In the space marked ‘pregnant’, the machine had quite clearly printed the word ‘no’ In the ninety fourth episode of the Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast we are entering election season. The heroine of Li Er novel Cherries on a Pomegranate Tree (石榴树上结樱桃 - shíliú shù shàng jié yīngtáo) is defending her seat, and that will mean enforcing various policies (including a certain one child policy) while keeping the people sweet. Canvassing with me on this one is the translator, spitting dog himself Dave Haysom. - // NEWS ITEMS // LISTICLE: Paul French’s TrChFic beach reads WATCH: a one hour interview with Yan Ge JOIN IN: help TrChFic (v1) end in style - // WORD OF THE DAY // (狗 - gǒu - dog) - // MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE // Wen Zhen short story collection: Nothing but the Now JT’s Li Er translation, Coloratura Pathlight magazine Village elections - // Handy TrChFic Links // Help Support TrChFic // Episode Transcripts INSTAGRAM 🍒 TWITTER 🍒 DISCORD