Summary: 'Everything was shrouded in a leaden miasma, an amalgamation of the white mist generated by the boiling aqua regia in the acid baths and the black smoke from the unceasing burning of PVC, insulation, and circuit boards in the fields and on the shore of the river. The two contrasting colors were mixed by the sea breeze until they could no longer be distinguished, seeping into the pores of every living being.' In the eighteenth episode of The Translated Chinese Fiction Podcast, we are looking at Chen Qiufan's Waste Tide (荒潮/huāng cháo) Translator: Ken Liu Publisher: TOR/Head of Zeus headofzeus.com/home Author & Translator: paper-republic.org/authors/chen-qiufan/ paper-republic.org/kenliu/ Qiufan on Waste & Guiyu: https://www.fastcompany.com/90349062/sci-fi-author-chen-qiufan-on-waste-tech-and-china-future Trailer for Arrival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFMo3UJ4B4g Wikipedia on Chaoshanhua: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teochew_dialect support the show: buymeacoffee.com/TrChFic patreon.com/TrChFic contact me: INS: @TrChFic TWIT: @anguslikeswords dustsymbols.tumblr.com/hello
