ARTICLES
RELIGION AND THE ENVIRONMENT
I’ll be in Chicago and St. Louis for a series of talks sponsored by the Pulitzer Center. One of the highlights will be a talk Tuesday with Dali Yang and others on religion and China’s ecological problems–an unlikely topic but something that’s actually quite fascinating. More
CHINA’S UNSTOPPABLE LAWYERS
This is another in my ongoing series of Q&As in the New York Review of Books blog called "Talking About China."
FIXING CHINAS FARMS
Once the backbone of imperial China and a backbone of China's early market reform efforts, agriculture has become a drag on China's economy.
LI YINHE ON PROSPECTS FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, STATUS OF WOMEN LI YINHE ART
In my continuing series of Q&As with Chinese public intellectuals, I talk to Li Yinhe, the country's most famous expert on matters relating to sex, family, and women.
CHINA’S PUSH INTO AFRICA
In this article in the New York Review of Books, I review two new books on China in Africa, one by Columbia Journalism school and former New York Times correspondent Howard French, the other by freelancer Jacob Kushner.
INSPIRING DIALOGUE, NOT DISSENT, IN CHINA
In this piece for the New York Times, I profile filmmaker Jocelyn Ford and her documentary on Zanta, a Tibetan woman trying to get an education for her son.
A WAY OUT OF CHINA’S ETHNIC UNREST?
Continuing the “Talking About China” series for the NYR blog, here’s part 2 of the Q&A with Woeser and Wang Lixiong, focusing on some potential solutions.
BEYOND THE DALAI LAMA: INTERVIEW WITH WOESER AND WANG LIXIONG PART 1
In this interview on the New York Review of Books blog, I talk to Woeser and Wang Lixiong, two of the most insightful thinkers on China's ethnic policies.
IMPACT ON ACTIVISTS OF WECHAT SHIFT
The rise of WeChat (Weixin in Chinese) and its replacement of Weibo as the country’s preeminent social media has huge implications for China’s activists. In this story for the NYT, I talk to some organizers.
CHINA CLASHES WITH PROTESTANTISM OVER CHURCH DEMOLITION
The demolition of a church in Wenzhou, the economic boomtown south of Shanghai, garnered some attention when it occurred in late April.
A BORN CONTRARIAN
In this Q&A for the New York Review of Books blog, I talk to one of China’s best-known dissidents, Hu Jia, about his experience on Tiananmen Square, being a Buddhist, and how he lives under house arrest.