China

The Spies Next Door

by John Beck,

China’s covert campaign to intimidate Uighur exiles

The Great Wall of Steel

by Ian Buruma,

Xi Jinping remakes Chinese nationalism

Ad Astra

by Rachel Riederer,

The coming battle over space

Anals of History

From an image of a dinosaur fossil that was recently discovered in northeastern China. The fossil, described in research published in October on the website bioRxiv, is the only known…

Dream State

by Yi-Ling Liu,

The radical imagination of the Hong Kong protest movement

Dream State

Host Violet Lucca, Guest Yi-Ling Liu on April 30, 2020

Mask on: pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong return to the streets Read More

From actions since 2006 taken by American companies and institutions to appease China. Censored music that refers to the Tiananmen Square massacreCanceled a lecture on women’s rightsRemoved an app that…

Party Fouls

by Jane Golley, Linda Jaivin, Paul J. Farrelly, Sharon Strange,

From descriptions of behaviors considered by the Chinese government to be signs of extremism, as compiled in China Story Yearbook: Power, edited by Jane Golley, Linda Jaivin, Paul J. Farrelly,…

Red Tape

From explanations given by the Chinese government for why certain artists and celebrities are banned from entering or performing in the country. Behaving badly in social lifeAssociating with countercultureUsing profanity…

What China Threat?

by Kishore Mahbubani,

How the United States and China can avoid war

Russia and Red China

by George Steiner,

For the past six years the largest country in the world—with a quarter of the earth’s population—has been a blank space on the map of American foreign policy. For many…

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The Spies Next Door

The Great Wall of Steel

Ad Astra

Anals of History

Dream State

Dream State

As You Wish

Party Fouls

Red Tape

What China Threat?

Russia and Red China