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2013: The Fat Years -- Interview with Chan KoonchungPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn on Friday, June 25, 2010 at 11:19 PM
A brief interview with Chan Koonchung (aka John Chan or Chen Guanzhong 陈冠中）, author of the near future dystopian novel 2013, The Fat Years (盛世：中国2013年). Also on Tudou and YouTube. See also earlier Danwei Q&A with Chan and Linda Jaivin review on China Heritage Quarterly. |
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Comments on 2013: The Fat Years -- Interview with Chan Koonchung
not in china and i still can't watch vimeo .. they need some serious server upgrades. just won't load, even in tokyo!
i trust it was a nice interview
Great interview. Would love to read it
There's a free PDF copy of the novel for download here link
You can also watch it at the Youtube and Tudou links in the post.
Great Interview, but maybe next time give more focus on the people who are talking please...
nice work
Glad to hear the book's English version will be out soon! I was looking for one when I reviewed the Chinese version on Foreign Policy (http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/07/30/china_2013).