Jane Gardam: The Old Filth Trilogy
A clever skewering of British colonials in pre-handover Hong Kong became a best-seller for its portrait of imperial ruin and class jockeying.
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Liang Qichao: Reformer or Revolutionary?
The legacy of the late Qing era intellectual, once exiled in Japan, is overlooked in the West. A new collection of his essays shows a...
New China Books: High Temperatures
Five recent books on China cover a range of heated topics, from dystopian Hong Kong to the end of Sino-U.S. engagement.
The Secret Life of Student Democracy
A scholar’s portrait of student volunteer groups in China is inspirational, but are they really planting the seeds of democratic change?
Ep. 22: Michael Luo on the Chinese-American Story
The New Yorker writer discusses his new history of the Chinese in America, and immigrant identity from the Chinese Exclusion Act to Donald Trump.
How to Hide a Chinese Empire
After millennia of imperial history, China today has distanced itself from the concept of empire. But the new forms of Chinese imperium are more subtle...
Winston Lord’s China Bookshelf
The diplomat reflects on books that have guided his thinking ever since he flew to Beijing for a secret meeting that would spark the U.S.-China...
Awards Ceremony for the 2024 Winners
Journalist Edward Wong and translator Lin King talk about their books "At the Edge of Empire" and "Taiwan Travelogue," winners of the first Baifang Schell...
Joseph Torigian on Xi Zhongxun
The author and academic discusses his new biography of Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping, and the hidden history of the Chinese Communist Party.
What Xi Jinping Learnt from His Father
Xi Zhongxun was once a reformist voice within the Communist Party — and was purged multiple times for it. So how did his son Xi...
James Mann: Selling Jeeps in China
The autopsy of an American automaker’s failed dream of making and selling jeeps in China reveals much about the delusional thinking of joint ventures in...
Why “All Under Heaven” is Wrong
Tianxia, Beijing’s favorite theory of global power, is held up by Chinese scholars as an alternative to West-centrism. The latest work of its loudest cheerleader...