One or two readings on China per day, chosen by Angilee Shah and Jeffrey Wasserstrom, editors of Chinese Characters
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Apr
The 1,400-year-old Grand Canal is a monumental project that bound north and south China together. It’s still in use today.
by Ian Johnson with photos by Michael Yamashita
19
Apr
Hengdian World Studios, in China, is the largest movie lot ever built. Some of China’s most iconic buildings have been erected on Hengdian’s eight thousand acres, giving the place the ersatz-historical feel of Colonial Williamsburg. On average, there are twenty movies or television dramas being filmed at Hengdian simultaneously.
22
Feb
By Ian Johnson in the NYR Blog
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Feb
07
Jan
Ian Johnson reports on the journalists and students who are opposing censorship of the influential newspaper Southern Weekly
22
Dec
It would be easy to see this as just a Chinese version of the global Mayan craze. And given the problems facing Xi Jinping, China’s new leader—among them a slowing economy and escalating tensions with maritime neighbors—groups like the Almighty God might seem like a sideshow. But this would be a mistake.
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Nov
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Oct
Ian Johnson’s human take on development, its costs and benefits, forNational Geographic News.
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Oct
12
Oct
Ian Johnson reviews a new book of photos and poetry by Howard French and Qiu Xiaolong.
