Zhou Wei Hui (Chinese: 周卫慧; born 4 January 1973), known simply by her Chinese given name Wei Hui, is a Chinese novelist, living and working in Shanghai and New York City. Her novel Shanghai Baby (上海宝贝) (1999) was banned in the People's Republic of …

Shanghai Baby is a novel written by Chinese author Wei Hui. It was originally published in China in 1999. The English translation was published in 2001. Twenty-five-year-old Nikki - whose friends call her Coco after Coco Chanel – is a young Shanghainese writer, fascinated by the West and Western culture.

Jan 4, 1973 · Zhou Weihui (simplified Chinese: 周卫慧; traditional Chinese: 周衛慧) is a Chinese writer, living and working in Shanghai and New York. She is known in the West also as "Wei Hui". Her novel Shanghai Baby (2000) was banned in the People's Republic of China as "decadent".

Marrying Buddha is the second novel by Chinese author Wei Hui and is a sequel to her first published novel, Shanghai Baby. The English translation was made in 2005. Set four years on from the events of Shanghai Baby, Marrying Buddha continues the story of Coco, a writer from Shanghai, now aged 29.

Jan 1, 1999 · Wei Hui presents this changing culture with eloquence, marking a shift in Chinese society. The novel addresses taboo subjects like sexuality, love, and betrayal, pushing the envelope. It highlights women’s roles and freedoms in …

Zhou Weihui is a Chinese Post 70s Generation writer, living and working in Shanghai and New York City. Zhou Weihui, known in the West as Wei Hui, studied Chinese Language and Literature at in Shanghai, after a year of military training. Her novel Shanghai Baby (上海宝贝) (1999) was banned in the People"s Republic of China as "decadent".

Aug 1, 2002 · Wei Hui's provocative portrayal of men, women, and cultural transition is an astonishing and brave exposure of the unacknowledged new China, breaking through official rhetoric to show the inroads of the West and a people determined to burst free.

When Wei Hui was a high school student, her teachers said she was an excellent writer and encouraged her to keep at it. They probably didn't suspect that she'd become the most notorious young woman in China.

Wei Hui studied Chinese Language and Literature at Fudan University in Shanghai, graduating in 1995. Afterwards she worked in various professions, including as a journalist and a television editor.