Resisting Cultural Capture — Dasheng’s Little Lectures

The Other China Dasheng’s Little Lectures 大生小議 is a series of short videos by Liu Chan 劉蟾, aka Dasheng 大生, an artist and independent scholar based in Beijing. In his ‘Shorts’ Dasheng comments on language, life and thinking in China today.… Read

Brainwashing vs. Educating — Dasheng’s Little Lectures

The Other China Dasheng’s Little Lectures 大生小議 is a series of short videos by Liu Chan 劉蟾, aka Dasheng 大生, an artist and independent scholar based in Beijing. In his ‘Shorts’ Dasheng comments on language, life and thinking in China today.… Read

On Rumours & Lies — Dasheng’s Little Lectures

The Other China Dasheng’s Little Lectures 大生小議 is a series of short videos by Liu Chan 劉蟾, aka Dasheng 大生, an artist and independent scholar based in Beijing. In his ‘Shorts’ Dasheng comments on language, life and thinking in China today.… Read

Xu Zhangrun — Words of Gratitude & Elegies of Anger

Xu Zhangrun Archive   On 6 January 2023, Xu Zhangrun 許章潤 was awarded a book prize in absentia. The presentation was organised by Rong Wei 榮偉, founding editor of Bouden House 博登書屋, an independent Chinese publisher in New York.… Read

Liu Chan’s Memorial for the Departed

The Other China   Ten years ago, in late 2012, we published The Five Vermin 五蠹 Threatening China, which was a translation of ‘Where Are the Real Threats to China?’ 中國真正的挑戰在哪裡 by Yuan Peng 袁鵬.… Read