Maura Elizabeth Cunningham

Recent Goodreads Reviews

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China Stories

Gordon Corera, “The escaped dissident still pursued decades on by China”
Helen Davidson and Chi Hui Lin, “Lai Ching-te, the political brawler who went from a Taiwan mining village to the presidency”

The truth of whether the Wangs were small-time innkeepers or a secret weapon in Beijing’s decadelong effort to capture one of America’s most closely protected military secrets may never be known. The case boils down to whether the family was interested in the view from the hotel’s front, or its back.

Drew Hinshaw, Joe Parkinson, and Liza Lin, with photographs by Francesca Volpi, “Mystery in the Alps: A Chinese Family, a Swiss Inn and the World’s Most Expensive Weapon”

James Lee, “A historic town straddling Hong Kong-China border begins a modest tourism transformation”
Yi Liu, “China Goes Global — Again”
Zen Soo, “YouTube blocks Hong Kong protest anthem after court injunction bans song in the city”
Vivian Wang, “Chinese Woman Jailed for Reporting on Covid Set to be Freed”
Lingling Wei, Ann M. Simmons, and Timothy W. Martin, “Behind Putin Visit, Unease in Beijing Over His Potential Next Stop: North Korea”

Wanderings Around the World

Yusuf Khan and Eve Hartley, “Who Needs a Sofa When You Can Rave? The IKEA Nightclub Experiment.”
Carolyn Y. Johnson, “Ancient Chesapeake site challenges timeline of humans in the Americas”
Anne Helen Petersen, interview with Susan Lieu, author of The Manicurist’s Daughter: A Memoir

Featured photo: A late-May sunset over the beach at Grand Traverse Bay, May 27, 2023.