2010 - Jottings from the Granite Studio

City Journal: If you’re going to bash Beijing, at least pretend like you actually sent somebody to visit…

December 22, 2010

Um, Summer Palace? Lama Temple? Temple of Heaven? I'm not saying the Beijing Municipal Government are paragons of historic preservation, but Jesus...open a f-----g copy of Fodors why don't you? [Read More...]

Criticism, Critical Analysis, and Hurt Feelings

December 15, 2010

Reading about a new book by Stefan Collini: [Read More...]

The Confucius Prize, Chinese blunders, and why you should be wary of sex-crazed wolverines

December 10, 2010

I got a fuller report of the Confucius Prize [Read More...]

Sovereignty and Suzerainty

November 11, 2010

In a commentary in the Financial Times today, [Read More...]

Bad History: China’s Economic Policies and the Opium War

November 3, 2010

This is a longish post… A long time ago, [Read More...]

The Korean War and Xi Jinping

October 29, 2010

A few months ago I wrote a post about the Korean [Read More...]

The Mao Row: Zhang Tielin, Citizenship, and Patriotic Movie Making

October 25, 2010

It’s amazing what people will choose to [Read More...]

The Burning of the Yuanmingyuan: 150 Years Later

October 24, 2010

150 years ago this month, troops from an [Read More...]

The Nobel Prize and the CCP’s Ignoble Response

October 9, 2010

For the CCP, having the first homegrown Chinese Nobel awarded to Charter 08 writer and activist Liu Xiaobo must feel a bit like losing your virginity and waking up the next morning with a scorching case of herpes. [Read More...]