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Xu Xiaobin

Xu Xiaobin

Xu Xiaobin

Xu Xiaobin, born in 1953 into an intellectual family in Beijing, is a member of the China's Writers Association. She spent nine years in the countryside and at a factory during the Cultural Revolution until 1978 when she entered the Chinese University... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. My motto is: Honesty doesn’t hang on the printed word, nor beauty on powder and paint.
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My life in 8 words: "Free/reserved; beautiful/regretful; loving/lonely; ingenuous/sensitive"
Dunhuang Dream will be released on May 03, 2011 in Trade Paperback, eBook
May 03, 2011
Dunhuang Dream is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
May 03, 2011
Feathered Serpent will be released on February 02, 2010 in Trade Paperback
Feb 02, 2010
Feathered Serpent is now available in Trade Paperback
Feb 02, 2010
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Xu Xiaobin Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. My motto is: Honesty doesn’t hang on the printed word, nor beauty on powder and paint. Q. What’s your fantasy profession? A. To become a brand name fashion designer. Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be? A. Melbourne, because I have never been there. Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. Too readily placing trust in something or someone. Q. What is your biggest pet peeve? A. Seeing the letters and magazines on my desk that I will never finish reading. Learn more about Xu Xiaobin

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The Australian, September 25, 2011
...the Australian embassy in Beijing. The visiting Chinese writers were Mo Yan, Zhang Wei, Li Er, Zhaxi Dawa, Xu Xiaobin, Sheng Keyi, Zhao Mei, Hu Ping, Gao Hongbo and Shang Zhen. They were accompanied by three officials, two from the Culture Ministry....
CHINAdaily, June 30, 2011
...well-thumbed copy of his book, Captain Pantoja and the Special Service, she had bought in the 1980s, writer Xu Xiaobin, 58, who attended the forum later that day, says, "The state of this book can tell you how many times I have read it. "I still remember...