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Mao’s Doctor Knew Too Much
The memoirs of Li Zhisui, Mao Zedong’s personal physician, tell a life of fatty pork and Daoist sex magic — and explain how to embalm...
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Changing China
Five new books deal with efforts to transform China: from the conquests of the Warring States to nationalist internet fantasies, all the way to campaigns...
2025 Book Prize: Announcing the Winners
Find out who won our two $10,000 awards in the Baifang Schell Book Prize, for nonfiction and literature from or on China and the Sinophone...
Jonathan Cheng on North Korea’s Past and China’s Present
The Wall Street Journal's China bureau chief, author of a new biography of Kim Il Sung, spoke at Asia Society about the DPRK's ruling dynasty...
Colonial Adventures
When a British diplomat was found murdered in southwest China in 1875, near the Burmese border, a political spat was triggered that would have wide-ranging...
Xiang Biao on a Society at the Edge
An anthropologist with a wide youth following and a knack for popularizing academic terms explains how China’s stratified society led to social malaise amid economic...
Zero-Sum
A Chinese invasion or blockade of Taiwan is a constant, if not imminent, risk. Three new books consider Beijing’s options for force, Taiwan’s fractured politics,...
Confucius and Women, with Erin Cline
Misogyny and patriarchy are a later misreading of The Analects, argues the author of a new translation of the Confucian classic.
Shortlist: 2025 Nonfiction Award
Announcing the jury’s shortlist of five books for the Baifang Schell Book Prize: Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Book on China or the Sinophone World.
Shortlist: 2025 Literature Award
Presenting the jury’s shortlist of five books for the Baifang Schell Book Prize: Award for Outstanding Literature from or on China or the Sinophone World.
Keeping The Party Going
A French-language biography shows how Hua Guofeng, the oft-maligned successor to Mao, was pivotal in bridging the Party from the madness of the Cultural Revolution...
Human Literature
In the age of artificial intelligence, with publishers turning to AI translation tools, it is more meaningful than ever to read human translations of literature....
