Books of the year in ... China

       I have no idea how they determined this one (well, "The list is based on other newspapers' book lists, and China Daily's interviews with publishers and critics", which doesn't inspire any sort of ... scientific (or other) confidence), but in China Daily Mei Jia and Yang Guang offer a Chinese top ten for 2011 (of some sorts ...), China's reading list reveals a few surprises
       And I have to admit, I am intrigued by Dead End (死神永生) by Liu Cixin (刘慈欣):

Hailed as the first writer of Chinese science-fiction, Liu Cixin ends the trilogy about a Chinese scientist saving the world from being flattened into two dimensions.

       And look, another Jia Pingwa mention. Maybe time to get around to translating some more of his work ?