RECREATING CHINA’S IMAGINED EMPIRE
In this NYRB review, I look at Howard French’s new book on how the past is shaping China’s foreign policy.
“THIS IS A LONELY FEELING”
It took some doing but I managed to interview the reclusive author Ke Yunlu. Read it here in the New York Review of Books Daily.
RELIGION OR REALPOLITIK?
An abbreviated chapter from The Souls of China in the NYT's Sunday Review.
THE REVIEW WOULD BE THE BEACON
Some thoughts on Bob Silvers and China in a ChinaFile discussion. Including how (not to) do business in China, and the novelist Wang Xiaobo’s “Golden Age.
XI: THE ILLUSION OF GREATNESS?
In this analysis for the New York Review of Books Daily, I look at Xi Jinping’s record now that we’re at the halfway mark of his ten-year term.
STANFORD APARC
This was completely unexpected but all the more thrilling to win.
“ENGAGING, TIMELY, AND HUMANE.”
Kirkus Reviews weighs in with a starred review of my forthcoming book, The Souls of China. Click here to read the full review.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“Compelling and lyrical:” Publishers Weekly has some nice things to say about The Souls of China. Click here to read more.