America’s Real Cold War

Contra Trump 苦迭打   In ‘Some Thoughts on a Glum Convergence’, remarks delivered at the State Library in Sydney, Australia, to mark the thirtieth anniversary of Australia-PRC relations in November 2002, I observed that: Once, many students of China shared a sense of fascinated engagement with a country that was vastly different from our own, one whose values and institutions were not only at variance, but markedly inferior to those of our own shores.… Read

When the Anaconda is the Chandelier

Celebrating New Sinology in 2025 乙巳蟒蛇 The first day of January 2025 marked eight years since China Heritage went online. On 29 of January, the first day of the Year of the Snake 乙巳蛇年, we introduce China Heritage Annual 2025, the theme of which is Celebrating New Sinology.… Read

The Dragon Gives Way to the Snake

Celebrating New Sinology 辭龍迎蛇   A certain wariness surrounds the Snake, one of the twelve zoological signs of the traditional Chinese calendar, and not only because the reptile inspires fear and repulsion.… Read

From Lao Shu’s Studio of Drunken Dreams

The Other China 誤在紅塵   We greeted the New Year on 1 January 2025 with the art and poetry of Lao Shu. Here we mark the end of the Year of the Dragon with a further selection of his work.… Read