The China Beat

From the World’s Biggest Fishing Village to Bruce Lee’s Most Famous Kick.... As routinely happens with famous cities, there are many things ...

By this point, some of our readers may be wondering who the China Beat writers are, or rather wondering who is involved beside the few name...

FAQ#2: Will calls for a boycott of the 2008 Olympic Games be successful? I can say with some certainty that in the current geopolitical clim...

As the last in our trilogy (for now) of nods to internet resources we rely upon, we offer up five valuable sites that deal with globalizatio...

The China Beat will be posting periodic interviews with journalists who cover China in widely read newspapers and magazines in the US and UK...

One of the thorniest problems facing fledgling democracies involves how to cope with memories of their former dictators. Attempts to assess ...

(Posted by The China Beat on behalf of Nicole Barnes) Two new English-language books by two of my favorite scholars in Chinese women’s stu...

Following up on Susan's excellent post (the first in a series) about preparations for this summer's Olympics, this Saturday edition...

(Posted by The China Beat on behalf of Susan Brownell) Last year the International Olympic Committee (IOC) invited me to write an essay on ...

Last year saw some curious news stories appear that linked China with Hollywood, from ones involving Mia Farrow’s critical views of the Beij...

On January 25, 1938, The New York Times ran a single piece about the on-going occupation of the Guomindang capital, Nanjing, by Japanese tr...

Last week, our blog-list focused on sites specifically devoted to the PRC or Taiwan, but astute commentaries on and information related to C...