Studying Short Classical Chinese Texts with
The Master of The Tower of Reading 念樓學短   Dedicated to Zhong Shuhe in celebration of Dai Qing and in memory of Huang Yongyu, Yang Jiang & Qian Zhongshu *** *** Preface The Tower of Reading is a series published by China Heritage focussed on the work of Zhong Shuhe (鐘叔河, 1931-), one of the most influential editors and publishers in post-Mao China and a writer celebrated in his own right both as a prose stylist and as an interpreter of classical Chinese texts.… Read

The Other China 辰龍 We marked the approach of the Year of the Dragon with the singers Namewee and Hou Dejian, the artist Lao Shu and the essayist Bo Yang. Dragon Years tend to have an air of malevolence and treachery.… Read

The Tower of Reading 歲節 On 2 February 2024, China’s state media proclaimed that ‘the whole nation is suffused with an atmosphere of uplifting optimism’ 整個國家都洋溢著樂觀向上的氛圍. As the economy struggled and the stock market roiled as a major real estate developer went into liquidation, the positive sentiments of the propagandists were widely mocked online.… Read

The Other China 蘤開華落自有時   In January 2023, we ushered in the Year of the Rabbit in the company of the Beijing-based artists Lao Shu and Huang Yongyu. Yongyu passed away in June 2023 at the age of ninety-nine.… Read

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

The Other China 龍脈   China’s Spring Festival migratory season began on Friday 26 January 2024. Tens of millions of people set off by road, train and airplane to reunite with family members and visit friends to celebrate Lunar New Year, the first day of which is February the 10th.… Read