Books by Emily Feng
“Let Only Red Flowers Bloom is about how this period of rule by the Chinese Communist Party is one that is increasingly intolerant of diversity of cultural forms and of language uses. Xi is trying to get everybody onto the same page in a way that you could argue we haven’t seen since the final decades of Mao’s rule.” Read more...
Jeffrey Wasserstrom, Historian
Interviews where books by Emily Feng were recommended
The Best China Books of 2025, recommended by Jeffrey Wasserstrom
From books exploring questions of identity and belonging in contemporary China to a charming memoir by a delivery driver, it’s been an extraordinary year for books in English about China argues Jeffrey Wasserstrom, a professor at UC Irvine and specialist in modern Chinese history. Here, he talks us through some of his favourite books about China published in 2025.




