“Legal History on Display at the China Court Museum,” The Beijinger
New post for The Beijinger on my visit to the recently opened China Court Museum. [Read More...]
Jiang Qing
Zhou Enlai, the Qingming Festival, and the spring demonstrations of 1976
Is our lasting image of Zhou Enlai to be the smooth, urbane diplomat showing up for talks in Geneva in a tailored-suit, silk tie, and a fedora, exchanging quips about the French Revolution? Or will it be the Zhou Enlai standing on top of Tiananmen with a red armband and a little red book, screeching in a high-pitched hysterical frenzy, “Long Live Chairman Mao!” as hordes of fanatical teenagers chant in the square and the Chairman looks on in approval? [Read More...]