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When I almost thought I had a good article for Chinese Romance novels, the link let me down. This habit of scheduling for the blog has its pros and cons. It helps me carve my outlook on the theme, decide how to serve it up and to evolve in all these and more. However, it also has something of the stress that is a normal part of journalism - deadlines. Those deadlines that whoosh in the words of the great Douglas Adams. 

Thus it is that I find myself forced to offer you my words on the subject where I'd have liked the time to find and offer you a more popular and attainable list of novels in the romantic genre from contemporary China. My experience, in this recent and purposeful past of looking for keywords in this respect on Google, was that there is no such list. At least it is not as easy to find as one for some of the others. 

What was coughed up spoke of ancient romance stories. And even what you will end up finding me offering is thus dated. Though the authors might be from now too, in some cases. 

I'm sure, though, that in Chinese, we should be able to find abundant romantic contemporary literature, given the prodigious output of romantic dramas and mangas from all the Chinas.

In conclusion, I find myself not so terribly lacking on the issue as to have nothing to say. I will point you to a previous blog entry on itiuvacha, for one thing. In so far as we are in the realm of love, do preview: 
   

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On Recommended Chinese Romance Stories you will find an exhausting - pardon me - exhaustive list of stories. Translations, I presume. And not too bad at all. So do dip in and sample of love in China.

The Imperial Princess Accidentally Seduced Her Husband is a rather long short story but very charming!

And, lastly, A lovely Chinese love poem allows the reader a glimpse of classic verse that is precious and dainty.

Listen/Watch

Romance of the Condor Heroes

From a drama - Boss and Me

With this, we bid the week farewell. The new theme is humour and the first day's menu dishes up: an article and a short story by James Thurber,  and an Ogden Nash.