The new book "East Asia and the Modern International Order" by Stephan Haggard and David C. Kang will be released in November 2025. cambridge.org/core/books/eas…

A new op-ed from me! Why Does China Care So Much about World War II? asianstudies.org/why-does-china… via @aasasianstudies

Mister Banerjee Shoumojit Banerjee writes an admirable eulogy on G.B. Mehendale and his masterpiece, a biography of Shivaji Maharaj

Latest arrival! The Kappillan of Malta by Nicholas Monsaratt (1973). Many thanks to Aunty Lesley Bridge Books Dromore Co Down 📚 who took time out from coercing vulnerable people into giving her votes to send me a copy! #amreading #fiction #WW2 #Malta

Dusk-time, Shanghai.

I can't get this all on the screen of my phone at once

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A painting depicting the Great Fire of 1822, which devastated the Thirteen Factories (十三行) in Canton, then China’s premier hub for foreign trade. Believed to have started from an accidental spark in a local cake shop in late November, the fire spread rapidly and consumed the

Emperor immediately revokes all holiday leave for officials

Psst! Parliament is vulnerable because of the peeps who work there 😉 theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/s…

this you abusing a robot? Insy

It's fish tank cleaning day and the fish 🐟🐠🐡🦈unimpressed with me moping about this morning wanted to rock it out, so Sonic Temple by The Cult (1989) 🤘🎵🎶🎵

This is a great story, and the 'Angel of Nanjing' was featured last year in the SCMP scmp.com/news/people-cu…

This photographic encounter last night with the near threatened Solomons Frogmouth is one of the few sharp images that exists of this little-known species, showing well its piercing yellow eyes and white blotched wings and underparts [Bird-Photo-Tours.com, #BirdsSeenIn2025].

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𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭. We hope to feature reviews of these works, which trace the remarkable journey of Chinese script across time and space, in Cha Cha: An Asian Literary Journal (2025/26). If you’d like to engage with any of the titles, please email [email protected].

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Exclusive aerial footage reveals China's recently confirmed Qin Dynasty inscription on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, a 2,000-year-old record of Emperor Qinshihuang's quest for the "elixir of life."

It's #MurderEveryMonday and today's theme is #CrimeFiction with a road on the cover! So an old road, a desert road, a Roman road, and my own Chinese road! Kate Jackson

Now available! Methodologically innovative and richly sourced, MOUNTAIN DHARMA sets a new standard for the historical study of asceticism. buff.ly/rILCM4L #TibetanBuddhism #Meditation @IRCPL_columbia