Top Chinese fiction since 1900 ?

       Via Paper Republic I'm pointed to Time Out (Beijing)'s The best Chinese fiction books of the last century, where: "24 Chinese literature experts, novelists, literary agents, publishers, editors, critics and journalists" voted for their top available-in-English titles written by authors born in "Mainland or Greater China" (which is how J.G.Ballard slips on the list, though doesn't explain Pearl S. Buck's presence) and published since 1900,
       Annoyingly spread out over five pages, their top twenty picks are obviously far from representative because of that translated-into-English requirement (not that much has been translated from Chinese, folks).
       The top pick is unsurprising (and uncontroversial, I would think).
       Among the rest, several are under review at the complete review (including several of the you've-got-to-be-kidding selections):

• 12. The Book of Sins by Chen Xiwo
• 13. Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie
• 14. A Dictionary of Maqiao by Han Shaogong
• 16. Decoded by Mai Jia
• 18. The Man With the Compound Eyes by Wu Ming-yi

       A couple of other choices are also easily justifiable -- Fortress Besieged, obviously -- and it's at least a nicely varied selection. But the best of the past 115 years ? I think they only got a few of them.