One beautiful morning, Zhang pushes his wealthy in-laws off a mountain - the perfect crime. Or so he thinks. Even though the murders were as carefully choreographed as a play, he did not expect that three teenagers had caught him in the act and Zhang seriously underestimates those three kids. A dark, murky, Chinese suspense thriller.
When two old roommates bump into one another at a café, it seems like fate has intervened. Charismatic Winnie has returned to town dripping in designer accessories: her success is courtesy of a shady business and she needs a favour. Ava agrees, but what starts as one favour turns into more, and soon she is in far deeper than she ever imagined. Now Ava must decide: cut and run, or risk it all?
A mesmerizing web of family secrets and countryside superstitions, the search for identity and culture clash. The only son of a traditional Taiwanese family runs away to Berlin in the hope of finding acceptance as a young gay man. A decade later he has just been released from prison for killing his boyfriend...Winner of the Taiwan Literature Award.
Die Erfindung und Massenproduktion von Porzellan sind Chinas große Beiträge zur Weltzivilisation. Seit der Tang-Dynastie wurde Porzellan über das Land und die Seidenstraße, den neuen Seeweg und so weiter kontinuierlich in die Welt gehandelt. Neben der Beschreibung der großen Produktionszentren chinesischen Porzellans beschreibt das Buch die Geschichte des Porzellanhandels in zahlreichen Geschichten.
Der Autor wählt die Fakten aus, die überzeugend beschrieben sind, wie Material über Handelsgruppen, Träger, Kaianlagen, Flotten, Karawanen, archäologische Artefakte und historische Persönlichkeiten.