• April 2014

    What Do Chinese Women Want?

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    Photo: Mary Guo in Beijing, April 15, 2014. By Lu-Hai Liang Let’s start with Mary. Well that’s her English name anyway. …

    Noir Visions, Part 2—All the Spies in China

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    My last post focused on whodunits and true crime books with Chinese settings, but its title, “Noir Visions of China’s …

    A Letter from the Editor in Chief

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    Dear LARB Supporters: Last week we celebrated the third anniversary of our first review, on our temporary Tumblr site, and …

    Noir Visions of China’s Past and Present

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    I won’t say that an interest in criminal activity led me to a career teaching and writing about China, but …

    Goodbye, Chiang!

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    By Tong Lam One of the most iconic scenes in the 2003 German tragicomedy film Goodbye, Lenin!, which depicts drastic …

    Ping-Pong Powerhouses and Table Tennis Tales

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    Photo courtesy the Richard Nixon Foundation By Maura Elizabeth Cunningham The 1971 “Ping-Pong Diplomacy” between China and the United States …