Do You Know China?
December 27, 2019
Patrick Modiano— At what point in my life did I meet Henri Marignan? Oh, I couldn’t have been twenty at the time. I think of him often. Sometimes he seems… READ MORE
Tag: China
The Dogs of War
December 11, 2019
George Magnus— When Mark Antony utters the words ‘let slip the dogs of war’ after the assassination of Julius Caesar, he is thought to be referring to devices in civilised… READ MORE
Espionage and the I Ching
June 8, 2019
Michael Harrington— The study of espionage has a long history in China. The classic known as The Art of War, dating from a period of strife between the states of… READ MORE
Net Neutrality and The Internet of Things
July 12, 2017
Philip N. Howard— The internet of things will help bring structure to global politics, but we must work for a structure we want. This is a challenging project, but if… READ MORE
Religion and the State in China
December 7, 2016
Chloë Starr— Religion in China is closely managed by legislation. Unlike the U.S., where church and state are technically separate, the Chinese state governs religion just as it governs other… READ MORE
From Sinophobia to Sinophilia
December 6, 2016
Albert Wu— Consider the following stereoscopic photograph, taken by the famous travel photographer James Ricalton in 1900 and published by the popular distributor Underwood and Underwood in a box set… READ MORE
Questioning the Identity of Modern Chinese Philosophy
March 3, 2016
John Makeham— Forty years ago, intellectual historian Joseph Levenson famously commented: “What the West has probably done to China is to change the latter’s language—what China has done to the… READ MORE
The Sky is not Falling—the Truth about China’s Economy
September 3, 2015
Michael Murphree and Dan Breznitz— The front pages are crowded with eye-grabbing headlines declaring that the end is nigh for the Chinese economic miracle. The stock market collapse over the… READ MORE
On the Streets during the Hong Kong Protests
October 6, 2014
Gerard Lemos— The protesters had already started gathering last Saturday afternoon. It was hot and sunny in Admiralty, the business district, and there are no trees, no shade. They sat… READ MORE
July Theme: Where is the Money?
July 30, 2014
Everyone from Liza Minnelli to R. Kelly knows that money makes the world go round. This month, Yale University Press authors are expanding on that observation to explore the fields… READ MORE
Ep. 120—A Global History of Wars