- Jul 04, 2014 16:56 PM
- Three Years and Eight Months
- Inspired by the story of Chinese-American author Icy Smith's father and uncle during WWII in Hong Kong, this hard-hitting illustrated children's book introduces a boy who is befriended by a Japanese soldier
- Jul 04, 2014 16:52 PM
- Indonesia, Etc.: Exploring the Improbable Nation
- A former Reuters journalist under Suharto's New Order, Elizabeth Pisani discusses the country's economic ascendency and offers an elegant dissection of infrastructure problems
Jul 03, 2014 19:09 PM- Photographic Assignment: Zhongnanhai
- As the chief photographer for Chinese leaders in the 1960s-70s, Du Xiuxian bore witness and documented the Mao years through images which would later become iconic
Jun 28, 2014 17:46 PM- How the Philadelphia Orchestra Found a Home in China
- Coming to China at the request of President Nixon in 1973, the Philadelphia Orchestra created a shimmering harmony which would later save it when it verged on terminal decline
- Jun 27, 2014 17:05 PM
- Book: The Story of Tea
- The book takes readers through the history of tea appreciation, and will primarily benefit enthusiasts
Jun 26, 2014 17:38 PM- Views: A Dog Fight Erupts in Southern China
- An annual festival that celebrates eating dog meat has become a battleground for a tussle between animal rights activists and locals protecting a tradition
Jun 21, 2014 09:08 AM- Getting Rid of the Spoilsports in Soccer
- Insulating Chinese soccer teams from competition will invariably result in the same scandals and problems the sport is facing now
- Jun 21, 2014 09:04 AM
- Asia's Cauldron: The South China Sea and the End of a Stable Pacific
- Robert Kaplan melds geopolitics and history of South China Sea and highlights how status quo looks set to change
- Jun 21, 2014 08:58 AM
- Baijiu: The Essential Guide to Chinese Spirits
- Zestful account of the history and manufacturing process of spirit known as drink of the everyman in China
- Jun 14, 2014 19:22 PM
- The Rebel Sell
- The rock music festival is no longer characterized by a rejection of common social values but an expression of passivity in the midst of economic vibrancy
- Jun 13, 2014 18:23 PM
- Book: The Ballad of a Small Player
- Lawrence Osborne shines as extraordinary stylist and triumphs in setting novel apart from self-satisfied genre of expat fiction
- Jun 13, 2014 18:21 PM
- Book: The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream
- The development of golf told through stories of three individuals underscores how the game has become symbol of glimmering social contradictions in post-Mao China
- Jun 12, 2014 13:55 PM
- A Drifting Soul: Lost in Chinese, Mongolian, and English
- An ethnic Mongolian confronts the illusory nature of national identity versus an immutable desire for belonging
- Jun 06, 2014 15:38 PM
- Film: No Man's Land
- Chinese director Ning Hao moves into the stylistic terrain of a neo-Western thriller in latest film
Jun 06, 2014 15:36 PM- The Jesuit Astronomer
- Father Johann Adam Schall gained access to the upper reaches of the Qing court through his impact on the dynasty's calendar
- May 31, 2014 19:47 PM
- The Urge to Remember
- Zhang Yimou's latest film never drifts focus from an awareness of visual style that aims to convey an atmospheric and sensory experience of the Cultural Revolution
- May 30, 2014 20:03 PM
- China's Second Continent
- Writer Howard French finds plenty of evidence that Beijing's aid money, its funding for infrastructure and its trade links are making a difference
- May 30, 2014 20:01 PM
- The Sea and Civilization
- Historian Lincoln Paine taps into the increasing emphasis on analysis of the interplay between economics and politics
- May 23, 2014 23:57 PM
- Ancestral Worship: Poems
- David McKirdy's collection of well-crafted poems are a tribute to the city of Hong Kong tempered by longtime personal experiences
- May 23, 2014 23:52 PM
- Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade
- The limits of global waste production are engagingly explored through shipments of scrap to China
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