SQUELCHING PUBLIC MEMORY
In part 2 of my look at the underground history journal, Remembrance, I look at how the journal tried–and failed–to foster a public debate about apologizing for the Cul
RETURN OF THE PAST
Part 1 of a two-page article in the New York Review of Books on a samizdat historical journal in China that is challenging the government’s monpoloy on interpreting the
VIBRANT, TIMID BERLIN
Amid the celebrations surrounding the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, my less rosy take in the New York Times Sunday Review on what the city has actually
HOW LITTLE WE KNEW: BERLIN WALL AT 25
Twenty-five years ago this coming Sunday the Berlin Wall fell, the most dramatic in a series of steps that led to the reunification of Germany–and Europe. Back then I w
DISCUSSING CHINESE NATIONALISM “ON POINT”
In this broadcast of Tom Ashbrook's "On Point," I join U Chicago's Dali Yang and Duke's Kang Liu to discuss why Xi Jinpiong endorsed controversial blogger Zhou Xiaoping.