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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 Harper’s Magazine, 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…

Look Who’s Talking

From “Human Rights Record of the United States in 2017,” a report published in April by China’s State Council Information Office. On April 20, the State Department of the United…

Please Clap

By Diana Bates, Ling Yuan,

From descriptions of audience applause recorded in official transcriptions of speeches by Nicolae Ceausescu. They were included in a blog post published last year by Yuan Ling, a journalist. The…

Raise the Red Pen

By Jamie Fisher,

From a list of prohibitions for online media, including video-streaming sites, circulated in June by the China Netcasting Services Association, a state-controlled body that oversees more than 600 media companies.…

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Anals of History

Dream State

Dream State

As You Wish

Party Fouls

Red Tape

What China Threat?

Russia and Red China

Look Who’s Talking

Please Clap

Raise the Red Pen

December 2017