Category: China
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Weekly Wanderings: May 12, 2025
Thanks for joining me this week. Recommendations China Stories Eliot Chen, “All the President’s Generals” Chen Yiru, “Dot Dot Dot: What the Last Ever Telegrams From Hangzhou Say” Rachel Cheung, “‘A Vicious Cycle’ — Squeezed by commercial and political pressures, China’s book publishers face an existential crisis.” Jack Neubauer, “The Forgotten ‘Jeep Babies’ of China”…
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Weekly Wanderings: May 4, 2025
April 30 marked the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon to North Vietnamese forces. I have a special little reading round-up here at the top on reflections and analysis published to commemorate the anniversary. Thanks for joining me this week. Vietnam, 50 Years After the Fall of Saigon Minh-Thu Pham, “50 Years After Saigon:…
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Weekly Wanderings: April 27, 2025
I only have a few stories to share in today’s post, but there’s a hefty collection of links to check out in last Tuesday’s edition if you haven’t seen that yet. This light coverage is partially due to my disinclination to read anything with a headline containing the words “tariffs” or “trade war” last week.…
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Weekly Wanderings: April 22, 2025
Thanks for joining me this week. Recommendations China Stories James T. Areddy, “The China Foe Storming State Capitols” Ben Bland, “Making sense of China-Southeast Asia relations” Jonathan Chatwin, “The Race to Type in Chinese” Chang Che, “‘You Think We’re Afraid of America?’” and “3 takeaways from my visit to Yiwu, the frontlines of the trade…
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Weekly Wanderings: April 6, 2025
Today marks the launch of National Library Week. It’s probably not a surprise that I love libraries: how else could I ever afford to support my reading habit? Each time I’ve moved to a new place, getting a new library card is one of the first things I do to get settled. Even when I’m…
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Weekly Wanderings: March 23, 2025
Good morning from Chicago, where I’m at least 50% less frazzled and 150% more rested than I was when I last sat down to write a post intro. My brother and I have spent several days walking around the city, taking tours, and eating one good meal after another. Our hotel is in Little Italy,…
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(Mid-)Weekly Wanderings: March 19, 2025
I should have known that there was no way I’d get a Sunday post done just as the AAS Annual Conference was wrapping up, but I persisted in that belief nonetheless. And then it was going to be for Monday … then Tuesday … and now, here I am, writing this on a train to…
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Weekly Wanderings: March 9, 2025
We’ve once again arrived at my least favorite Sunday of the year: the start of Daylight Savings Time. I hate losing an hour—yes, I know I’ll get it back in the fall, but I need that hour TODAY. I especially need it because this upcoming week is AAS Annual Conference week, meaning my colleagues and…
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Weekly Wanderings: March 2, 2025
March! Where did you come from?!? Thanks for joining me this week. New Goodreads Review Recommendations China Stories Natasha Bertrand, Katie Bo Lillis, and Zachary Cohen, “US intel shows Russia and China are attempting to recruit disgruntled federal employees, sources say” Choe Sang-Hun and Muktita Suhartono, “On Chinese Tuna Boats, North Koreans Trawl for Cash…
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Weekly Wanderings: February 23, 2025
Thanks for joining me this week. New Goodreads Reviews Recommendations China Stories Eliot Chen, “DOGE’s Latest Target is Seen as a Gift to the CCP” Michelle Kuo, “Found in Translation” Grace Marion, “In Taiwan, a Growing Cohort of ‘Preppers’ Readies Itself for an Uncertain Future” Dalia Parete, “Feminists Without Borders” — interview with Jinyan Zeng,…
Maura Elizabeth Cunningham 