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Mao’s Big Bumbling Legacy
Mao Xinyu is Mao Zedong’s only grandson, and he is not only quite rotund but also noticeably lacking in rhetorical ability. Both qualities are on display in this recent video (chinese). For all that however, Grandson Mao holds a Ph.D in military history, sits … Continue reading
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Chinese-US Immigration: Some Basics
A few fast facts about Chinese immigration culled from Guarding the Golden Door: American Immigration Policy and Immigrants since 1882 by Roger Daniels For over 60 years Chinese were completely barred from immigrating to the US. In 1882 Chester A. … Continue reading
Commemorating an Anniversary
Yesterday, June 4th, was the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Of course, Chinese media was silent (foreign media was too, for that matter). Instead, the country was busy with a different kind of patriotism, not the democracy and … Continue reading
Red Dust
Red Dust is no ordinary travel journal. It’s the story of Ma Jian, a disappointed and disaffected artist, who leaves Beijing on a journey of self-discovery in the early 1980s. The book is an account of his several year ramble … Continue reading
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More Than One Mao
There is a common understanding in the west that Mao in China is highly revered, exalted even. That the trappings of the cult of Mao persist—his body remains on display in People’s Square, his face is on almost every bill, … Continue reading
Resist America, Support Korea
The ongoing fracas in Korea is also about China, US relations. Big US boats are acting tough in the East China Sea; they’ve got South Korea’s back. China is asking for everyone to call bygones bygones and sit down for … Continue reading
China Experiment 