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Then he forcefully lifted me up and, without another word, rammed himself inside me. Shanghai Baby is a novel that has caused much controversy in China and beyond in the early years of the millennium.

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.

The ongoing controversy over this book and its writer made me decide to write my thesis in Literary Studies about this topic in I remember telling a friend of mine, an Amsterdam-based second-generation Chinese young man, about my thesis topic. He appeared disgruntled. Why would I spend time on a book that was a disgrace to Chinese culture, and, particularly, a shame to Chinese men?

The book was rightfully banned in China, he said, as it was nothing but a piece of garbage.

Wei Hui’s “Shanghai Baby” follows the lives of a young Shanghai-based woman named Coco.

My interest in this book only showed my lack of intelligence, he added. His reaction further aroused my interest in Shanghai Baby. I decided that a book that evokes such emotional reactions does not belong in the trash, but should get the attention it deserves. Their novels were just as bold as their physical appearance, telling the stories of a young urban generation leading a wild and extravagant lifestyle.

Their boldness soon resulted in banishment. They became bestsellers in the Western world, not only because of their appealing covers and contents, but also due to the mere fact they were banned in the PRC. Shanghai Baby and Candy are amongst the most controversial books within the genre. Penetration, oral sex, impotence, menstruation and female orgasm are all subjects dealt with in her book.