The depiction of personal and collective suffering in modern Chinese novels differs significantly from standard Communist accounts and most Eastern and Western historical narratives.
China Suburbia
From Urban Villages to Ghost Cities Snapshots of suburban life in Kunming’s urban villages. China Suburbia is a photography project that explores and describes urban … Read more
The Boat to Redemption
Disgraced Secretary Ku has been banished from the Party – it has been officially proved he does not have a fish-shaped birthmark on his bottom … Read more
Encyclopedia of China
History and Culture
The Great Ming Code
Da Ming lü
Ruan Yuan, 1764-1849
The Life and Work of a Major Scholar-Official in Nineteenth-Century China before the Opium War
How the Ceremony Ends/The Water Demon (Storycuts)
In ‘How the Ceremony Ends’, it was last winter that the folklorist paid his visit to the village of Eight Pines. He wanted to collect … Read more