By Tong Lam In addition to teaching at the US Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, historian Covell Meyskens also …
The China Blog
LARB’s China Blog covers the life, culture, politics and literature of China. It is edited by Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Maura Elizabeth Cunningham. If you’re looking for blog posts prior to September 2013, please visit our China Blog tumblr page.
Say Uncle
By Austin Dean Who is Xi Jinping? What does he think? What does he want? How popular is he? Much …
Darth Vader and the Triceratops—A Q & A with Maggie Greene on “Stars Wars” in China
By Jeffrey Wasserstrom There’s been a lot of commentary lately about the challenge that Disney faces marketing the new Star …
Out of Autocracy, Off the Shelves
By Jeremiah Jenne It is an unfortunate axiom of publishing in China that the best way for your book to …
A Q&A with Jeremy Goldkorn
By Liz Carter Jeremy Goldkorn is a researcher, writer, speaker, and podcaster on Chinese politics, economics, and society. He moved …
Consolations of History: A Q&A with Yan Geling
By Alec Ash Yan Geling is a Chinese novelist, born in Shanghai, who lives in Berlin and travels frequently to …
Holiday Book Ideas from China Bloggers and FOBs (Friends of the Blog), Part Two
We started with a simple plan. We’d get six people to suggesting a pair of books apiece, making a dozen …
Holiday Book Ideas from China Bloggers and FOBs (Friends of the Blog), Part One
This first post in a two-part series continues a tradition of holiday gift suggestions that began at China Beat (2008-2012) …
Documenting Public Space in China
By Maura Elizabeth Cunningham Americans tend to expect privacy in their public spaces. My enjoyment of a park is, in …
In Praise of Chinese Gossip Rags
By Austin Dean I really like reading Chinese gossip magazines. That is something few foreigners in China do, and even …