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

This is the eighty-first 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