• 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.

    Fat Rice Adventures: A Taste of Macau in the American Midwest

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    By Susan Blumberg-Kason Arroz gordo, or fat rice, is one of the most popular dishes in Macau. With Portuguese and …

    Journalism and Love in Wartime China: A Q&A with Eve of a Hundred Midnights author Bill Lascher

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    By Paul French  Bill Lascher is an Oregon-based journalist who didn’t realise he was related to one of the great …

    The 2016 Hong Kong International Literary Festival — A Q&A with Phillipa Milne

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    By Jeffrey Wasserstrom I’ve had the pleasure of participating in the Hong Kong International Festival in two past years, 2009 …

    Pivoting with Kurt Campbell—U.S. Policy Toward Asia in the Era of China’s Rise

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    By Graham Webster Beginning with its title, The Pivot: The Future of American Statecraft in Asia, Kurt Campbell’s latest book …

    What the Diaspora Can Know: Reconsidering Madeleine Thien’s Do Not Say We Have Nothing

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    By Nick Admussen Imagine the world from the perspective of people who speak Chinese: a Sinosphere, centered by the huge …

    Zombie Politics with Hong Kong Characteristics

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    By Antony Dapiran You might not have noticed, but zombie invasions hit both South Korea and Hong Kong this past …

    Reading Hillbilly Elegy in Beijing

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    By Jeremiah Jenne The United States and China have more in common than people might think. Both are vast, continental …

    Looking for Ghosts in the Quietest Place in Beijing

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    By Jonathan Chatwin On my first visit to Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery – China’s national cemetery, and resting place of the …

    From Vancouver to Tiananmen — A Review of Madeleine Thien’s Latest Book

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    By Michael Rank The extraordinary upheavals that China has undergone over the past fifty years call for an epic novel …

    Being Helen Foster Snow: A Q&A with Elyse Ribbons

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    By Paul French As part of Chinese TV’s efforts to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Long March this year, …