BOOKS
Kids Today
Who will shape China’s youth narrative—millennials, or the Westerners who can’t stop writing about them?
Book Review
BOOKS
The Devil’s Advocates
Paul French’s latest book reconstructs Jazz Age Shanghai in sin and splendor
BOOKS
Con Country
The Book of Swindles reveals a Ming society riddled with dishonesty, debauchery, and double dealing
BOOKS
The Strike’s Experiment Hits the Mark
Debut experimental fiction about a Chinese factory strike evokes universal themes
TRADITIONAL CULTURE
Soul Searching
In his masterful book, Ian Johnson goes in search of Chinese spiritualism—and finds it everywhere
ARTS
The Eternal Expats
Somerset Maugham’s vignettes on colonial life still offer illuminating insights a century on
BOOKS
Great Expectations
With US-China relations facing fresh challenges, a new book ponders if history offers clues to its future
DESIGN
The Boat Rocked but the Earth Didn’t Move
The promise and disappointment of Ha Jin’s The Boat Rocker
BOOKS
Trekking Cat Country
Everybody Shareskyism, hwala-fuszji, and the importance of wearing trousers in Lao She’s sci-fi satire
BOOKS
The First Real China-Watcher
A look at musings from Arthur Henderson Smith’s “Chinese Characteristics”
