The Warlords Sparks Political Criticism
[Editor’s note; Josie Liu is a journalist from China who once worked for the South China Morning Post and other newspapers in Beijing. She currently writes the “China in Transition” blog and will also...
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A Chinese Civil War to Dwarf All Others
The New York Times reviews a new book, Autumn in the Heavenly Kingdom: China, the West, and the Epic Story of the Taiping Civil War, which looks at the Taiping Rebellion, one of the bloodiest periods...
View ArticleDoomsday Cult Crackdown Underlies Broader Unease
With the government cracking down on apocalypse rumors this week, rounding up members of an outlawed cult known as the Church of Almighty God, The New Yorker’s Evan Osnos explores the Communist Party’s...
View Article“Interesting From China”: NYT Launches Sinosphere Blog
Austin Ramzy and Philip Pan introduce The New York Times’ new Sinosphere blog with a look back at the newspaper’s China coverage since 1851: […] Reports took months to reach the United States by ship...
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