Time for Chinese Literature is an experimental exhibition to introduce and contextualise Chinese contemporary literature for Western audiences. The project is proposed as part of the London Literature Festival at Southbank Centre in London. 

As China’s growing economy opens it up to the Western world, a greater number of Westerners are becoming interested in Chinese culture. However the number of Western readers of Chinese literature is still very small, primarily because they lack an understanding of the historical frameworks and Chinese traditional customs that underpin this literature. The project aims to create opportunities for Western readers to gain insight into these important contexts while promoting Chinese culture to a wider audience.

The exhibition uses a famous Chinese contemporary novel, Frogs, as an example and explains its key contexts via Chinese ceramics, allowing audiences to have a richer experience of the work.