The Sino-Japanese Relationship: (apologies to Facebook) It’s Complicated
(A Guest post by Yajun) Over the last four days, [Read More...]
Writings
A Sunday stroll with the forces of (in)security
Today being a beautiful day in the ‘jing, I [Read More...]
Google is the new opium
There are days when the state media in China just [Read More...]
A Chinese Perspective on the “Jasmine Revolution” (Another guest post by Yajun)
On Saturday, an anonymous letter circulated [Read More...]
A guest post from the Granite Studio Online Shopping Expert, Yajun: Why Groupon is flailing in China
I confess. I love tuangou (团购 Chinese for [Read More...]
Diversity When? A Guest Post by Yajun
(Ed Note: With several major projects in the [Read More...]
Sun Yat-sen versus Barack Obama: The Breakdown
2011 is the 100th anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising, which Sun Yat-sen had nothing to do with, but that won't stop me from making cross-century historical comparisons with another Third Culture Kid turned politician, Barack Obama. [Read More...]
Charlie Sheen, the Lady of Loulan, and Alternative Pasts in the PRC today
When faced with an artifact which contradicts accepted narratives, China reacts one of two ways, both of which are similar to how CBS is handling Charlie Sheen. [Read More...]
Thank you for taking Beijing taxi…and three ideas to make the ride better.
I’m a taxi guy. There is the Metro. Fast. [Read More...]
City Journal: If you’re going to bash Beijing, at least pretend like you actually sent somebody to visit…
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
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
I got a fuller report of the Confucius Prize [Read More...]
Sovereignty and Suzerainty
In a commentary in the Financial Times today, [Read More...]
Bad History: China’s Economic Policies and the Opium War
This is a longish post… A long time ago, [Read More...]
The Korean War and Xi Jinping
A few months ago I wrote a post about the Korean [Read More...]