Sins of the Father
Xi Zhongxun, one of China’s early communist revolutionaries, tried to balance reformist instincts with loyalty to the Party. His failure left an indelible mark on...
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Vikram Seth: Hitchhiking From China to India
Before he became an award-winning novelist, the Indian writer Vikram Seth was an exchange student in China. In the 1980s, he traveled overland from Nanjing...
Nominations Open for 2025 Baifang Schell Book Prize
Our book prize returns in its second year, celebrating exceptional books on or from China and the Sinophone world. Nominate now!
Ep. 26: Chris Horton on Taiwan’s History and Present
Colonized by the Dutch Republic, Qing China and Japan, Taiwan's complicated past led to a multi-layered identity today. We invited the author of a new...
Yu Hua: Fictional Cities
The bestselling Chinese novelist foregrounds individual suffering in the chaos of modern Chinese history. In his latest novel in translation, gratuitous violence shows the limits...
Patrick McGee on Apple in China
The author and journalist explains how China captured Apple's business and learnt from its technology, in a China Books Review event at Asia Society.
Hongbin Li: How the Gaokao Shapes China
The U.S.-based academic discusses why China’s college entrance exam system retains popular support despite its hardships, and how the gaokao’s influence can spread overseas.
How the iPhone was Made in China
When the iPhone launched in 2007, Apple's supply chain in China was still nascent. Yet as the product took off, China profited from the creation...
No Country for a Woman
Women in China have suffered abuse, silencing and erasure — despite the Communist Party’s slogans about women’s liberation. Two novels by the Wuhan writer Fang...
Ep. 25: Timothy Thurston on Tibetan Satire
Tibetans inside China have found various ways to push back against Beijing and voice their dissatisfaction. A lesser-known form of subtle resistance is the art...
Wanted: Pandas, Dead or Alive
In 1928, the eldest two sons of President Theodore Roosevelt set out to capture or kill a giant panda. Their hunting trip accidentally contributed to...
What China’s Listening To
We picked five albums that China’s Gen Z are listening to while lying flat, working, involuting, “running” abroad and pushing the envelope.