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Where the River Reaches Home

Three recent books narrate family histories that flow over time and space. But when identities evolve across borders, language holds the memory that carries us back to where we came from.

Ep. 12: China’s Evolving Art Scene

Contemporary art from China took off in the 1990s, and became a hot commodity in the 2000s. The China Books podcast asks an expert how the scene changed since then, and where it is today.

New Photography Books on China

Five recent photography collections, from a frontline view of wartime China to a bucolic portrait of a Hong Kong village, show how images can speak volumes.

Contemporary Chinese Art Photography

A collection of three decades worth of Chinese art photography shows a country in social and cultural foment, questioning the status quo and pushing aesthetic boundaries.

Ep. 11: Beijing in Short Fiction

China’s capital is so difficult to capture that sometimes only fiction can suffice. The editor of a new short story collection explains how a literary kaleidoscope can be the best lens to view Beijing.

The Erasure of the Uyghurs

Oppression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang has slipped from headlines — but two recent memoirs by Uyghurs abroa attempt to portray the minority as more than just victims.

Panel Event: Will China and Taiwan Come to Conflict?

A murmuration of China experts discuss the situation across the Taiwan Strait, and a new edited collection on how to deter an invasion or blockade.

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Age of Exploration

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From the Archive

Summer China Reads

Five new China books for your summer reading list, from an intergenerational family memoir to a children's picture book of the Cultural Revolution.

Book Talk: Edward Wong on the Edge of Empire

The New York Times journalist tells us how his father followed Mao's star in the 1950s — and how the frontiers he reported on in the 2000s were a world apart.

The Martyrdom of Liu Xiaobo

China’s dissident writer was an exemplar of iconoclastic intellectual spirit, pursuing a more humane society despite state repression. A new biography draws the arc of his rebellion and untimely death.

Ep. 10: Rethinking U.S.-China Trade

For decades, American companies have profited by outsourcing to China — but supply chain disruptions have laid bare the risks and hidden costs. A new book explores how to strike a better balance.

How to Avoid Conflict in Taiwan

Xi Jinping has made clear his desire to "reunify" Taiwan. The U.S. and its allies should take him at his word, argues a former deputy national security advisor, and make the case for deterrence.

Orville Schell on China in the 1980s

The 1980s in China were an exciting, ephemeral period of opening. The Peking Hotel podcast talked to a veteran China watcher who lived, and recorded, what happened.

Where are the Tiananmen Protest Leaders Today?

35 years after Tiananmen, the most-wanted student and worker demonstrators now live in America, Hong Kong and Taiwan. A journalist who covered the protests caught up with six of them, to see what perspectives fresh terrain has brought.

Sarah Conger: Letters from the Boxer Rebellion

In 1900, the wife of an American envoy to China was caught up in the infamous siege of Beijing. The letters she wrote at the time, published later, show humanity amidst drama and fear.

Ep. 9: Tiananmen Remembered

It has been 35 years since the violent crackdown on the Tiananmen protests of 1989. We talked to an activist whose work pushes for the change those protesters sought.

Perry Link on June 4 Intellectuals

Chinese intellectuals played a critical role in China’s opening during the 1980s, and the protests of 1989. In a new podcast collaboration, we talked to a veteran China scholar who knew them.

The Habit of Hoping

In the wake of Tiananmen, can a mother’s love, or a wife’s concern, transcend national trauma?

Books on the Chinese-American Experience

To celebrate AAPI month, we partnered with Asia Society to round up five books that capture different facets of what it means to be Chinese-American.

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