Barbara Demick’s most recent book is Eat the Buddha: Life and Death in a Tibetan Town. She is a former correspondent for The Los Angeles Times and served as Bureau Chief in Seoul and in Beijing. She is also the author of Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea.
Last Updated: February 4, 2021
The NYRB China Archive
11.19.20
China’s Clampdown on Hong Kong
from New York Review of Books
Hong Kongers demonstrated about everything from the removal of hawkers selling fish balls during the Chinese New Year to fare increases on mass transit (which had also provoked protests under British rule). But mostly they have demonstrated against...
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01.06.16
The North Korean Bomb Test—What's Next?
On Wednesday, North Korea claimed that it had tested a hydrogen bomb, bringing to four the number of nuclear weapons it has set off on its own territory since 2006. The act drew international condemnation, prompting us to ask: What’s different this...