw @xuetingni.bsky.social ‘s anthology, and @thetattooedprof.bsky.social & L. Di Bartolomeo ‘s call (the other contritions are ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥)

cc @luoyunxifanuk.bsky.social

Baby dragons! 🥰 #wuxia

This is the story of the misfits, migrants, and mavericks who improvised a musical revolution.

An anthology's always a lot of work for the curator and editors, China +100's certainly had its challenges. It’s all been coming together over the last three months, cover not confirmed yet, but great to see it in the catalogue. #sff #books

What a great event to be part of on National Science Appreciation Day, particularly interesting hearing each of the 7 writers talk about #scifi. It was recorded so hopefully some better souvenirs to share soon, but Gu Shi managed to snap my 'sexy' face 😅 on screen

I'm always happy to see quality Chinese bands playing abroad, 万能青年旅店 Omnipotent Youth Society from Hebei have their UK debut at the Troxy tomorrow night, if reflective, slow rock with varied instrumentation is your thing, then go and see them. #music troxy.co.uk/event/omnipo...

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I'll be giving a short speech along with the other international guests about Chinese #scifi and these writers. Join us in celebrating these 7 fantastic authors on Thursday 26th March, at the PageOne Bookshop in Beijing or online (link and code in poster). 11am GMT (7pm Beijing Time).

And here's part 2 on Whispers of Fate, and 5 reasons why, from a cultural and literary perspective, it’s great. #wuxia #fantasy

And here's part 2 on Whispers of Fate, and 5 reasons why, from a cultural and literary perspective, it’s great. #wuxia #fantasy

The cover by @theahmedraafat.bsky.social And the "jawdropping" ending. Little Height Lies is out this year.

It feels like time travel going back through these titles. Such a wealth of talent and creativity. #20YearsOfIBA

Xueting's Chinese #popculture Digest takes a look recent trends in #tea making in China. The revival of traditional ceremonies and powder tea from the Tang and Song Dynasties, inspired the art of painting on the foam, which also has to do with the contemporary popularity of Latte art. 1/

Upcoming cdrama #LoveBeyondTheGrave releases new character posters and confirms broadcast for March 28!

I'm happy the market for cdramas is expanding, truly. It is past the time for those who have been complicit (perhaps through silence) in dehumanizing Chinese people (*cough*stereotyping*cough*) to self-examine and recant. If you've complained about the behavior of "Chinese tourists" that's you.

Thoughts and observations on Tacheng, Emin and the Chinese and International Writer's Exchange I was invited to last summer. chinaminutes.com/2026/03/18/a...

A two parter on 水龙吟 Whispers of Fate, a recent xuanhuan #wuxia #Cdrama based on the novels of Teng Ping, that impressed me. Apart from the costumes, the sets and pretty boys, here are 5 reasons why I think it's great... #SFF

A two parter on 水龙吟 Whispers of Fate, a recent xuanhuan #wuxia #Cdrama based on the novels of Teng Ping, that impressed me. Apart from the costumes, the sets and pretty boys, here are 5 reasons why I think it's great... #SFF

This is more than a minute but I don't want to shorten it. As this thing about Sinophagia has come up time and time again, I thought I'd make a statement about it... #asian #representation #antiracism www.instagram.com/reel/DVwP99W...

Yes, Sinophone Wuxia is what I mainly write about, although it's been interesting to see how the genre has developed elsewhere. There are people very particular about separating cultivation and xianxia works, for me cultivation's a set-up, Wuxia's a genre, which today, overlaps with many others.

A promising new post-metal band from Beijing 远人之歌 Sounds of Alienation, in what I call the "eerie mountains" Chinese gothic aesthetic, their first album takes its name from ancient Chu poetry. #music yrzg.bandcamp.com/album/tianwen

Happy National Panda day, Chinese panda is 熊猫 "bear cat", they do have their bear side. An much older term is 食铁兽 “Iron Eating Beast". Legend says pandas went into houses near woods to devour pots and pans, others versions say they were licking the pans for the salt they lacked in diet. #culture

A great start to the (lunar) year, Bi Gan's intriguing artistry has won lots of attention and acclaim in Asian cinema, his recent Cannes winner Resurrection, a journey through the history of cinema via dreams, starring the lovely Shu Qi, is in UK cinemas now. #film

Delighted to hear The Untamed is providing inspiration for non-Sinophone SFF and encouraging different ways of expressing romantic feelings in fiction! It's certainly an excellent soundtrack. All these vibes sound fantastic.

New pinned. Family photo of CLUB CONTANGO (mystery novel, single mum "Breakfast at Tiffany's" with gangs, clubs, and gloves off) and OTHER MINDS (technoir novellas: one for the TRON, "Infernal Affairs" and Sphere fans), pubbed by Dark Matter INK 🛒 bookshop.org, blackwells.co.uk, kinokuniya.com.sg

There's been much occasion posting this year which is good, but I'm glad to get back to regular cultural and literary posts. The idea of China has been contested for most of history, certainly Chineseness, Chinese cultures are always fluid. A timely book. #book www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

Thread for women's history month. Qing Dynasty mathematician and astronomer 王贞义 Wang Zhenyi, known for her discoveries about the lunar eclipse and for making science texts more accessible. Multiple celestial bodies are named after her. Here's the postcard from Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls. 1/

I’d like to point out that, in Qiankun and Alex (Hao Jingfang short story I curated for my Sinopticon #scifi anthology), the AI was already running the entire infrastructure of the world, and was sent to *learn from* the child. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Honoured to be guest at New Star Press' Midnight Library 20th Anniversary Celebration with @harpercollins.bsky.social. The team are clearly passionate about detective fic. I'm so glad they reached out, and looking forward to helping to bring more amazing Chinese #crimefiction to Anglophone readers.

Yay, tavern face-off. #wuxia

It was great to catch cup with our editor and see actual copies of the finished books, the traditional Chinese style exposed spine hand-bound copy, with matt gold foil and matt finished full colour pages, the pocket sized one is cute too and very handy. #books #nonfiction

Yes, totally. Water Margin's an important stage but it’s one branch, it'd say a lot of wuxia is like Robin Hood, social justice legends is what these stories are very much about!

I'm off to the London Book Fair today, attending various meetings and events, whether you're a fellow author, reader or editor, if you spot me, come and say hi.

I talk about females writers, creators and innovators a lot, so it feels odd to do a special thing on international women’s day. But today, I’m thinking about the woman who ran away from an arranged marriage, fended off wolves and fought to keep her child, my grandma. (art by Kate Prior) 1/ #IWD

Some cards I received from China today which I'm forwarding on the wish all the women of the world (this absolutely means anyone who identifies as a woman) a very happy international women's day! The new trend in China is to call it 女神节 "Goddess Festival". #IWD 1/

I've been saying for a while, Wuxia's going to be a rising wave. Oh look, we've got about half a dozen shows coming soon. To brush up your Xia sense, here's some handy articles. In this one, I look at how the genre relates to similar ones in Western fantasy. 1/ #sff snowpavilion.co.uk/condor-heroes/