Crossing The Boundaries: An Interview with Chinese SF Writer Xia Jia

The science fiction writer Xia Jia (autonym Wang Yao), is also a researcher and actress, and currently an associate professor at Xi' an Jiaotong University. Her production, well-known as "porridge science fiction", softer than the "soft" one, is marked by a continuous boundary-crossing, which leads reality and fiction to chase each other and mingle together. This interview is conducted to shed lights on this prominent Chinese science fiction writer, and to better understand Chinese science fiction in a global setting. In the interview, the interviewer and interviewee address the problem of crossing the boundary between the sentimental and technological, reason and magic, history and future, international approach and Chinese roots, mainstream and marginalization, writing and translation, science fiction and life.