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Protracted Vengeance: A review of “Revenge of the Forbidden City,” by James Tong

March 19, 2012, 10:29 am

James Tong's study of the persecution of Falun Gong, “Revenge of the Forbidden City,” is not for the fainthearted.

What Was Shanghai? A Review of ‘Shanghai Modern’ by Leo Ou-fan Lee

October 11, 2011, 9:46 pm

Anyone who cares to know the answer to the question “What was Shanghai” will end up coming across Leo Ou-fan Lee’s Shanghai Modern.

Superconfusion

May 28, 2011, 5:30 pm

History will not be kind to books like Zachary Karabell's.

Hong Kong a Ripe Target for a ‘United Front’

January 9, 2011, 4:51 am

Hong Kong had always been a "special item" on the agenda of the Chinese communists.

Chinese Media Part Transmission Belt, Part Complex Mosaic

January 9, 2011, 4:30 am

Increasingly, the other contestants are yelling ‘foul' and demanding the old man play by the rules.

Mao's Utopia a Medley of Death and Destruction

November 19, 2010, 2:15 am

A reader opening most any page of the book is confronted with one part of a pitiless catalog of destruction.

The Failure to Engage

November 18, 2010, 4:41 am

When the United States is more assertive in dealing with the Chinese Communist Party, things work out better.

The (Incompatible) Rise of China

November 13, 2010, 10:39 pm

This is a set of brief and still timely reflections on China.

Book Review: Yangtze—The Long River

October 27, 2010, 8:28 pm

A look inside to Nadav Kander—"Yangtze—The Long River," and the dramatic changes that are happening to it.


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