Journal

On the End of an Error — Day Ten of Jianying Zha & Katō Yoshikazu’s New Decameron

Spectres & Souls Vignettes, moments and meditations on
China and America, 1861-2021   The following exchange between Jianying Zha 查建英 and Katō Yoshikazu 加藤嘉一 comes at the end of the final chapter of Freedom Is Not Free — A New Decameron, the record of a conversation between the two writers, one from China, who is an American, and the other from Japan, who has been a long-term resident of China.… Read

‘I Hereby Cancel Myself’ — Lee Yee

The Best China In the first installment of The Best China, a China Heritage series focussed on Hong Kong launched on 1 July 2017, we introduced readers to recent commentaries written by the veteran journalist Lee Yee 李怡 (李秉堯).… Read

Other People’s Thoughts, XXI

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

Other People’s Thoughts, XX

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

A Word of Advice to the Biden Administration

Spectres & Souls Vignettes, moments and meditations
on China and America, 1861-2021   On cue, the Chinese media began publishing articles about the ‘revolving door’ in Washington following the US presidential election in early November 2020.… Read