In 1928, the eldest two sons of President Theodore Roosevelt set out to capture or kill a giant panda. Their hunting trip accidentally contributed to...
History is supposedly written by the victors. Sima Qian, author of China's original historical classic, showed it could also be written by the condemned.
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...
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...
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...
In 1937, a U.S. military officer set off with Mao Zedong’s troops to raid Japanese-occupied territory in the north of China. The Communist guerillas, he...
Register now to hear business journalist Patrick McGee talk about the story of how Apple became dependent on China for its manufacturing — and what that means for China’s technology rivalry with the U.S. — at a China Books Review event moderated by Wired senior writer Zeyi Yang.
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