Killing Memories
The Chinese writer Fang Fang’s novel Soft Burial probes traumatic national memories across several generations, even as her Covid diary in 2020 made her the target of a relentless disinformation campaign in China.
Soft Burial
by Fang Fang, translated from the Chinese by Michael Berry
Translation, Disinformation, and Wuhan Diary: Anatomy of a Transpacific Cyber Campaign
by Michael Berry
May 15, 2025 issue