Linda Jaivin

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31 ENTRIES Linda Jaivin is an author and translator of Chinese. Her books include Eat Me, The Infernal Optimist and A Most Immoral Woman. Her most recent works are the novel The Empress Lover and the Quarterly Essay ‘Found in Translation’.

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Society

May 11, 2021

The era of Xi Jinping

On the China Dream and the guiding ideology of Xi Jinping

Society

April 1, 2018

Tutu Bob of Kings Cross

A local tour guide proves there is still plenty of life in the Cross

Image of poster in Beijing of President Xi Jinping

Politics

December 1, 2017

The new era

Ready or not, China is here

Culture

October 1, 2015

‘Between the World and Me’ by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Text; $27.99

Culture

June 1, 2015

‘Smoke Gets in Your Eyes’ by Caitlin Doughty

A&U Canongate; $27.99

Politics

June 1, 2015

Psychoceramics

Australian universities need US-style funding, not US-style fees

Economics

December 1, 2014

The share market

Does the future belong to “sharing economy” companies like Uber and Airbnb?

Mass murderer Anders Breivik on trial. © Frank Augstein / AP

August 1, 2014

The rising tide of narcissism

Anne Manne’s ‘The Life of I’ takes aim at a modern epidemic

A postcard showing the interior of Stateville Correctional Centre, Illinois, modelled on Bentham’s Panopticon. Courtesy of Alex Wellerstein

Culture

June 1, 2014

The end of secrets

Privacy is fast becoming a quaint old-fashioned thing

China

February 1, 2014

Japan, China, Senkaku, Diaoyu

Why is Australia taking sides in the East China Sea?

Quarterly Essay 52, Found in Translation: In Praise of a Plural World is published by Black Inc.

blog

December 9, 2013

Found in translation

When reading in one’s own language, it’s not unusual to come across a word or phrase that is difficult to decipher, even in context: twerking, for example. The reader can just venture a guess (or go to YouTube) and move on. The translator has no …