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Which 1936 novel by Lao She, originally serialised in the magazine 'Cosmic Wind', was translated into English as 'Rickshaw Boy' and is considered a landmark of modern Chinese naturalism?

Answer: Camel Xiangzi — Camel Xiangzi (Luotuo Xiangzi) follows the working-class rickshaw puller Xiangzi whose repeated attempts to buy his own rickshaw are crushed by social forces, culminating in his moral degradation—Lao She's most celebrated novel.

Camel Xiangzi (Luotuo Xiangzi) follows the working-class rickshaw puller Xiangzi whose repeated attempts to buy his own rickshaw are crushed by social forces, culminating in his moral degradation—Lao She's most celebrated novel.

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