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    Remembering Jack London’s Oriental War

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    By Paul French “I am disgusted! I’ll never go to a war between Orientals again. The vexations and delay are …

    Funny Bones: A Q&A with Jesse Appell About Comedy in China

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    Photo by Fernanda Fraiz By Alec Ash Jesse Appell is a young American in Beijing who performs comedy in Chinese – …

    What Foreigners Do in China

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    By Xujun Eberlein In the remote mountains of Yunnan Province, China, a middle-aged European ecologist gave up his high-level international …

    Sherlock Holmes and the Curious Case of Several Million Chinese Fans

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    Image from ChinaSmack. By Paul French After a hiatus of a couple of decades China’s love affair with England’s greatest …

    Foreign Elements: A Q & A with Photographer, Author and Editor Tom Carter

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    By Alec Ash [This interview was originally published on the China Blog tumblr on September 25, 2013.] There have been …

    Photo by Eelco Florijn.

    Another Dozen China Gift Book Ideas (This Time to Buy for Yourself)

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    I recently joined with three other “China Blog” contributors to compile a list of 12 gift suggestions for readers seeking …

    Our Favorite Things

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    Before becoming part of the LARB’s “China Blog” team (indeed, before that publication even began), several of the people who …

    Writing about China and Eponymous Adjectives

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    By Paul French In the wake of new Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s “Third Plenum” — the first policy-focused general meeting …

    Gene Luen Yang on Relying on Stories, Creating Boxers & Saints

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    By Angilee Shah It’s not that the concept of Gene Luen Yang’s Boxers & Saints is complex: two volumes tell …

    Art and Globalization

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    By Tong Lam In recent years, the number of applicants to Chinese art schools has increased dramatically. Earlier this year, …