The Other China 書畫古今聚復散   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. His artistic voice is unique and personal, its tenor, whimsy and profundity evoke what for decades we have called The Other China — a cultural noosphere that is as undeniably local as it is universal.… Read

Contra Trump 負隅頑抗   Marc Elias is an American lawyer and a nationally recognised authority in voting rights, redistricting and law. In 2020, he led the historic legal effort to protect voting rights, winning over sixty lawsuits against the Republican Party’s efforts to suppress the vote.… Read

Contra Trump 破字當頭 I am at the moment writing a lengthy indictment against our century. When my brain begins to reel from my literary labors, I make an occasional cheese dip.… Read

Contra Trump 造反有理 Zhang Qianfan (張千帆, 1964-) is a professor of constitutional law at Peking University. Readers of China Heritage first encountered him in The Professor, a University & the Rule of Law, a chapter in The Xu Zhangrun Case which details Xu’s critiques of the Xi Jinping era, the persecution he has suffered since 2018 and the support he has received by colleagues and people of conscience in China.… Read

Celebrating New Sinology The 17th February 2025 marks the centenary of The New Yorker. Over the years, I have made modest China-related contributions to that magazine’s reporting on China and the writers I have engaged with include Evan Osnos, Ian Buruma, Jiayang Fan and Chang Che.… Read

Intersecting with Eternity In December 2024, the Berlin International Film Festival announced that it would award Scottish actor Tilda Swinton an Honorary Golden Bear for her lifetime achievement. Tricia Tuttle, director of the festival, said that: The range of Tilda Swinton’s work is breathtaking.… Read