Ep 87 - Li Peifu and Graft with James Trapp

The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast

‘This kind of “respect” can be a slow-acting poison. When a person gets used to being “respected”, that’s when she is in danger’

In the eighty seventh episode of the Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast we are undertaking hard Graft. Betraying little more than a glance askance, Li Peifu shows us how corporate, state, and personal interests fuse all too comfortably. Guanxi-grinding with me is humble translator and noted Sweeney-enjoyer, James Trapp.

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// WORD OF THE DAY //

(秀 – xiù – refined/ear of grain)

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// MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE //

• 90s -> 10s education policy on foreign language education in England

• 80s & 90s corruption in China

• Jeffrey Kinkley’s writing on corruption fiction

• Aphantasia - the inability to form mental images

• Zhang Ping - a notable anti-corruption fiction author

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