Contra Trump 禮崩樂壞 We share the pathologies of all dying empires with their mixture of buffoonery, rampant corruption, military fiascos, economic collapse and savage state repression. — Chris Hedges, quoted in Death Wish — Promises Made, Promises Kept, 16 February 2026 *** A renowned journalist, writer, commentator and broadcaster, Chris Hedges has featured in China Heritage over the years, as well as in our Contra Trump — America’s Empire of Tedium series, which we launched on the eve of the 2024 Presidential Election.… Read

Seeds of Fire 40th Anniversary 香花和毒草的辯證法   Ruszkik haza! — “Russians Go Home!” — the Hungarian chant from 1956 echoing through the streets of Budapest following Victor Orbán’s crushing electoral defeat on 12 April 2026.… Read

Seeds of Fire 40th Anniversary 舊啟蒙、新蒙蔽   China’s annual Youth Festival 青年節 falls on the 4th of May. It commemorates a mass student demonstration in Beijing on 4 May 1919 and marks a historical turning point in China’s modern political and social history.… Read

The Other China 又双叒叕 Liu Chan 劉蟾, who also goes by the pen name Dasheng 大生, is a writer, scholar and calligrapher. Born in Shaanxi, he lives in Beijing where he edits The Chinese Study 中國書房.… Read

Contra Trump 照妖鏡 The China Heritage series Contra Trump — America’s Empire of Tedium was launched in November 2024, following Donald Trump’s second electoral victory. In it, we refer both to Xi Jinping’s China and to Trump’s America as ‘empires of tedium’.… Read

Watching China Watching 知無涯，生有涯 ‘The golden age of academic exchange between the US and China had passed and been replaced with something much, much worse. ‘Would it be possible to ever reach that place again?… Read