You could have a long debate on whether we’re in anything like a Golden Age for China itself. But beyond debate it is a golden age of writing about China, and therefore of things to read. There are overviews; universe-in-the-particular…
Tag: The Atlantic
Edward Snowden’s Leaks May Actually Strengthen U.S.-China Relations The Atlantic
The reason why both Americans and Chinese have become so nostalgic for the great Nixon/Kissinger-Mao Zedong/Zhou Enlai breakthrough in 1972 is because that was the last time that Sino-U.S. relations experienced a dramatic breakthrough. Now, most policy wonks on both…
What Slowdown? Surveys Reveal an Optimistic, Forward-Leaning China The Atlantic
Exploring what’s right with China, James Fallows cited a “sense of national movement and ambition,” while Orville Schell mentioned “people hellbent on building a more prosperous and stronger country.” via What Slowdown? Surveys Reveal an Optimistic, Forward-Leaning China – Matt…
Tibet Through Chinese Eyes
Orville Schell, a longtime observer of China, says that even today this perception is held by most Chinese. “I don’t think there’s any more sensitive issue,” he says, “with the possible exception of Taiwan, because it grows out of the…
Once Again, Long Live Chairman Mao The Atlantic
WHEN Mao Zedong died, in 1976, and his wife, Jiang Qing, was arrested as the leading spirit in the Gang of Four, the Great Helmsman’s legacy presented Deng Xiaoping, his reform-minded successor, with a dilemma. To de-emphasize Mao’s legacy in…
China’s Andrei Sakharov The Atlantic
When I returned to Beijing in the fall of 1986, after an absence of six months, it was hard not to feel disoriented by the sudden change in political climate. During the previous spring and summer, political and intellectual life…