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Embracing China
The transaction happened at the Central train station in Beijing. Our train from Irkutsk stopped at Platform Number One: two students from Yugoslavia got out of the empty first-class car. Received by two Chinese officials,
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China Before the Age of Yonder
More than forty years after its initial publication, Fanshen remains the essential volume for anyone fascinated by China’s revolutionary rural reform process. In the years since the Chinese Communist Party first came to power, tradition
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Putin’s Bomb Under the Negotiation Table
In my last Yonder, I mentioned the gigantic yet inelegant Nanjing Bridge, finished in 1968, at the peak of Maoism in China and abroad. Regardless of its remarkable 1576m length, the double-deck truss bridge was
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Nanjing Bridge to the World
1977, I packed my things and prepared for my second year in China. I was excited to move from Beijing, the capital of communist China, to Nanjing, the postimperial Kuomintang capital. I did not prefer
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From Mao to Trump
As the New Year starts, the world seems to be stepping into a new era — literally. As if, all of a sudden, the Gregorian calendar is no longer valid and the world needs to
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