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Ezra Pound is the inventor of Chinese poetry (in the English language). How and why did that take place?

Planning Beijing

George Soros: Chinese Hostility to the Open Society

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George Soros: Chinese Hostility to the Open Society

‘What doesn’t bother Disney or Bob Dylan is just fine with Martin Roth’

China’s “Age of Enlightenment”

China’s “Age of Enlightenment”

Chun Li and the Long March

How long can the CCP stall real democratic change?

China International

Photo Essay:

China International

The Warriors of Qiugang

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The Warriors of Qiugang

Pankaj Mishra on Mao and the Maoists

Pankaj Mishra on Mao and the Maoists

Very comfortable in its excess

Very comfortable in its excess

The Party Goes On

Photo essay:

The Party Goes On

Scaling the Great Firewall of China

‘In a clear case of fetishistic disavowal, everyone knows that Mao made errors and caused immense suffering, yet his image remains magically untainted’

‘In a clear case of fetishistic disavowal, everyone knows that Mao made errors and caused immense suffering, yet his image remains magically untainted’

Mao’s China was no fantasy land

Chinese science cops

‘Western nations have somewhat adapted to the cultural contradictions of capitalism because they are politically and socially democratic. China hasn’t, and isn’t.’

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China Bikes

‘Homosexuals were executed under Mao, but early gay-liberation militants in France had waved his red book. Their movement transcended its inspiration…’

Surprised to get the Expo nod