花崗齋雜記

Jottings from the Granite Studio provides commentary, analysis, and opinion on China and Chinese history. It is written by Jeremiah Jenne, a PhD Candidate at a large public research university in Northern California. Currently, Jeremiah is in Beijing teaching history, doing archival research, and working on his dissertation.

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If you understand this comic, you might be a grad student…

From Jorge Cham’s masterful and frighteningly on target strip, Piled Higher & Deeper.

The Old Summer Palace: Should Yuanmingyuan be restored?

The restoration of the westerner-designed and westerner-demolished palace at Yuanmingyuan (sometimes known as the “Old Summer Palace”) is a topic that comes up every so often in the Chinese media and online community. This time around due to reports that a replica is being built in Hengdian, Zhejiang.

“So much controversy and concern from the media [...]

Voices from China’s Past: Cai Yuanpei on Globalization

“This age is one in which the entire world is developing communications. In the past, Chinese people viewed our country as all under heaven, and Westerners likewise thought Europe was the world. Today things are gradually moving forward; Chinese people already know there is a so-called Western civilization, and Westerners, even though our country is [...]