The International Writing Program has a long-standing attachment to Chinese-language literature. Among recent participants were the scriptwriter team Tang Ying and Zhang Xian, founders of the 'Hai performance group working on the cutting edge of the Shanghai theatre scene. Click on the image for a thumbnail guide to the group, its philosophy and its most recent play "Tongue's Memory of Home."*

 

* Translations from the Chinese by Jiang Hua and Li Guo