“We Shanghainese value our image. We don’t want to lose face in front of the entire world…”
Quickly becoming a 2010 must-read, chapter-by-chapter breakdown of Richard Baum’s “China Watcher”–a decidedly non-scholarly work of non-fiction for the Zhongguotong (China Hand) and layman alike.
Book review of the banned book by Richard McGregor that talks about the Chinese Communist Party. What did McGregor write that earned the ire of the Chinese censors? Point-by-point summary of what to expect when you get yourself a copy (if you don’t get arrested for buying it).
Of well-known Beijing-based British journalists, bloggers, good journalism, buying books on the street, mango-passionfruit slushies, interracial relationships, and Urumqi riot coverage.