Happy Hua Guofeng Day 2008: The first in the P.H. (post-Hua) Era October 13, 2008 As many, if not both my readers know, each [Read More...]
The perils of studying the Qing October 8, 2008 Via Danwei: The Beijing News October 7, 2008 Yan [Read More...]
Teaching Τibet and “The Truth” October 5, 2008 The China Beat has had a month-long series on [Read More...]
On railways and history and the railroading of history September 4, 2008 The building of railways in China has had a [Read More...]
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...]
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...]
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...]