Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones

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The perfect weekend getaway: Escaping Shanghai to cool, green Moganshan
Plus, an ode to coffee, guns, country living, hunting, and sticking it to the man
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How To Understand the Provinces, Prefectures, Counties and Towns of China (Part 1)
A practical and straightforward guide to China's administrative tiers (with examples)
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Ruili: The most locked-down city in China
How are things going these days in China's unluckiest pandemic battleground?
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When Mainstream Success Trumps Scholarly Integrity: The Frustrating Case of Frank Dikötter
Depressingly, although not surprisingly, this China historian continues to rake in book sales, despite the consistently poor academic response to his…
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Life is a Highway: The Long and Winding Road to Poverty Alleviation
Are highways the unsung heroes of China's poverty alleviation campaign? Is it too much to use two road-related song metaphors in one title? These, and…
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How Similar are Rural Maine and Rural China? (Part II)
In which I interview a Senator, score some juicy (?) quotes, and try to have a Thoughtful Conclusion
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How Similar are Rural Maine and Rural China?
This is not really an essay about China. Mostly not, anyway. Over the last month, I’ve been back in the United States traveling. While this trip has…
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Exploring the Reality of China's "New Countryside"
Can an upgraded rural life ever match the attractiveness of the cities for Chinese farmers?
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Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones
storytelling and commentary on the Chinese economic development model
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