Asia Society's video: Big Picture: Contemporary China With Author Yan Lianke

ZURICH, July 4, 2023 — Internationally acclaimed author Yan Lianke discusses his most recently published novel “Xin Jing” or “Heart Sutra” (Chatto & Windus / Vintage / Penguin Random House, London, 2023), which explores the tension between religious belief and the state in today's China. Yan read Chinese excerpts from his novel and got into a conversation with English translator Yunlong Song of sinokultur and Asia Society Switzerland Executive Programs Manager Madelaine Wiebalck. (50 min., 39 sec.) Introduction - 00:00 Reading - 13:09 Conversation - 22:51 Subscribe for more videos like this: http://AsiaSociety.org/YouTube --- Support Asia Society today: http://AsiaSociety.org/Donate --- Facebook: http://facebook.com/AsiaSociety Instagram: http://instagram.com/AsiaSociety Twitter: http://twitter.com/AsiaSociety LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/company/asia-society/