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Read @jeremiahjenne's latest China Archive pick, a look back at James Mann's "Beijing Jeep." chinabooksreview.com/2025/06/10/bei…

Copies of our 2024 yearbook have landed! Come to our events or email us to inquire about a copy.

Absolutely packed house at ⁦Asia Society⁩ in New York to hear ⁦Joseph Torigian⁩ talk about his new biography of Xi Zhongxun, Xi Jinping’s father.

Xi Zhongxun was once a reformist voice within the Communist Party — and was purged multiple times for it. So how did his son Xi Jinping become such a loyalist? Read the excerpt from Joseph Torigian's new biography: chinabooksreview.com/2025/06/12/xi-…

Read the excerpt from Joseph Torigian's new biography "The Party's Interests Come First": chinabooksreview.com/2025/06/12/xi-…

Big thanks to Alec Ash China Books Review for running this excerpt from my biography on Xi Zhongxun, the father of Xi Jinping

In a book talk at Asia Society NY, the author and academic Joseph Torigian discusses his new biography of Xi Zhongxun, father of Xi Jinping, and the hidden history of the Chinese Communist Party. Watch the video: chinabooksreview.com/2025/06/17/tor…

Watch Joseph Torigian talk about Xi Zhongxun at an Asia Society book talk: chinabooksreview.com/2025/06/17/tor…

At the Awards Ceremony for the 2024 Winners of the first Baifang Schell Book Prize, journalist Edward Wong and translator Lin King talked about their books "At the Edge of Empire" and "Taiwan Travelogue." Watch the video: chinabooksreview.com/2025/06/19/cer…

Some pictures from the awards ceremony for the inaugural Baifang Schell Book Prize, held at Asia Society NY earlier this week. Watch the video: chinabooksreview.com/2025/06/19/cer…

The diplomat Winston Lord reflects on books that have guided his thinking ever since he flew to Beijing for a secret meeting that would spark the U.S.-China rapprochement. See the bookshelf picks: chinabooksreview.com/2025/06/24/win…

Read Winston Lord's China bookshelf picks: chinabooksreview.com/2025/06/24/win…

After millennia of imperial history, China today has distanced itself from the concept of empire. But the new forms of Chinese imperium are more subtle than territorial conquest. Read John Delury's essay: chinabooksreview.com/2025/06/26/chi…

Read John Delury's essay on China's hidden empire: chinabooksreview.com/2025/06/26/chi…

The New Yorker writer Michael Luo discusses his new history of the Chinese in America, and immigrant identity from the Chinese Exclusion Act to Donald Trump. Listen to the new episode of the China Books Podcast, on Michael Luo's "Strangers in the Land": chinabooksreview.com/2025/07/01/ep-…

Listen to Michael Luo talk about his book "Strangers in the Land" on the new episode of the China Books Podcast: chinabooksreview.com/2025/07/01/ep-…

A scholar’s portrait of student volunteer groups in China is inspirational, but are they really planting the seeds of democratic change? Read Tom Kellogg's review of Anthony Spires' "Everyday Democracy": chinabooksreview.com/2025/07/03/stu…

Read Tom Kellogg's review of "Everyday Democracy" by Anthony Spires: chinabooksreview.com/2025/07/03/stu…

Heads up: We're off this week, and regular posting will resume next Tuesday. Wishing everyone a happy July 4 break.