China Beat

on April 28, 2012

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Launched in early 2008, The China Beat provides context and criticism on contemporary China from China scholars and journalists. Based around a group of active contributors at the University of California, Irvine, including co-founders Kenneth Pomeranz and Jeffrey Wasserstrom, the blog draws on a global group of China watchers in the U.S., China, the U.K., Australia, Japan, Canada, Taiwan, and many other locations.

The China Beat has received praise and notice in many locations, including theNew York Times‘ “Paper Cuts” blog, Far Eastern Economic Review, Shanghai City Weekend, and The Beijinger. Writers who follow China issues, like James Fallows and Andrew Leonard, have recommended China Beat to their readers.

In March 2009, China in 2008: A Year of Great Significance was published. Based on postings that appeared at The China Beat during China’s eventful Olympic year, the book also includes new pieces and essays that were published in other formats.

Prospect Magazine

on April 28, 2012

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Prospect has established itself as a must-read title with key figures in government, journalism, policy making and business. People turn to Prospect for the ideas and trends behind the headlines and for a contrarian view of topics.

Los Angeles Review of Books

on April 28, 2012

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The Los Angeles Review of Books is a nonprofit literary and cultural arts organization that combines the great tradition of the book review with the evolving technologies of the web. We are a community of writers, critics, journalists, artists, filmmakers, and scholars dedicated to promoting and disseminating the best that is thought and written, with an enduring commitment to the intellectual rigor, the incisiveness, and the power of the written word.

The Los Angeles Review of Books magazine was created in part as a response to the disappearance of the traditional newspaper book review supplement, and, with it, the art of fun, intelligent long-form writing on everything from fiction to politics, architecture to young adult fiction, academic monographs to genre fiction. In our swiftly changing world of books and publishing, the Los Angeles Review of Books stands for curated, edited, expert opinion written by the best writers and thinkers of our time. We seek to revive, and reinvent, the book review for a new generation.

LARB publishes every day online and quarterly in print (learn about our signature print edition, the LARB Quarterly Journal). We also publish a collection of wholly independent sister magazines, the LARB Channels, covering genres as diverse as sports and philosophy to plant thinking and experimental literature.

Our civic arts programs are designed to advance the next generation of editors and publishers, including the LARB / USC Publishing Workshop, an immersive, collaborative publishing program designed for students and innovators interested in playing a role in the future of publishing. Internships are available for college credit year-round.

LARB is a center for events and public arts programs that connect writers and artists to everyday readers both locally and nationwide. Tom’s Book Club, a level of our membership program, meets on a quarterly basis and includes live readings with selected authors; the LARB Luminary Dinner series features writers in conversation with readers in homes around Los Angeles.

Leap

on April 28, 2012

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LEAP is the bilingual art magazine of contemporary China. Published six times a year in Chinese and English, it presents a winning mix of contemporary art coverage and cultural commentary from the cutting edge of the Chinese art scene.

Indiewire

on April 28, 2012

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Since launching on July 15, 1996, IndieWire has grown into the leading news, information and networking site for independent-minded filmmakers, the industry and moviegoers alike. Originally conceived as an online forum and newsletter for filmmakers and festivals, IndieWire has grown over the last two decades into a preeminent source for film and television news, reviews, interviews, global festival coverage and more. Our mission has always been to create a platform to deliver news, information and other resources to creators and movie lovers, while facilitating a greater appreciation of independent filmmaking to the masses.

Sex and Marriage

By Kaiser Kuo, Jeremy Goldkorn & more on April 27, 2012

We hurriedly cleaned up the studio and tried to set a bit more of a romantic tone this week, a feat accomplished mostly by positioning small candles and trays of potpourri by the microphones. And why else than because our subject today is sex and marriage, and perhaps more of the former than the latter. So join us for a show about who wants it, who gets it, and exactly how far some researchers will go when doing work on the Chinese sex industry.

Chinese Industrial Policy and the Automotive Market

By Kaiser Kuo & Jeremy Goldkorn on April 26, 2012

Even as the Beijing Auto Show prepares to toast the Chinese market with its typical mixture of sex and tech, industry insiders have been stunned by recent news showing the market share of domestic Chinese manufacturers falling relative to their foreign counterparts, a trend that has persisted even in the face of strongly preferential government policies and even overt efforts to push the industry into Chinese hands.

The Tree That Bleeds

By Nick Holdstock on April 25, 2012

In 1997 a small town in a remote part of China was shaken by violent protests that led to the imposition of martial law. Some said it was a peaceful demonstration that was brutally suppressed by the government; others that it was an act of terrorism. When Nick Holdstock arrived in 2001, the town was still bitterly divided. The main resentment was between the Uighurs (an ethnic minority in the region) and the Han (the ethnic majority in China). While living in Xinjiang, Holdstock was confronted with the political, economic and religious sources of conflict between these different communities, which would later result in the terrible violence of July 2009, when hundreds died in further riots in the region. The Tree that Bleeds is a book about what happens when people stop believing their government will listen. —Luath Press Limited

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Jonathan Falla, Scottish Review of Books (November 2011)
Michael Rank, Asia Times (January 7, 2012)
Josh Summer, FarWestChina (September 6, 2011)

Watery Grave for Yangtze River Fish

on April 25, 2012

(Beijing)—Fishermen along the banks of the mighty Yangtze River have long spoken of emptier nets and longer waits for a catch.

On April 2, an unusual auction held in a downstream city in Jiangsu Province added weight to their bleak reports: A single, 325-gram saury fish, a graceful species once common in the river, was sold to the highest bidder for a shocking 59,000 yuan.

Popularly known as the “knife fish” in China, the saury used to be a dinner staple up and down the Yangtze. Today, the breed is so rare that only the wealthiest of diners can afford a single fish.