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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Bad History: Qianlong, Xinjiang, and Western Aesthetics

I’m used to having history get mangled in the newspapers, goodness knows the People’s Daily does it all the time, but this piece in the New York Times by IHT art editor Souren Melikian probably deserves a special award of some kind.

For example:

At the height of its maximum extension around the first or second century A.D., the [...]

April 1st, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Chinese History | 11 comments - (Comments are closed)