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A New World Disorder?
With Pax Americana crumbling, many countries in the Global South are turning to Pax Sinica as an alternative. So what are Chinese thinkers' vision for...
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New China Books: Dog Days of Summer
From the canine history of Hong Kong to a revisionist history of the Great Leap Forward, we recommend five new China books to add to...
Spies in Shanghai with Heather Salter
The author and historian discusses a dramatic Soviet espionage case in interwar Shanghai that rocked the international community and presaged the Cold War.
Wang Xiaoshuai on Chinese Cinema
The pioneering filmmaker discusses China’s movie industry from the 1990s to today, and what it feels like to be caught between the censors and the...
The Missing Pages
Sixty years after the Cultural Revolution began, a writer looks back to her childhood in Beijing during its peak, and the banned books that sustained...
W. Somerset Maugham: On a Chinese Screen
Over a century after it came out, Maugham's travelogue of his trip to China in 1919–20 reveals less about China itself, more about the foreigners...
China’s Disappearing Countryside, with Colin Flahive
Over the last quarter century, the countryside of southwest China has been transformed. The author of two memoirs reflects on what is lost, and what...
Hong Kong’s Past, Present and Future
Six years after Hong Kong's National Security Law went into effect, we convened a panel of authors to discuss what has changed since.
Can China Actually Go Green?
China’s environmental strides came out of the clash between grassroots activists and the state, argues a new book by a Chinese journalist. But now that...
Stranger Than Life
We recommend five Chinese-language books that draw on real-life experiences, from an LGBTQ short story collection to a reality-TV inspired novel.
The Perfect Dictatorship?
A new book argues that “smart authoritarianism” enabled China's economic growth while keeping draconian control over its society. But is it really possible for the...
Awards Ceremony for the 2026 Winners
Journalist Barbara Demick and translator Michael Berry talk about their winning books "Daughters of the Bamboo Grove" and "The Running Flame," at our prize ceremony.
