Blog Tag - Paul French

Murder Mystery Tour: Go Back in Time With This Classic Audio Guide
As we know, Beijing is a huge mish-mash of old and new, with the significance of the former often obscured by speed of development or easy to miss to...
Back to Black: Paul French Returns with "Destination Peking" and "Peking Noir"
Since the 2012 publication of the bestselling Midnight in Peking, Paul French has been linked to Beijing, or at least some historical iteration of it...
'Midnight in Peking' Author Paul French Returns With Tales of Murder in Old China
Midnight in Peking author Paul French just can't resist a good crime story, whether it comes from Beijing, Shanghai, Harbin, or anywhere else in...
This Weekend Paul French Unravels Beijing's Mysterious Past and the Writers Who Called It Home
As part of this year's Bookworm Literal Festival, Paul French, British author of several critically acclaimed books about China, including the New...
5 New China-Centric Books That Make Great Christmas Presents
It’s that time of year again, but have you done your Christmas shopping? Or are you still pulling your hair out trying to figure out what to gift? If...
New Infamous Peking Murder of 1937 Conclusions "It's a Great Story, But He is Wrong" claims Graeme Shepard
Our fair capital makes Beijingers feel relatively safe. If we decide to disregard the ferocious traffic, of course. In contrast to that, back in the...
DP Midnight in Peking Author Paul French Readies New Book and Beijing Walking Tour
Seven years after publishing his bestselling book Midnight in Peking, British author Paul French is readying his follow-up narrative novel City of...
Midnight Strikes Again in Peking: Headless, Limbless Body Found in Zhushikou
Like a scene out of Paul French's Midnight in Peking, police discovered a headless, limbless body in Zhushikou (south of Qianmen) at 4 am on...
True Beijing Murder Mystery Wins Top US Prize
The riveting true-story of a 1930s murder of a young British expat in Beijing has walked away with America’s most prestigious literary award for...
Talking Entertainment: Your Weekend Guide to the Arts
Django Unchained has been removed from theaters in China. The Guardian reports that censors stepped – literally at the last minute – to stop the...
Bad to the Bone: Paul French Delves into Beijing’s Sordid History
Sure, we all have a memorable story about the back streets of Sanlitun (many of us from just last weekend), but these pale in comparison to the...
Art Attack: Open-Air Silent Cinema with Live Music, The Monster Below and Zhou Jirong at Red Gate Gallery
This week, the ramp-up to the fall continues with a new exhibit opening at Red Gate Gallery, original play The Monster Below at Penghao Theater, and...