Seeds of Fire 《一九八四 》+《美麗新世界》   We were keeping our eye on 1984. When the year came and the prophecy didn’t, thoughtful Americans sang softly in praise of themselves. The roots of liberal democracy had held.… Read

The Other China 快發錢！要過年！！！ On 25 January 2025 China Heritage celebrated the First Day of the First Month of the Year of the Snake in the company of Lao Shu 老樹 (see: Lofty Aspirations & Modest Wishes for the Year of the Snake).… Read

The Other China 夫唯不爭，故天下莫能與之爭。 ‘It is because he is free from striving that no one in the world can strive against him’ — this line from Tao Te Ching encapsulates the spirit of the following selection of works by Lao Shu 老樹, the nom de plume of Liu Shuyong (劉樹勇, 1962-).… Read

Other People’s Thoughts This is the seventy-second chapter in Other People’s Thoughts, a China Heritage series inspired by a compilation of quotations put together by Simon Leys (Pierre Ryckmans), one of our Ancestors, during his reading life.… Read

Contra Trump “天選之子” This year — 2026 — marks the sixtieth anniversary of Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution. As we noted when launching China Heritage a decade ago: In 1966, Mao observed that his personality was a mixture of contradictory elements.… Read

Seeds of Fire 吳祖光 This is an appendix to Bring on the Wine! — Xi Jinping’s Lessons for a Tang-dynasty Poet, the introductory chapter to Seeds of Fire: China Heritage Annual 2026.… Read