CHINA IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In late August I participated in a very unusual but fascinating conference in Los Angeles.
DOPING AND DISSENT
My New York Times Saturday Profile of Yang Weidong and his quixotic effort to document the soul of China.
TALKIN’ THE DAO
In this Q&A with Terry Kleeman for the NYT’s Sinosphere blog, we talk about the origins of religious Daoism, common western misperceptions of this religion, and how
NEW DOPING NEW GAMES
In this post for the NYR Daily, I specuate on how the Rio doping scandals are further evidence of the rise of new rogue states with no real interest in international laws and