International Booker winner Yang Shuang-zi: “Taiwan lost confidence in its culture”
The author of Taiwan Travelogue and her translator Lin King speak on making art about a country under threat
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Catharine Hughes
Catharine Hughes is senior podcast producer at the New Statesman.
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