Party vs Profit in Tug of War Over Chinese Buddhism
Amid a renewed domestic interest in Buddhism, sacred Chinese Buddhist sites have in recent years...
Apr 27, 2018
Amid a renewed domestic interest in Buddhism, sacred Chinese Buddhist sites have in recent years...
Jun 12, 2017
CDT cartoonist Badiucao comments on a recent viral video in which a woman was hit by a vehicle...
Feb 5, 2014
In the New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson interviews Richard Madsen, a scholar on Chinese...
Sep 30, 2013
In its quest to quell public anger over a range of issues, the Xi Jinping administration may be...
Nov 1, 2011
In the New York Review of Books, Ian Johnson looks at the debate over morality in China following the death of toddler Yue Yue on Foshan, and whether Daoism may be one option to fill the spiritual void in Chinese society: The...
Jun 18, 2010
From the English version of Caixin: Flames of the Cultural Revolution from 1966 to 1976 consumed many but also engendered a skeptical generation that’s marched along a winding road of Chinese cultural change for the past...
Mar 28, 2008
Beijing based poet, writer and blogger Dong Guangfu (董桄福) published the following essay online, partially translated by Linjun Fan: The holy Olympic Torch has been lighted, and passed on across the world. The dream of a large...