Anne Henochowicz* Sitting in the hushed, stained-glass light of my university’s architecture library, I made stacks of flashcards. I reverently …
Finding a Common Thread: A History of Chinese Language
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.
Nuts! The Bursting of the Chinese Walnut Bubble
By Austin Dean Walk down the street in Beijing and you’ll encounter a certain type of character: buzz cut, paunchy …
Thinking and Writing about Inner Asia: A Q&A with Rian Thum
By Jeffrey Wasserstrom I recently caught up by email with New Orleans-based historian Rian Thum to ask him a variety …
The Promised (Disney)land
By Alec Ash Wang Zhigang flew three hours just to see Mickey Mouse. In swimming shorts and a colourful umbrella-hat sold …
Talking Rural Reconstruction, Books, and Blogs with Kate Merkel-Hess
By Jeffrey Wasserstrom Prelude: The Birth of a Blog On a sunny day way back in the summer of 2007, when …
Introducing the Hong Kong Review of Books: A Q&A With Aflie Bown
By Susan Blumberg-Kason Earlier this year, two literary scholars, Alfie Bown and Kimberley Clarke, founded the Hong Kong Review of …
Chinese Nationalism and the Colonel’s Chicken
Jeffrey Wasserstrom Whenever a new bout of state-sanctioned nationalist fervor in China makes headlines, I think back to the time …
Q&A with Terry Lautz, Author of ‘John Birch: A Life’
By Jeffrey Wasserstrom Terry Lautz is the author of John Birch: A Life (Oxford, 2016). He is interim director of …
Can Hong Kong #ACCELERATE?
By Alfie Bown I CAME TO Hong Kong twelve months ago from a Europe in political turmoil. Fundamentalist attacks and …
Taking Stock of Xi Jinping: A Q & A with Kerry Brown
By Jeffrey Wasserstrom I recently caught up by email with Kerry Brown, a prolific writer on Chinese affairs who has held …
