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The Atlantic Jan/Feb 2021 issue: Uncovering the Cultural Revolution’s Awful Truths - theatlantic.com [2021-05-18]

Rebel historians chronicle a past that the Chinese Communist Party grows ever more intent on erasing. more

“China’s Clampdown on Hong Kong” - nybooks.com [2020-11-02]

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A Monk’s Life in Turmoil in Tibet - newyorker.com [2020-07-27]

Dongtuk’s home town was known for self-immolations. How would he choose to live?… more

China Declares Victory Over Both the Coronavirus and Critics of the Communist Party at the Biggest Political Event of the Year - newyorker.com [2020-05-22]

This year, the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Congress are turning into a self-congratulatory pageant in which the Party’s emboldened leadership celebrates itself.… more

In North Korea, the Fourth Man Could Be a Woman - newyorker.com [2020-04-25]

Amid reports of Kim Jong Un’s failing health, it appears that the most obvious successor to rule the country, despite its sexist political system, is his sister.… more

Op-Ed: How living through the siege of Sarajevo prepared me for coronavirus - latimes.com [2020-04-07]

In Sarajevo, a woman asked me how Americans would survive a siege. Now, with coronavirus, I've gotten a glimpse.… more

The Star Power of Jane Fonda’s Climate-Change Arrests - newyorker.com [2019-12-27]

The actress and activist spent the eve of her eighty-second birthday protesting alongside friends and fellow-celebrities, and earning her latest arrest, in an ongoing campaign to raise awareness of climate change.… more

One is Chinese. One is American. How a journalist discovered and reunited identical twins - latimes.com [2019-08-08]

Seventeen years ago, Chinese authorities abducted one of a set of twins and sent her to an orphanage.… more

A bizarre takeover of North Korea’s embassy in Spain has an L.A. man on the run - latimes.com [2019-05-15]

The North Korean Embassy in Madrid was a soft target.… more

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