In 2008, I wrote in the Guardian that there had recently been a “notable acceleration” in the frequency with which “illuminating …
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Noir Visions, Part 2—All the Spies in China
My last post focused on whodunits and true crime books with Chinese settings, but its title, “Noir Visions of China’s …
Noir Visions of China’s Past and Present
I won’t say that an interest in criminal activity led me to a career teaching and writing about China, but …
Confucius, Mao, and the Little Red Book
All Photos by Jeffrey Wasserstrom I’ve just returned from a trip to China that began with a week in Shanghai, …
Censorship, Translation and the Chinese Market
“To me the choice was easy…I thought it was better to have 90 percent of the book available here than …