'The Martyrdom of Liu Xiaobo' China’s dissident writer was an exemplar of iconoclastic spirit, pursuing a more humane society despite state repression. A new biography draws the arc of his rebellion and untimely death. Read Orville Schell's review: chinabooksreview.com/2024/06/27/the…

"Liu Xiaobo’s life and work are reminders that despite the well-manicured exterior, China’s despotic political system has generated deep wellsprings of opposition to its Leninist state." chinabooksreview.com/2024/06/27/the…

Last chance to register for our panel event at Asia Society NY tonight, with Matt Pottinger and guests talking about how to avoid conflict between China and Taiwan: asiasociety.org/center-us-chin… And for context, read our excerpt from his new edited book: chinabooksreview.com/2024/06/20/how…

'Ep. 10: Rethinking U.S.-China Trade' For decades, American companies have profited by outsourcing to China — but supply chain disruptions have laid bare the risks and hidden costs. A new book explores how to strike a better balance. Listen to the podcast: chinabooksreview.com/2024/07/02/ep-…

Book Talk: Ed Wong on the Edge of Empire The New York Times journalist tells us how his father followed Mao's star in the 1950s — and how the frontiers he reported on in the 2000s were a world apart. Watch Edward Wong's talk at Asia Society: chinabooksreview.com/2024/07/11/boo…

The Erasure of the Uyghurs Oppression of Uyghurs in Xinjiang has slipped from headlines — but two recent memoirs by Uyghurs abroad attempt to portray the minority as more than just victims. Read Nick Holdstock's review, in partnership with The Dial Magazine chinabooksreview.com/2024/07/18/the…

.China Books Review has the great Asia Society talk I did with famed China writer Orville Schell on my new book #AtTheEdgeOfEmpire. We covered the sweep of modern China, from Mao to Xi, and my father's time in the army. Book: bit.ly/3XDnsYi. Video: chinabooksreview.com/2024/07/11/boo…

So proud to be partnering with the Asia Society to publish the China Books Review, edited by Alec Ash ! If you're interested in writing or editing, please see visit this page: chinabooksreview.com/submit/

In 2018, the The New York Times received a thumb drive of documents from the Tomorrow Group, Xiao Jianhua’s conglomerate. The documents have been used in various reporting efforts, but last year Mike Forsythe 傅才德 pulled in Katrina Northrop and Eliot Chen to help decipher the deluge of files.

Chinese Art Photography’s Evolution A collection of three decades worth of Chinese art photography shows a country in social and cultural foment, questioning the status quo and pushing aesthetic boundaries. See the photo essay from Melissa Chiu et al: chinabooksreview.com/2024/08/01/chi…

China’s capital is so difficult to capture that sometimes only fiction can suffice. The editor of a new short story collection explains how a literary kaleidoscope can be the best lens to view Beijing. Listen to the new episode of the China Books podcast: chinabooksreview.com/2024/08/06/ep-…

Five recent photography collections, from a frontline view of wartime China to a bucolic portrait of a Hong Kong village, show how images can speak volumes. A new booklist from our summer intern, Alex Mormorunni: chinabooksreview.com/2024/08/15/new…

Three recent books narrate family histories that flow over time & space. But when identities evolve across borders, language holds the memory that carries us back to where we came from. Yangyang Cheng reviews three books in "Where the River Reaches Home": chinabooksreview.com/2024/08/22/riv…

Don't miss Yangyang Cheng's masterful, meandering new review-essay on books by Edward Wong, Peter Hessler, and Chi Pang-yuan: chinabooksreview.com/2024/08/22/riv… We're off next week, then back to regular posting from September. Keep reading, bookworms..

Contemporary art from China took off in the 1990s, and became a hot commodity in the 2000s. The China Books podcast asks an expert how the scene changed since then, and where it is today. Listen to episode 12 of the podcast: chinabooksreview.com/2024/09/03/ep-…

Celebrating 10,000 downloads for the China Books podcast, thanks to the talented MaryKay Magistad who just completed the first 12 episodes in season 1 – watch this space for a reinvented season 2 next month. buzzsprout.com/2252666/achiev…

In Soulstealers, a supernatural crisis pits an anxious autocrat against his own functionaries, when a hunt for soul-stealing sorcerers turns into a political witch-hunt among 18th-century China’s “deep state.” The latest archive pick from Jeremiah Jenne. chinabooksreview.com/2024/09/05/phi…

We've updated our list of *bestselling China books*, with a top five featuring books by Peter Schweizer, k. x. song | 宋 晶 瑩, David Sanger, Michael Seridan and Peter Hessler: chinabooksreview.com/bestselling-ch…