• Taking the Edge Off in Troubled Times: Healthy Habits for Conscientious Cadres

    By Austin Dean It can’t be much fun to be a Chinese Communist Party official these days. On the one …

    Diary of a Summit: Thoughts on Life in Beijing During the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum

    By Mengfei Chen Last week, China’s President Xi Jinping hosted the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Beijing. For Xi, …

    The Beautiful and Damned

    By Maura Elizabeth Cunningham In a post here at the LARB China Blog last month, Austin Dean discussed the recent …

    Hong Kong 2014 — A Post Before a Visit

    By Jeffrey Wasserstrom When this post goes live on November 5, I will have just arrived in Hong Kong. I’m …

    The Unlikely Success of Harold Fry’s Pilgrimage

    By Paul French A boring Englishman leaves home one morning to post a letter while his wife runs the vacuum …

    Remembering the 1930s and 1940s, or Reliving Them?

    By Austin Dean The writer Xiao Hong is everywhere in China these days. Her face recently graced the covers of …

    Istanbul and Shanghai Between the Wars – Two Sides of the Same Coin

    By Paul French We generally think of Shanghai between the world wars as unique, a one-off city forming a crossroads …

    Connecting and Comparing the Taipei and Hong Kong Struggles

    By Lorand Laskai October 3: While the world is watching Occupy Central, one group has gone beyond mere spectating. Six …

    On the Road in Chinese History

    By Austin Dean Han Han—author, blogger, high-school drop out, racecar driver, provocateur, and spokesperson for a car-seat manufacturer—recently branched out …

    The Generalissimo’s Ghost

    By Jeffrey Wasserstrom “In Taiwan, Teens Protest Statues Honoring Former Ruler Chiang Kai-shek,” Los Angeles Times headline, August 11, 2014 Like other …