TalksTalks
Venue
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Date
Sat 15 Aug 2026
Time
1:45 pm - 2:45 pm
Edinburgh International Book Festival

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Yi-Ling Liu: The Wall Dancers image
Synopsis:

If all the web users in China formed their own country, it would be Earth’s third most populous… yet the wider world has little idea of what goes on behind the Great Firewall. Today, journalist Yi-Ling Liu discusses her new book, The Wall Dancers – a revealing look at China’s internet; not just the censorship and surveillance that exist, but also the abundant memes, subcultures, and activisms which challenge our assumptions about Chinese digital society. Chaired by Jenny Niven.