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