I think it actually might cause some problems during the printing, so it’s entirely a practical issue. XJZ: It’s because I’ve hardly ever seen Chinese characters printed in books. TPC: What influenced your choice to use pinyin when the characters are speaking Chinese versus Chinese characters?
I really wanted to incorporate that in Zachary Ying but there was no room. Xiran Jay Zhao: There was a scholar-prince and I think that it’s really funny, because in Western legends you have Helen of Troy and stuff, but the first emperor of China’s Helen was this princely scholar with a stutter. Teen Press Corps: What is one thing that you wanted to have in the book but ultimately left out? There is a minor spoiler toward the end of the interview.
This is partially because they were IP banned by the Chinese government for criticizing them.Teen Press Corps members Zoe & Astrid met with the breakout author of Iron Widow & cultural Youtuber Xiran Jay Zhao before the launch party for Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor at BookPeople last month to talk pop culture, history, and YA lit, of course. A recurring joke on their channel is using VPN sponsorships to get around IP bans.Their opening catchphrase is "Have you ever." followed by a summary of events that led up to the making of the video in question, or another rhetorical question relating to the topic of the video.Their real birthday is 29 September, but their legal birthday is 29 August."Have you ever seen a movie that Pissed you off so Bad you make a Whole Youtube channel to Roast It".Xiran is nonbinary and prefers They/Them pronouns, but does not mind She/Her. Their grandfather was part of the Chinese Communist Party. They immigrated to British Columbia, Canada from a small town in China with their parents, though currently they reside in Vancouver.
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