China: The Mao Dynasty Moves Toward Democracy And Human Rights
China is visibly evolving toward liberal republican governance. Ten years, rather than life, tenure for its leaders is a major step.
Sinica Podcast
10.13.11
Sun Yat-sen and the Xinhai Revolution
from Sinica PodcastOne hundred years ago this week, local outrage over plans to nationalize provincial railways triggered the Wuchang Uprising, an act of sedition that marked the start of the Xinhai Revolution and the beginning of the end for China’s long-governing...
The NYRB China Archive
05.28.81
His Man in Canton
from New York Review of BooksIn the Chinese united front of the mid-1920s, the Soviet agent Borodin has been a protean figure. Bringing Leninist skills, arms, and advisers to Canton, he seemed to be the priceless ingredient that finally catalyzed Sun Yat-sen’...