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Goodreads asked Alice Poon:

What are you currently working on?

Alice Poon I’m working on my next historical novel, which is set in the same period as "The Green Phoenix". It is about the tragic lives of three famous courtesans: Liu Rushi (a poetess and painter), Li Xiangjun (an opera singer) and Chen Yuanyuan (a singer and pipa player).

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A Goodreads user asked Alice Poon:

Considering how powerful the country of China has become, I would think there would be more historians writing about Chinese history. Does the Chinese government make it difficult to do research on Chinese imperial history?

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Alice Poon asked Alice Poon:

On April 30, 2020 I was interviewed by Matteo Damiani, founder of the China Underground media website (a news and culture website related to China's past and present). One of his questions was: "Why did you choose this particular historical period?"

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Jason Pym asked Alice Poon:

Hi... Another question :) You said that Chen Yuanyuan took the Taoist name Yu An, but all I could find was “寂静”, I was just curious because I wanted to track down the Anfu Garden as I live not far from Kunming. Could you tell me the Chinese for the garden too, if it really exists? The only place I could find here associated with Chen Yuanyuan was 宏覺寺/三聖庵. Thanks!

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