Seeds of Fire 40th Anniversary 鬧房 —— 無限風光在險峰 This chapter in Seeds of Fire 40th Anniversary, published on 7 July 2026, marks four decades since Linda Jaivin and I affixed our red-inked thumb prints to our wedding certificate at the East City Civil Affairs Bureau of Beijing in Dongsi 北京東城區民政局.… Read

Contra Trump 反串 Fascism is an inverted form of camp. Its evil side. It is devoid of irony and humor. It takes itself seriously. It uses exaggerated, theatricalized art to turn a leader — like any drag queen — into a larger-than-life persona.… Read

Contra Trump 國破山河在，城春草木深 One of the featured essays in The Fourth of July 2026, — ‘Aussies Officially Hate Trump’s Fucking Guts’ — was written by GMan. Here we reproduce another article by this redoubtable author, who is one of the most lucid chroniclers of and mordant commentators on The Desolation of Donald J Trump.… Read

Contra Trump In this chapter of Contra Trump, a series devoted to the second presidential term of Donald J Trump and its resonance with Xi Jinping’s China, we mark the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence in the company of Timothy D.… Read

Contra Trump 肥了自己瘦了美國 In July 1976, summer holiday back in Australia was bracketed by two events: the bicentenary of the American revolution on the fourth of the month and the Tangshan Earthquake on the twenty-eighth.… Read

Celebrating New Sinology 維恆之蔭德 ‘Translating 里 as “tricent” today in memory of Victor Mair, who was a generous scholar and a kind and decent man.’ This note by Brendan O’Kane, characteristically arch and affectionate, alerted me to Victor’s death on Sunday, 28 June 2026.… Read