“MY RESPONSIBILITY TO HISTORY”
In my latest installment of the "Talking About China" series in the NYR Daily, I talk to Zhang Shihe, aka Tiger Temple, on his exile back in his hometown, Xi'an.
SOULS IN CHINESE
I'll be traveling to Taiwan this month to help launch the first Chinese-language edition of The Souls of China.
HAS THE EXTREME BEEN REACHED?
On Monday, the Chengdu-based blogger Huang Qi was put on trial for leaking sensitive state documents to the public. In this short piece for the New York Times, I report the news.
SLOVAKS VS OLIGARCHS
How does a society fight the downward spiral into oligarchy and repression? The small European country of Slovakia provides some answers.
HOW CHINA IS COOPTING RELIGION
A few weeks ago, Foreign Affairs asked me to revisit a piece I did for them in 2017 on China's amazing religious revival.