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Two Poets’ War of Words Shows China’s Yawning Generation Gap

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VOICES & OPINION

An ugly spat between two popular writers shows how Chinese literature is abandoning the collective spirit in favor of the individual.

Too Hard, Didn’t Read: The Problems Facing Chinese Poets

If we’re in a golden age of Chinese poetry, why is the public so averse to verse?