Jeffrey Wasserstrom interviews historian and author Richard J. Smith.
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.
An Interview with Paul French on Bloody Saturday: Shanghai’s Darkest Day
By Jeffrey Wasserstrom Penguin China is having a busy summer when it comes to releasing short books in its “specials” …
Announcing the LARB China Channel
Dear China Blog Readers, Thanks to a generous seed grant from the Henry Luce Foundation as well as support from …
A Collective Grief: Mourning Liu Xiaobo in Hong Kong on July 15, 2017
By Yvonne Yevan Yu It was a day of migrating rainclouds, which meant random gusts, a thickness almost tangible on …
The Varied Views of Dissidents in China — A Response to James Palmer
By Maria Repnikova In the wake of Liu Xiaobo’s tragic death, Western news sites have been filled with assessments of …
Liu Xiaobo: An Initial Post of Commemoration
A Collectively Compiled Compendium in memory of Liu Xiaobo, Chinese writer and Nobel Peace Prize winner, who died on July …
How Class in China Became Politically Incorrect
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of China Blog pieces by Louisa Lim, building off episodes of …
Singing for Democracy in Hong Kong
By Alec Ash In October 2014 I travelled to Hong Kong for a friend’s wedding. I had booked my flight …
A Long View of American Policy in Asia: On Michael Green’s By More Than Providence
By Graham Webster In Michael J. Green’s rich and ambitious history of US strategic thinking toward Asia, one question stands …
Could Hong Kong become Tibet 2.0?
By Louisa Lim Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of short LARB China Blog pieces by Louisa …