Ymddangosodd Horatio Clare yng Ngŵyl Lenyddol Ryngwladol y Bookworm, yn Beijing fis Mawrth. Mewn cyfres o bedwar cerdyn post a gyhoeddir ar ein gwefan yr wythnos hon, mae'r awdur yn rhannu ei argraffiadau yn dilyn ei ymweliad:

We sat at the feet of the prophets, publicists for Alibaba, Baidu and WeChat (future owners of Amazon, Google and Facebook). They spoke of data mining, O2O - online to offline - and mood reading. O2O means your phone can call a manicurist to you if you should pause for coffee today. Tomorrow, your phone will scan your face, sniff your pheromones and know better than you - so much better than you! - how you feel and what you need. Whether or not it books your shrink, messages your mate or calls your next of kin may be optional, seems certain to be, for a little while, anyway. U.S foreign correspondents say that when their tours end Washington is sleepy and America quietly dull. That is Beijing.

But this was weeks ago. It will all be different now.

Detholwyd Down to the Sea in Ships gan Horatio Clare i Silff Lyfrau 2014-15 Y Gyfnewidfa. Detholiad blynyddol o lyfrau a argymhellir gan Gyfnewidfa Lên Cymru ar gyfer cyfieithu dramor yw'r Silff Lyfrau. Trefnwyd ei daith i Tseina mewn partneriaeth a Llenyddiaeth ar Draws Ffiniau, a'i chefnogi gan Gelfyddydau Rhyngwladol Cymru.