In the last few days, I’ve seen Chinese agents overtake Islamic terrorists as the villains on the TV show “24” and heard a woman at the fish counter at Guido’s, our local gourmet market, say, “It’s not from China, is it? I don’t want anything from China!” With the press surrounding the Vice Premier Wu […]

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I’m getting lots of book recommendations from the China hands I meet and will be sharing them here. For starters, an intriguing one from contributor Frank Kehl:
Arthur Miller’s “Salesman” in Beijing, circa 1984, is a great read by a great writer; a subtle observation of general Chinese culture, post-Cultural Revolution culture, Chinese Western-style actors’ culture; […]

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It doesn’t matter where I am these days. Every conversation leads to China. Here’s a story that was brought to my attention by a colleague in New York, who is outraged by the fact that the new memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. is being carved in China, with Chinese granite. As a rule I’m […]

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