ARTICLES
A TANG TREASURE HOUSE AMID THE SPANISH MOSS
In this NYT National Journal, I write about a strange library emerging from the backwaters of Sarasota.... Read here.
THE BELLY OF THE DRAGON
Published today: a story from Singapore in the New York Times that should resonate in China. Read here.
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.
“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.
SOULS OF CHINA BOOK TOUR DETAILS
I'll be spending nearly a month in the United States in April and May, 2017, to talk about China's religious revival, what it means, and why it matters to us. When I get back to China in May I'll have a few events there too.