At lunch one day with Louis Cha Leung-yung, the late author of the kung fu novels that inspired pretty much the entire fantasy universe of China today, he told me about how he was not alone in hoping ...

POHANG, North Gyeongsang Province -- Pohang, a coastal city in the southeast of North Gyeongsang Province, is a popular New Year’s celebration spot, drawing hundreds of people to Homigot, the main ...

He's been called China's Tolkien, its Martin, its Rowling — all in one. With his adventure stories rooted in ancient China, Louis Cha gave life... Millions of people are mourning Jin Yong — the pen ...

A visitor is dressed up for a photo at the Jin Yong Exhibition in Shanghai on November 1, 2022. Photo: Xie Jun/Global Times An exhibition about famous Chinese martial arts novelist Louis Cha (pen name ...

But Cha’s books have resisted translation into Western languages. Chinese literature, which traditionally prizes poetry over fiction, derives much of its emotional force from oblique allusions, ...

China’s vice-premier Han Zheng has praised Hong Kong literary giant Louis Cha Leung-yung for promoting traditional Chinese culture with his works and supporting Beijing’s “one country, two systems” ...