Arguably one of Chinaโs most important anniversaries is this week: May 4, marking that day in 1919 when thousands of students โ led by those from Peking University โ marched to Tiananmen Square, where they continued a political and cultural protest while also voicing anger at the Chinese governmentโs inability to protect national interests.
We recently published a piece about Jordan Peterson and China’s “white left.” What exactly is the white left? Let’s let Kaiser explain, from an answer...
Including the loss of Hong Kong.
Dynastic struggle is a favorite subject of many China historians and scholars.
Northern Chinese are taller than their southern counterparts, but why? That’s the question Kaiserย originally answered on Quora on November 6, 2014. First, let’s establish that...
It’s easy enough explaining the differences in the tones in Mandarin Chinese, but it’s a whole other matter for language learners trying to remember exactly...
Pictured: Premier Zhu Rongji with President Bill Clinton. With the Two Sessions set to wrap up, we turn again to politics, and this question, which...
The Bookworm Literary Festival in Beijing recently held its Committing Journalism panel, in which four foreign correspondents spoke thoughtfully about reporting in China. Kaiser, who...
This week, we take our subject from one of Kaiser’s favorite things in the world,ย The Romance of the Three Kingdoms (listen to this episode of...