Contra Trump 貪天之功，以為己力 The Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1920. Later, when he became a staunch supporter of the German Nazis and a collaborator with the traitorous Vidkun Quisling in Norway, Hamsun sent his Nobel Prize medal to Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi minister of ‘public enlightenment’, as a gift.… Read

Seeds of Fire 人生得意須盡歡
莫使金樽空對月   This introductory chapter to Seeds of Fire: China Heritage Annual 2026 is inspired by Wu Zuguang, whom I first met in 1976 — by his outspokenness in 1956, by learning about his exile, resistance and continued travails from 1966 and from his dark warnings about ongoing cultural repression in 1986.… Read

Contra Trump ∀a≠0 In Gödel’s Loophole and American’s ‘Cultural Revolution’, a chapter in Contra Trump — America’s Empire of Tedium, Zhang Qianfan 张千帆, a leading Chinese constitutional expert, observed of the law-bending first month of Donald J.… Read

Celebrating New Sinology 酱爆瘋批茶道   The Tea Master of Zibo is a second-hand car salesman who produces short videos under the name ‘Exploding Sweet-sauce’ 二手醬爆. His Tao of Tea 醬爆茶道 is rebellious, rambunctious and ridiculous.… Read

Seeds of Fire 丙午馬年   Today, the 1st of January 2026, marks the formal launching China Heritage Annual 2026, the theme of which is Seeds of Fire. This China Heritage series celebrates four decades since John Minford and I published Seeds of Fire: Chinese Voices of Conscience.… Read

The Other China  年終總結   In this chapter of The Other China, we join the artist Lao Shu as he bids adieu to the year 2025. For our farewell to 2024 and welcome to 2025, also in the company of Lao Shu, see:

Keeping Ahead of the Game — Lao Shu Farewells 2024

Sisyphus in 2025 — Lao Shu’s New Year

*** Lao Shu 老樹 is the nom de plume of Liu Shuyong (劉樹勇, 1962-), a Beijing-based artist, writer, critic and professor in communications.… Read