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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.
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 of “zurza,” or satirical repartee.
The technology analyst discusses his new book "Breakneck," explaining what America's lawyerly society could learn from China's quest to engineer the future.
From Covid as a bioweapon to Chinese soldiers infiltrating America, Alexander Boyd discusses the right-wing conspiracy theories that lead our ranking of bestselling China books.
The author and former media mogul explains why he chose fiction as the best way to capture Shanghai’s go-go years in his new novel.
The New Yorker writer discusses his new history of the Chinese in America, and immigrant identity from the Chinese Exclusion Act to Donald Trump.
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 Book Prize.
The author and academic discusses his new biography of Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping, and the hidden history of the Chinese Communist Party.
The foreign correspondent talks about her new book on child trafficking and the adoption market in China, and the story of twin girls separated at birth.
Presenting the winners (and honorable mentions) for the 2024 Baifang Schell Book Prize, with awards in both nonfiction and translated literature.
Presenting the jury’s shortlist of five books for the Baifang Schell Book Prize: Award for Outstanding Translated Literature from Chinese Language.
Announcing a shortlist of five books for the Baifang Schell Book Prize: Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Book on China or the Sinophone World.