By Paul French We generally think of Shanghai between the world wars as unique, a one-off city forming a crossroads …
Istanbul and Shanghai Between the Wars – Two Sides of the Same Coin
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Connecting and Comparing the Taipei and Hong Kong Struggles
By Lorand Laskai October 3: While the world is watching Occupy Central, one group has gone beyond mere spectating. Six …
On the Road in Chinese History
By Austin Dean Han Han—author, blogger, high-school drop out, racecar driver, provocateur, and spokesperson for a car-seat manufacturer—recently branched out …
The Generalissimo’s Ghost
By Jeffrey Wasserstrom “In Taiwan, Teens Protest Statues Honoring Former Ruler Chiang Kai-shek,” Los Angeles Times headline, August 11, 2014 Like other …
Take Me Out to the Ballgame, in Taipei
By Maura Elizabeth Cunningham At precisely 6:35pm on a Thursday night, exactly as scheduled, the ChinaTrust Brother Elephants took the …
China’s Forgotten World War II: A Q&A with Rana Mitter
By Maura Elizabeth Cunningham As my last China Blog column was on China’s forgotten World War I, I decided that …
Blasts from the Past: Chinese Nostalgia for the 1980s in the Era of Xi Jinping
Photo: Scene from American Dreams in China By Austin Dean In a speech at the 35th anniversary of academic exchanges between …
How to Be a Male God: Beijing’s Pick Up Artist Scene
By Alec Ash Xia’er, a 22-year-old music graduate from Hunan Province, is short, with a boyish complexion and no steady …
Love, or Nearest Offer: A Vignette From Beijing’s Marriage Market
Photo: Mr. Sun browsing the marriage market. By Alec Ash Mr. Sun is 67, with a helmet-shaped mop of silver …
Tricks of Two Trades: A Q&A on Writing News Reports and Spy Novels with Night Heron Author Adam Brookes
By Jeffrey Wasserstrom I’ve known Adam Brookes since 1999, when we met in Beijing where he was covering China for …
