 Dong Xi's short fiction and novellas are often grouped together with other work from writers that emerged in urban China in the 1980s.He eventually moved to Beijing and began working with screenwriters, as well as adapting his own work for TV and film.His most notable adaptation for film is the 2002 film, "Sky Lovers", based on his novel, "Life Without Language" (the same novella was adapted for a 20-episode TV series by Guangxi Mandile Film and Culture Co. Ltd.).