Jottings from the Granite Studio

Rather fascinating op-ed piece in today’s Shanghai Daily. In it the author argues that the spirit of interaction with the world, so essential to China’s recent development, was part of a long tradition of openness that predated the rise of Europe as a global center.
However, one question needs to be asked and answered clearly: What [...]

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This month’s installment of the Asian History Carnival is being hosted at Westminster Wisdom and I have to hand it to those guys, this latest carnival is chock full of great links. If you haven’t checked an AHC out, I highly recommend doing so. They are a great place to get all the [...]

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