Photo Essay Archives | China Books Review

Contemporary Chinese Art Photography

A collection of three decades worth of Chinese art photography shows a country in social and cultural foment, questioning the status quo and pushing aesthetic...

Tibet’s Cultural Revolution

The brutality of Maoist Red Guards is well documented, but lesser known in relation to Tibet, where its spiritual damage ran deep. Few records remained...

Corky Lee’s Chinatown

Since 1970, a Chinese-American photojournalist has been capturing images of street life in New York’s Chinatown. Here are twelve of them, from protest to pandemic.

From the Mines to the Glaciers

Coal energy fired China’s explosive growth. But its emissions contributed to the melting of Himalayan ice. In photographs from a new exhibit, a picture speaks...

Browse the archive

Feb 5, 6:30-8pm; Asia Society, NYC

Book Talk: Yi-Ling Liu on China’s Internet

How did the Chinese internet go from being one of the most explosive avenues of social upheaval to one of the most strictly censored and surveilled digital spaces in the world? Register now to hear journalist Yi-Ling Liu tell the story of China’s internet culture, its pioneers and its regulators, at the book launch for “The Wall Dancers” in conversation with Afra Wang. Use code CBR15 for $10 off!

Sign up for our newsletter: