China Fiction

The Emperor's New Clothes -皇帝的新装: Fables, folktales and stories play a fundamental part in children's development. They use powerful imagery and symbols to entertain while conveying essential moral teachings; the stories ignite imagination, taking a firm root in children's minds, and gently initiate them to the essential moral principles of life. Our tales and stories have been carefully selected for their wisdom and power of evocation. Discover or rediscover, narrated in a warm and lively way, the best stories for kids in Mandarin Chinese.

The Ugly Duckling - 丑小鸭: Fables, folktales and stories play a fundamental part in children's development. They use powerful imagery and symbols to entertain while conveying essential moral teachings; the stories ignite imagination, taking a firm root in children's minds, and gently initiate them to the essential moral principles of life. Our tales and stories have been carefully selected for their wisdom and power of evocation. Discover or rediscover, narrated in a warm and lively way, the best stories for kids in Mandarin Chinese.

The Puppet Show Man - 演木偶戏的人: Fables, folktales and stories play a fundamental part in children's development. They use powerful imagery and symbols to entertain while conveying essential moral teachings; the stories ignite imagination, taking a firm root in children's minds, and gently initiate them to the essential moral principles of life. Our tales and stories have been carefully selected for their wisdom and power of evocation. Discover or rediscover, narrated in a warm and lively way, the best stories for kids in Mandarin Chinese.

In fuga da New Crobuzon, dove amici e conoscenti di Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin vengono rastrellati dalla milizia, Bellis Coldwine, ex fidanzata dello scienziato rinnegato, si imbarca per Nova Esperium, intenzionata a vivere in quella colonia di frontiera finché la situazione nella metropoli non si sarà risolta.

In den Bergen Tibets wird von den Häftlingen der 404. Strafkolonie beim Bau einer Straße die kopflose Leiche eines Mannes entdeckt. Unter den Strafgefangenen befindet sich auch Shan, ein ehemaliger Ermittler, der beauftragt wird, den Fall aufzuklären, bevor eine amerikanische Delegation Tibet besucht. Dabei gerät Shan immer tiefer hinein in die Welt des tibetischen Widerstands... Ein spannender Tibet-Krimi, der mit dem "Edgar Allan Poe Award" als "Bester Erstlingsroman" ausgezeichnet wurde.

Cinderella, Rapunzel, Tom Thumb, The Three Little Men in the Wood, The Frog Prince, Faithful John. Fables, folktales and stories play a fundamental part in children's development. They use powerful imagery and symbols to entertain while conveying essential moral teachings; the stories ignite imagination, taking a firm root in children's minds, and gently initiate them to the essential moral principles of life. Our tales and stories have been carefully selected for their wisdom and power of evocation. Discover or rediscover, narrated in a warm and lively way, the best stories for kids in Chinese Mandarin.

Beretningen om enkekejserinde Cixi, der regerede i Kina i mere end 50 år, er et stykke ukendt kinahistorie og et fascinerende portræt af en af verdenshistoriens mest magtfulde kvinder. Jung Chang, der blev verdensberømt på at fortælle sin mormors, sin mors og sin egen historie i bogen De vilde svaner, retter spottet mod endnu en dramatisk kvindeskæbne og giver samtidig et unikt indblik i Kinas historie i perioden op til kejserdømmets opløsning i 1908.

Tom Thumb - 汤姆大拇指: Fables, folktales and stories play a fundamental part in children's development. They use powerful imagery and symbols to entertain while conveying essential moral teachings; the stories ignite imagination, taking a firm root in children's minds, and gently initiate them to the essential moral principles of life. Our tales and stories have been carefully selected for their wisdom and power of evocation. Discover or rediscover, narrated in a warm and lively way, the best stories for kids in Mandarin Chinese.

In una Londra tetra e indecifrabile, Billy Harrow, studioso di cefalopodi, guida i visitatori all'interno del Museo di Storia Naturale, dove è ospitato un raro e impressionante esemplare di Architeutis dux, meglio noto come "Calamaro gigante". Nessuno può immaginare quello che sta per accadere, l'evento che avrebbe cambiato per sempre l'esistenza di chi vi avesse assistito: quando il calamaro svanisce nel nulla prima dell'arrivo di Billy e dei visitatori, ogni spiegazione razionale appare subito vana.

Hänsel and Gretel - 糖果屋: Fables, folktales and stories play a fundamental part in children's development. They use powerful imagery and symbols to entertain while conveying essential moral teachings; the stories ignite imagination, taking a firm root in children's minds, and gently initiate them to the essential moral principles of life. Our tales and stories have been carefully selected for their wisdom and power of evocation. Discover or rediscover, narrated in a warm and lively way, the best stories for kids in Mandarin Chinese.

Donald Trump doesn't want you to fear COVID. Stay safe. Stay alive. Do the opposite of what DT wants. Donald Trump does not want you to listen to his (totally unauthorized and fictional) diary and he absolutely in no way wants you to know what insiders refer to as his "secret identity". We see a COVID-denying, unscientific, un-empathetic, narcissist. But the he sees a ninja: Trump Ninja.

Garrapata y Carafoca están atrapados en el túnel del tiempo. Cuando consiguen salir, están en China, en el 246 antes de Cristo, año en que gobernaba el malvado Shi Hoang Ti. Los dos amigos se dirigen a ver al emperador, quien los confunde con unos delincuentes y los condena a cadena perpetua de trabajos forzados en la Gran Muralla china. Por si fuera poco, el emperador quiere casarse con Floripondia, el gran amor de Garrapata. Tras muchas aventuras consiguen huir de los trabajos forzados y... la continuación en la próxima aventura del pirata Garrapata.

The author’s first novel, a tale of debauchery—sex, booze, and drugs— which follows the experiences of an English teacher in China during the happy "boom times" when China won the right to host the Olympics and was accepted into the World Trade Organization. The book also describes the author's time in Beijing during the SARS epidemic. Written in a frank but humorous style, this work provides many insights into modern Chinese society.

Cyrus Skeen, private detective, scours 1928 San Francisco in search of the man who stole a priceless medieval artifact. The thief, who is also a pathological killer, is not Skeen's only obstacle. The exquisite Frenchwoman and retured British colonel who are searching for the artifact also prove to be obstructions. Helping him in his search is his loyal and adoring secretary, Dilys Jones. Complicating the search are two Yale classmates, one of whom has penned a hit play that is headed for Broadway, but who has a secret about its true authorship. This is the other side of Sam Spade's San Francisco.

Als Bergführer getarnt, hat Shan nur ein Ziel: seinen Sohn zu sehen, der im gefährlichsten Lager Tibets interniert ist. Unterwegs stößt er auf ein verunglücktes Auto: Eine tote Chinesin liegt mit einer Schusswunde hinter dem Steuer, die Beifahrerin stirbt in seinen Armen. Shan wird festgenommen, kommt aber schnell wieder frei. Man hat bereits einen Schuldigen gefunden: Oberst Tan - der Mann, der Shan einst verhaftete und der als Einziger seinen Sohn retten könnte...

Keine Welt ist so fern, so fremd und so verzaubert wie die Länder der aufgehenden Sonne im fernen Asien. Viele Sagen und Mythen ranken um Land und Leute, Religion und Kultur. Drachen und Fabelwesen spielen oft eine Hauptrolle in Märchen und Erzählungen. Die Märchensammlung zeigt die erzählerische Vielfalt des Kontinents der aufgehenden Sonne.

China gibt seit jeher Rätsel auf. 1869 reist Ferdinand Freiherr von Richthofen von Schanghai auf dem Kaiserkanal bis zum Hwangho, dem berühmten Gelben Fluß. Ob korrupte, aber stets lächelnde Wirte, Reisestrapazen auf chinesischen Straßen oder Goldfieber in Tschifu.

Die "Gleichnisse" des deutschen Dichters Klabund, bürgerlich Alfred Henschke (1890-1928), führen ins alte China...

Auf diesem Hörbuch soll eine Auswahl aus der Märchenwelt Chinas widergegeben werden, die alle Ausprägungsweisen des chinesischen Märchens berücksichtigt.

This fictional novella, by Chen Yuanbin, follows the quest of a pregnant Chinese peasant woman who is searching for a public apology from the authorities to compensate for her husband having been kicked by the head of their rural village.