The Mao Row: Zhang Tielin, Citizenship, and Patriotic Movie Making
It’s amazing what people will choose to [Read More...]
Writings
The Burning of the Yuanmingyuan: 150 Years Later
150 years ago this month, troops from an [Read More...]
The Nobel Prize and the CCP’s Ignoble Response
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...]
Random Sunday Musings…
Random thoughts after three weeks on the road… [Read More...]
Image of the Week: Young Bicycle Rider in Kashgar’s Old Town
I was taking a picture of the doorway when this [Read More...]
Hong Xiuquan vs. Jim Morrison: The Taiping Lizard King?
On twitter last week, Shanghai-based author and [Read More...]
Another Guest post by Yajun: Han Han and the tragedy of the Chinese Educational System
The New York Times published an article about Han [Read More...]
Aftershock and the legacy of the 1976 Tangshan Earthquake
Feng Xiaogang’s new movie 唐山大地震 [Read More...]
Why oh why do you need to ‘Laowai’?
From a reader in Sichuan: Just an aside (and yes, [Read More...]
Not exactly how you want your top diplomat to respond to a crisis
Apparently Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi [Read More...]
Review: Jeffrey Wasserstrom, China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know
I know that when writing reviews it’s [Read More...]
Being friends with China…
While I am not a lawyer and have very little [Read More...]
Review: Peter Hessler’s Country Driving
Ed note: This is a guest post by Zhang Yajun. [Read More...]
On Memories of Violence, Part 3: Opium and the Education of Patriots
This is the last of an informal three-part series [Read More...]
A Chinese perspective on crime, race, and the recent demonstrations in Paris
Ed note: This is a guest post by Zhang Yajun, [Read More...]