“The Electric Camel,” Here! Dongguan
The delivery courier has become the modern-day analog of Luotuo Xiangzi, the character Lao She made famous in his 1937 novel, Rickshaw Boy. [Read More...]
Republican Era
Book Review: Fred Barton and the Warlords’ Horses of China
John Ross reviews the real life adventure of Montana cowboy Fred Barton, who led the world’s longest horse drive from Siberia through Manchuria and Mongolia into China. [Read More...]
The Perils of Advising the Empire: Yuan Shikai and Frank Goodnow
New post by me at ChinaFile. The Perils of Advising the Empire: Yuan Shikai and Frank Goodnow. [Read More...]
From the Archives: The Wire Guide to the 1911 Revolution
Since November 12, 2015 is the 149th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen, it seemed like a good moment to drag this one out of the archives. [Read More...]
NYT 1913: Yuan Shikai expels KMT from Parliament
A strong Chinese leader takes a bold stance against constitutionalism and Western-style democratic institutions and the foreign community…high fives him for it? [Read More...]