China’s Virus of Lies in 2020

Viral Alarm The following material is reprinted from China Digital Times 中国数字时代 with the kind permission of Samuel Wade, the deputy editor. This is a chapter in Viral Alarm: China Heritage Annual 2020.… Read

Chen Qiushi’s Gift of the Gab

Viral Alarm The lawyer Chen Qiushi (陳秋實, 1985-) was one of the autonomous citizen-journalists who attempted to report on the outbreak of ‘Wuhan Flu’ 武汉肺炎 (武肺) — later known as ‘Corona Virus’ 新冠病毒 or Covid-19 — in February 2020.… Read

Ho-ho Holiday — Lil Nas X & New Sinology

Viral In February 2020, Professor Xu Zhangrun released ‘Viral Alarm — When Fury Overcomes Fear’, and we have taken ‘Viral Alarm’ as the theme of the 2020 China Heritage Annual. a series of essays, translations and meditations.… Read

Cyclopes on My Doorstep, by Xu Zhangrun

Viral Alarm   The following essay by Xu Zhangrun, translated by Geremie R. Barmé, first appeared in SupChina on 17 December 2020. It is reprinted here with the kind permission of Jeremy Goldkorn.… Read

Other People’s Thoughts, XVIII

Other People’s Thoughts is a section in the Journal of the China Heritage site. It is inspired by a compilation of quotations put together by Simon Leys (Pierre Ryckmans), one of our Ancestors, during his reading life.… Read

Those Who Would Love

Viral Alarm   Xu Jinchuan (徐錦川, 1960-) is an award-winning screenwriter and novelist. The following essay, titled ‘Those Who Love’ 那些愛著的人們, appeared on 15 November 2020 in the series ‘Xu Jinchuan’s Reading Life’ 徐錦川的讀書生活.… Read