History

Chinese Overseas Students, Then and Now

January 22, 2011
By Andy Yee

How Chinese overseas students fail to act as agents of change back home.
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Posted in Education, History, International Relations, Translations | 34 Comments »

The Egg and the Wall

November 1, 2010
By Andy Yee
The Egg and the Wall

The perils of public discussions in terms of egg and wall.
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Posted in History, Media, Opinions, Politics, Translations | 5 Comments »

The 9.18 Protest: a Show of Force

September 19, 2010
By C. Custer
Los Angeles Times Mobile News

A small but angry group of protesters turned out at the Japanese embassy Saturday morning to protest Japan's actions in the Diaoyu Islands. We headed down there with a video camera to take it all in.
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Posted in Current Events, History, Interviews, Translations, Video | 26 Comments »

Thoughts on Patriotism, Old and New

August 25, 2010
By C. Custer
ChenDuxiu

The other day, my fiancee asked me — rather out of the blue — if I was proud to be an American. The question caught me off guard. Pressed for an answer, I suggested that I was sometimes proud to be American, and by way of example noted the recent “terror mosque” controversy that’s...
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Posted in Culture, Discussion Section, History, Translations | 10 Comments »

Li Yinhe on Nudity in Art and Society

July 26, 2010
By C. Custer
Yang Linchuan

Li Yinhe wonders what China thinks is so terrible about the human body?
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Posted in Culture, History, Translations | 9 Comments »

Tweets from the Morning of May 35th

June 3, 2010
By C. Custer
Tweets from the Morning of May 35th

Chinese netizens and overseas Chinese thoughts on an important anniversary, as seen on Twitter, 12-1 AM.
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Posted in History, Internet, Politics | 7 Comments »

Long Yingtai on Han Han and Social Criticism

June 3, 2010
By C. Custer
Long Yingtai on Han Han and Social Criticism

Taiwanese social critic Long Yingtai opines on the usefulness of Han Han and her thoughts on historical writing.
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In Memory of D. C. Lau

April 28, 2010
By C. Custer
In Memory of D. C. Lau

In memory of D. C. Lau, whose translations of ancient Chinese philosophy sparked my interest in China and Chinese.
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