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
Mao Zedong didn’tย say that, of course. He said โๆชๆๅญ้้ขๅบๆฟๆโ (qiฤnggวnzi lวmiร n chลซ zhรจngquรกn) โย Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun โ during...
Let’s try something. A The China Project film recommendation column, to run every Friday, called Film Friday. This could be fun. A Big Deal (็นๆฎไบคๆ...
If you’re a beer drinker in Beijing, I know where you’re at right now. That’s because tonight is the final night for Great Leap No...
Not like the do-dah man. Not to Buffalo. Not to home (probably). While we’re at these cultural references โ not like Robert Crumb, either. This...
The recent kerfuffle over scooters in American cities like San Francisco โ โWe cannot overstate the public safety hazard that operating motorized scooters pose on...
I was scootering past Guangqumen Bridge just southeast of Beijing Railway Station tonight when I encountered the scene above, a plaza of mostly retirees enjoying...
In the video above, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reports, uncritically, on a Russian television story that claims the April 7 chemical attack in Douma, Syria...
At least 18 are dead and five injured in the southern Chinese city of Qingyuan ๆธ ่ฟ, Guangdong province, after a fire ripped through a small...
Here’s a bit of fun from usually staid Chinese television:ย Keep Running (ๅฅ่ทๅง bฤnpวoba), adapted from South Korea, is a reality TV show currently showing on...