Robert Foyle Hunwick

Robert Foyle Hunwick is a writer based in the UK and South America, who lived in China from 2009-2019. His book Everything is Allowed, Nothing is Permitted: A Modern History of Vice, Crime and Corruption in China will be published in 2026.

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A book on prostitution in China asks sex workers how they see the industry, the state and themselves.

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Sep 16, 6:30 p.m., NYC

Book Talk: Dan Wang on Engineers vs. Lawyers

Register now to hear Dan Wang discuss his new book "Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future," in which he sets forth a new paradigm to understand the engineering state of China as opposed to the lawyerly society of the United States, in conversation with Julian Gewirtz, a former senior official in the Biden administration.

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Book Talk: Dan Wang on Engineers vs. Lawyers

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