Scenes from a Forbidden City…
Scenes from a Forbidden City....clear skies and heightened security. [Read More...]
March 2014
Wealth and Power at Capital M
Historian John Delury gave an excellent talk at Capital M today about wealth and power as defining recent Chinese history, but how to fit a search for modernity into that equation? [Read More...]
Happy Learn from Lei Feng Day!
Just because Lei Feng's diary is about as real as a herd of purple unicorns doesn't take anything away from the central message: It's nice to be nice...and always follow the Chairman! [Read More...]
On cultural hybridity, ambassadors, and other low hanging fruit
Chinese media called Amb. Locke a "banana," but Chinese history is filled with those who transcended "identity" http://wp.me/pgK30-1CF [Read More...]