POWER, SACRIFICE AND RITUAL: CHINA’S NEW LEADERSHIP
A lot has been written about the Chinese Communist Party’s 18th Congress but in this essay for the New York Review of BooksI put it together with the other big news from
THE FAMINE ARCHIPELAGO
In the current issue of the New York Review of Books (clickable here, no paywall) I have the privilege of reviewing Yang Jisheng's "Tombstone," his history of the Great Chinese Fam