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By Austin Dean Chinese Central Television (CCTV) likely provides more news to more people than any other media organization on ... The post The Man Who Stayed Behind—At Chinese Central Televi...

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By Austin Dean Maps are at the center of every territorial dispute. My map says this parcel of land over ... The post The Case of the Mistaken Maps appeared first on BLARB .

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By Alec Ash Just as the cold winds sweep the last leaves off Beijing’s trees, November 11 was Singles, or ... The post Bare Branches: Speed-Dating Games on Singles Day appeared first on BLAR...

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By Paul French Anne Witchard’s England’s Yellow Peril: Sinophobia and the Great War is the final volume in the Penguin ... The post Yellow Peril: Sinophobia and the Great War, A Q&A with Dr...

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Image: ​“Let’s show Hong Kongers what it means to kneel for your country!” Soon after Wang Liming (a.k.a. Rebel Pepper) ... The post Free Speech and Its Enemies in Greater China appear...

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By Austin L. Dean By now you have probably heard of Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce company that had a gargantuan ... The post Kongfuzi: The Other Chinese Website You Should Know About appeare...

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By Austin Dean The writer Xiao Hong is everywhere in China these days. Her face recently graced the covers of ... The post Remembering the 1930s and 1940s, or Reliving Them? appeared first on ...

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By Jeffrey Wasserstrom One of the best works of fiction I’ve read in recent months is The Dog: Stories by ... The post Finding One’s Own Way Through the Woods: A Q & A with Short Story Writ...

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Photo: The dedication of the WWI memorial in Shanghai, in 1924. By Maura Elizabeth Cunningham World War I has always ... The post China’s Forgotten World War I appeared first on BLARB .

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This week’s China Blog post was originally published on The Anthill, a “writers colony” focused on writings about China, edited by ... The post Bad China Articles: Hall of Infamy appear...

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