The East is Read
In China Chairman Mao is renowned not only as a leader but as a poet. And his countrymen were writing historical novels as far back as the seventh century. In the light of this tradition, Christopher Cook talks to writers and translators to chart the long march of Chinese literature. And he asks what, after the recent political changes, is a quarter of the world likely to be reading now?
Producer SIMON BROUGHTON (Re-broadcast next Monday)
