The Great Wall…highway? September 2, 2008 While David Spindler is fond of correcting the [Read More...]
Democracy, ethics, and China’s post-Olympic challenge August 27, 2008 In a “mini-debate” posted at Dissent [Read More...]
Why Hua Guofeng matters…no, seriously. August 25, 2008 When Hua Guofeng took power in 1976 he may have averted a civil war. Why then do we always forget Chairman Hua? [Read More...]
The hutong and a review of Michael Meyer, The Last Days of Old Beijing August 14, 2008 This month YJ and I moved from a monstrous [Read More...]
Live Blogging: 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony August 8, 2008 YJ is out running around the city as Tianjin’s [Read More...]
Helen Couchman’s Workers August 7, 2008 Beijing-based artist, Granite Studio friend, and [Read More...]
Things I love about Beijing… July 30, 2008 I have a new post up over at The Peking Duck on [Read More...]
More on Paleoanthropology and Chinese nationalism… July 10, 2008 A link from reader Scott Loar relating to a [Read More...]
Mao and Chiang Kai-shek are walking down the street, and Mao says… June 14, 2008 Whether or not our Google culture is making us [Read More...]
Western media bias on Τibet? March 27, 2008 In response to a comment left on an earlier post, [Read More...]
Voices from China’s Past: Zhang Binglin on Manchu Assimilation March 26, 2008 One of the more persistent myths of Qing dynasty [Read More...]
From imperial subjects to national citizens March 20, 2008 As regards the situation in Τibet, I’ve [Read More...]
Beijing and Baseball: Security, Ties, Taiwan, and “Take me out to the Ballgame” March 16, 2008 Some notes from Saturday’s Dodgers/Padres [Read More...]