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Chinese Studies
Interviews with scholars of China about their new books.
October 13, 2026
Making Sense of China's Economy
Making Sense of China's Economy (Routledge, 2023) untangles China’s complex economic structure, evolving issues and curious contradictions, and explai…
October 8, 2026
The Steppe and Its Empires
Winston Churchill famously called Russia "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." But what if the riddle is partly of our own making—the pr…
October 5, 2026
The Steppe and Its Empires
What is Russia? For two centuries, observers inside and outside the country have tried to answer that question, and most of them have looked west. The…
October 2, 2026
India, China, and Climate Change Governance
Can we expect leadership and responsibility from the Asian Global South in climate change governance? India, China, and Climate Change Governance: Lea…
September 30, 2026
Three Impeachments
Three Impeachments: Guo Xiu and the Kangxi Court (U Washington Press, 2024) by Kent Guy tells the story of a series of impeachments brought by the cen…
September 30, 2026
Transient Becoming
How do individuals seek to become better persons in contemporary China? How do they navigate the complex demands of personal growth given the fragment…
September 25, 2026
Wave Makers and the Rise of #MeToo in Taiwan
When the Taiwanese political drama Wave Makers appeared in April 2023, few anticipated its impact beyond the screen. Within weeks, survivors in politi…
September 25, 2026
Playing with Plays: Drama and Early Modern Chinese Media Ecologies
How was drama experienced in early modern China? It was not tied to a single medium such as the page or the stage, but operated in a media ecology—an …
September 19, 2026
Writing Empire and Self
China’s early medieval period, from the fifth through the early seventh century, from the Northern and Southern Dynasties through the unified Sui, was…
September 17, 2026
To Rule All Under Heaven
The Warring States Period is one of the most important times in China’s history. It marked the end of one dynasty–the Zhou–and the beginning of a new …
September 13, 2026
Be Water
During the eventful summer of 2019 in Hong Kong, the Be Water Revolution formed to resist the proposed extradition of fugitives to mainland China’s co…
September 12, 2026
China in African Media
At its core, China in African Media: Between Influence Operations and Decolonization (Bloomsbury, 2026) is a book about power, journalism, geopolitica…
September 11, 2026
A Guide to Mao's China
A Guide to Mao’s China: Showing the Nation to Foreign Guests (Cornell UP, 2026) by Gavin Healy explores how tourism was reshaped during the Mao era. I…
September 6, 2026
China's Date Debate
China’s Date Debate: How Manchurian Scholars Rewrote World War II (U Michigan Press, 2026) by Dr. Emily Matson is an in-depth investigation of the Chi…
September 2, 2026
Whistling Arrows and Heavenly Horses
John Ross speaks with Scott Forbes Crawford about his book The Han-Xiongnu War, 133 BC–89 AD (Pen & Sword Military, 2024) For more than two centuries,…
August 31, 2026
Inside Chinese Theater
The first large number of Chinese immigrants began arriving in the United States in the 1840s, and Chinese opera troupes were not far behind. In Insid…
August 30, 2026
Taiwanese Horror Cinema in the 21st Century
Taiwanese cinema is internationally celebrated for the auteurs of the Taiwan New Cinema. Yet over the past fifteen years, ghosts, demons, curses and h…
August 29, 2026
Savage
Savage: The Making of Modern Dogs in British Hong Kong (Cornell University Press, 2026) explores the dark side of colonial modernity through canin…
August 27, 2026
China Office of Finnish Industries
Why have Finland’s biggest multinationals teamed up to create a globally unique analysis hub just to decode the future of China? Meet the analysts who…
August 27, 2026
China's Aristocratic Age
The Springs-and-Autumns period is a strange period in Chinese history. Coming after the decline of the Zhou, and before the famous Warring States Peri…