Features November 2021
The specter of Chinese civilization
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On Chinese and Western models of governance.
Topic: “China”
Features May 2020
The scab & the wound beneath
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On painful realities in the age of the coronavirus.
Notes & Comments October 2019
Ain’t that a shame
On the moral safeguard of dignity.
Aug 28, 2019
Report from Hong Kong
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On prudence and protest.
Features April 2019
Pound’s China/Pound’s “Cathay”
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A review of Cathay: A Critical Edition, by Ezra Pound, edited by Timothy Billings.
Sep 08, 2017
Week in review
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On the Berkshire Museum’s deaccession program, Chinese censorship & Thomas Campbell.
Letter from . . . October 2016
Stomachs full of qi
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On the unrest below the surface of Chinese society.
Music September 2016
New York chronicle
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On Paradise Interrupted, Reich/Reverberations, The Winter’s Tale, and The Illuminated Heart at Lincoln Center, and The Golden Bride at Kessler’s Second Avenue Theatre.
Aug 25, 2016
Week in review
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The march of the Maoists, the roots of meritocracy, and the danger of "Diversity."
Features June 2016
A paper dragon (with teeth)
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On China’s fortunes and their relation to the rule of law.