Watching China Watching (XIII) In late April 1989, a group of prominent Chinese writers, public intellectuals avant la lettre and cultural figures — both from Mainland China and Taiwan — gathered at Bolinas on the Californian coast north of San Francisco to discuss the state of their state views about China’s future.… Read

Watching China Watching (XII) Imperial metaphors are frequently used both in reporting on and studying modern China. Since his rise to power in 2012, Xi Jinping has been described variously as ‘a new emperor’ or ‘red emperor’.… Read

Watching China Watching (XI) In the China-Watching trade blockbuster revelations, untold stories and salacious tales appear with something approaching monotony, and often amidst great fanfare. Such works may flourish in evanescent popularity, but more often than not they wither in the unforgiving light of forensic evaluation, or at least fall from favour as they are overtaken by the next market trend.… Read

Watching China Watching (IX) Stephen FitzGerald, more than many Australians involved with China over the years, is particularly aware of the unsteady history of Australia’s dealings with Asia since the nineteenth century.… Read

Watching China Watching (VIII) Assignment: China is part of the multimedia work undertaken by The U.S.-China Institute of the University of Southern California. Conceived of by Clayton Dube this extraordinary series of documentary films on reporting on twentieth, and twenty-first century, China was directed by Mike Chinoy, a former CNN Asia correspondent and a Senior Fellow at The USC U.S.-China… Read

Watching China Watching (VII) In 1949, the civil war on mainland China entered its final phase. The People’s Liberation Army under the command of the Communist Party was on the march to overthrow the Republic of China under the leadership of Chiang Kai-shek and his Nationalist Party.… Read