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Xu Xi
Xu Xi on Living the Transnational Literary Life
“Life really isn’t stranger than fiction, but you have to keep reading, and rereading, to know that.”
By
Xu Xi
| May 23, 2022
Money, Guilt, and Returning to Hong Kong to Care for My Mother
Xu Xi on the Changing Attitudes to Filial Piety
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Xu Xi
| March 18, 2019
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