Jeremy Goldkorn worked in China for 20 years as an editor and entrepreneur. He is editor-in-chief of The China Project, and co-founder of the Sinica Podcast.
Jo Lusby manages intellectual property for foreign books, games, and other creative products in China and is a keen observer of what people in China want to read, listen to, watch, and play.
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.
A conversation with Carice Witte, who has been working at the heart of the complicated relationship between Israel and China for decades.
A conversation with Michael Davidson, a scholar and engineer with deep expertise in renewable energy in China, India, and the U.S.
Murong Xuecun rose to fame as an internet writer, and then won a prestigious official literature award in 2010. But then the state turned on him. His most recent book, ‘Deadly Quiet City,’ tells the stories of eight people in Wuhan in the spring of 2020.
Even though the U.S. Department of Defense said the spy balloon did not present a military or intelligence threat, it put an end to a bilateral meeting that some had hoped would improve the deteriorating U.S. China relations.
How have Chinese entrepreneurs been shaped by China’s past and the Maoist ideas that continue to shape the country’s present? Why does writing about China attract such vitriol even when the subject matter is business?
December 26 is Chairman Mao’s birthday. The People’s Liberation Army that he once led celebrated with a massive military exercise in the skies and seas around Taiwan.
Beijing spends billions on trying to influence the global conversation about China. Where does the money go, and is it working? I spoke to Sarah Cook, who has tracked media and internet freedom in China since 2007, about her latest report on the PRC’s attempts to shape the way we talk about China.