Read Paul French's essay on the Chinese intellectual in Oxford Chiang Yee: chinabooksreview.com/2026/03/12/c...
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Read Paul French's essay on the Chinese intellectual in Oxford Chiang Yee: chinabooksreview.com/2026/03/12/c...
"A Chinese Intellectual in Oxford"
In the 1930s Chiang Yee, a Chinese writer and artist, moved to England. His work, and that of his wartime circle of Chinese literati, deserve to be remembered.
Read Paul French's essay: chinabooksreview.com/2026/03/12/c...
Read Yi Liu's Q&A with Liang Hong in the latest installment of What China's Thinking: chinabooksreview.com/2026/03/10/w...
Liang Hong, an author famous for her observations on village life, has turned her attention to the mental health of Chinaβs adolescents.
In our latest What China's Thinking column, we interviewed her: chinabooksreview.com/2026/03/10/w...
Our February bestsellers list is out, and we've got a new leader: "Killed to Order."
Top buzzwords across our 15 bestsellers: America (3x), Beast (2x), Red (2x), War (2x), Quest (2x), World (2x) and Daughters/Brothers (1x/1x).
See the full list for yourself: chinabooksreview.com/bestselling-...
Read Jonathan Chatwin's review essay on Frank DikΓΆtter's Red Dawn Over China: chinabooksreview.com/2026/03/05/h...
The CCP presents its victory in 1949 as historical inevitability. A new book suggests it had more to do with the Soviets, luck and brutal tactics β but overlooks some other key context.
Read Jonathan Chatwin's review of Red Dawn Over China: chinabooksreview.com/2026/03/05/h...
Listen to Jesse Appell discuss his memoir, This Was Funnier in China, on the China Books Podcast with Alec Ash: chinabooksreview.com/2026/03/03/j...
The bilingual comedian Jesse Appell talks us through the traditional βxiangshengβ form of Chinese comic repartee, and explains whether Beijing can take a joke on the latest episode of the China Books podcast.
Listen now: chinabooksreview.com/2026/03/03/j...
RESCHEDULED. Book Talk: Red Dawn Over China with Frank DikΓΆtter
In-person at Asia Society NYC
Tue 02 Jun 2026
6:30 - 8 p.m.
725 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021
Buy tickets now: asiasociety.org/center-us-ch...
Read Minxin Pei's review of "Institutional Genes" by Xu Chenggang: chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/26/t...
A new theory of Chinaβs political DNA advances a dark thesis: that totalitarianism is institutionally encoded in the nation-state, and cannot be reformed.
Read Minxin Pei's review of "Institutional Genes" by Xu Chenggang: chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/26/t...
From Tibet to Taiwan, Yunnan to yonder, we recommend five Spring Festival reads with a focus on the periphery. 马年倧ε!
Read Na Zhong's new What China's Reading column: chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/24/w...
Due to the snow blizzard in New York and grounded flights, we've had to postpone tomorrow night's event with Frank DikΓΆtter on his new book "Red Dawn Over China." We hope to announce a new date for this talk in the spring. Refunds will be issued automatically to ticket holders.
Looking for something to watch this spring? Check out Asia Society NYC's retrospective of Wang Xiaoshuai's films, from "The Days" (1994) to "Chinese Portrait" (2019), and of course "Beijing Bicycle" (2001). Screening Mar 5-8, get your ticket now: asiasociety.org/new-york/chi...
Read Joseph Torigian's review-essay on "Peng Zhen" by Yen-Lin Chung ιΎε»ΆιΊ: chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/19/p...
Did Peng Zhen Rebel Against Mao?
A startling Chinese-language biography of Maoβs one-time enforcer reveals the folly of hoping that Party officials will break ranks β and the importance of revisionist histories.
Read Joseph Torigian's review-essay: chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/19/p...
Read Jeremiah Jenne's review of the inventive "DΓ©cadence Mandchoue," our latest Archive pick: chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/17/d...
Historical witnessing or salacious slash fiction? The memoirs of an English eccentric in Beijing during the last days of the Qing remain controversial, but are hard to put down.
Read Jeremiah Jenne's latest Archive pick, a review of "DΓ©cadence Mandchoue": chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/17/d...
Register now to hear historian Frank DikΓΆtter discuss his new book, "Red Dawn Over China," with Orville Schell at Asia Society in New York.
Tickets: asiasociety.org/center-us-ch...
Feb 24, 6:30-8pm
$25 Nonmembers / $15 Members
Read Helen Gao's review of the hit Chinese book, "The Runaways" (ιθ΅°ηδΊΊ): chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/12/r...
Young Chinese have been moving away from big cities into rust-belt towns with cheap housing and less pressure. A new book asks what theyβre running away from.
Read Helen Gao's review of the hit Chinese book, "The Runaways" (ιθ΅°ηδΊΊ): chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/12/r...
Watch the video of Yi-Ling Liu's CBR book talk on "The Wall Dancers" at Asia Society: chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/10/y...
Yi-Ling Liu on the Changing Chinese Web
The author and journalist takes us behind, above and beyond China's Great Firewall for her book talk on "The Wall Dancers" in a China Books Review event at Asia Society.
Watch the video and see the transcript: chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/10/y...
Our list of last month's bestselling China books just dropped.
Breakneck by @danwwang leads the pack. The Poet Empress by Shen Tao takes over #2. Apple in China by @PatrickMcGee_ in third. Jun Chang's Fly, Wild Swans is fourth, then @XVanFleet's Made in America.
chinabooksreview.com/bestselling
Read the excerpt from Yi-Ling Liu's new book "The Wall Dancers": chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/05/c...
A Day in the Life of an Internet Censor
Chinaβs social media boom let its people speak out β but its censorship network silenced them. One of those censors reveals what happens behind the curtain.
Read the excerpt from Yi-Ling Liu's new book "The Wall Dancers":
chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/05/c...
Listen to the new episode of the China Books Podcast: chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/03/r...
Islamic China with Rian Thum
Islam has been part of Chinaβs religious and cultural fabric for over a millennium, yet often it is seen as a foreign element. The author of a new study explains just how wrong that is.
Listen to the new episode of the podcast: chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/03/r...
Still a few spots left for our upcoming book talk with Yi-Ling Liu on Chinaβs Internet, this Thursday 6:30-8pm @AsiaSocietyNY. Use code CBR15 for $10 off!
asiasociety.org/center-us-ch...