Category Archives: book review

Ai Weiwei, Art with Chinese Characteristics, and the need for both Unity and Disunity

Posted on August 3, 2012 by T

Picking up from where Hannah left off yesterday, I want to look at a couple ideas from Ai Weiwei’s essays that jumped out at me. Chinese Contemporary in Dilemma and Transition Ai’s essays provide a great reminder of why Ai … Continue reading →

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Reading Campaign: Ai Weiwei’s Blog

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Hannah

Seeing Red in China is kicking off a reading campaign the likes of which are not generally braved by blogs. We, and hopefully most of our readers, are very dedicated to the difficult task of making sense of China, and … Continue reading →

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Dream of Ding Village – Book Review

Posted on July 13, 2012 by T

Dream of Ding Village by Yan Lianke is the Man Asian Literary Prize nominated story of a small village in Henan as it is ravaged by the AIDS epidemic that spread through central China nearly a decade ago (and continues … Continue reading →

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