Anthony is the managing editor of The China Project. He is based in Beijing, where he publishes poems on his Substack Poetry From Beijing. Follow him @anthonytao
“I don’t think it calls into question Xi Jinping’s control of the military, but it should be a reminder about how much corruption exists in the system,” says one China observer.
Taiwanese Vice President Lai Ching-te made a stopover in the U.S. last week. His trip was intentionally low-profile, but it nonetheless angered Beijing.
Typhoon Doksuri, one of the strongest storms to hit China in years, has wreaked havoc.
The short but eventful history of China wrestling is filled with highs and lows. For a while, rival promoters dreamed of building the WWE of China, but money dried out and then COVID nearly killed the industry. Those who are still kicking — a motley crew of professionals, hobbyists, lifers, dreamers, and realists — are now working together to rebuild this thing they love.
“Beyond being respectful to your host country, there are serious cultural and cognitive benefits to learning even just a little bit of a foreign language.”
Employees of an American due diligence firm were detained by Beijing police last week, but then Jack Ma made a visit home and Xi Jinping wrote a welcome message for visiting foreign executives.
"Poetry is many things at once. Poetry is where dichotomy dissolves: what you think you know transforms."
To commemorate World Poetry Day, here’s a roundel — a poem characterized by stylized rhymes and refrains — about the rhymes and refrains of a certain style of Beijing life during a certain era that now feels bygone.
China’s pandemic policies are going to look very different in a few months from now.
Porta potties, blue fences, and angry old men: What does community lockdown in Beijing look like?