The Confucius Institute at UNSW and UNSWriting hosts crime-fiction writer Qiu Xiaolong in conversation with Australian Financial Review journalist and former China Editor, Colleen Ryan.

Qiu Xiaolong, author of the highly acclaimed Inspector Chen crime-fiction series, returns to Sydney to talk more about contemporary China through the character Inspector Chen, a poet and rising star in the Shanghai Municipal Police Department. Chen’s investigations lead the reader through the complicated streets and corridors of power of Shanghai to reveal a vivid portrait of life in this fast developing metropolis.

Colleen Ryan is a senior writer with the Australian Financial Review. She was the China Correspondent for the AFR for six years from 2004 to 2010, based in Shanghai. She was Editor of the newspaper from 1998-2002 and Washington correspondent from 1996-1998. Throughout her career, she has been editor of the AFR's Weekend Review, business editor of the National Times and associate editor of the Sydney Morning Herald. Colleen has received the Gold Walkley Award for Journalism and the Centenary Medal for Services to Journalism and Publishing.

In this interview, Colleen Ryan will explore with Qiu Xiaolong how he uses the vehicle of crime fiction and the character of Inspector Chen to analyse the transformation of China over the past three decades.

Author:	Simon Trevaks (via theBox)
Created:	22/09/2011
Updated:	22/09/2011
Tags:	China Literature Crime_fiction Shanghai Translation
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