Writings

October 5, 2008

The China Beat has had a month-long series on [Read More...]

September 4, 2008

The building of railways in China has had a [Read More...]

September 2, 2008

While David Spindler is fond of correcting the [Read More...]

August 27, 2008

In a “mini-debate” posted at Dissent [Read More...]

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...]

August 20, 2008

I had heard a sad rumor last week regarding [Read More...]

August 14, 2008

This month YJ and I moved from a monstrous [Read More...]

August 8, 2008

YJ is out running around the city as Tianjin’s [Read More...]

August 7, 2008

Beijing-based artist, Granite Studio friend, and [Read More...]

August 6, 2008

“100 Years of [Read More...]

July 30, 2008

I have a new post up over at The Peking Duck on [Read More...]

July 10, 2008

A link from reader Scott Loar relating to a [Read More...]

June 14, 2008

Whether or not our Google culture is making us [Read More...]

March 27, 2008

In response to a comment left on an earlier post, [Read More...]

March 26, 2008

One of the more persistent myths of Qing dynasty [Read More...]