Xiaolu Guo is a British/Chinese novelist, essayist, and filmmaker. She currently holds a position as Writer-In-Residence at the Weatherhead East Asian Institute and is an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University. Her work includes the novels A Concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers (Orange Prize for Fiction Shortlist), and I Am China (a 2014 NPR Best Book), the … [Read more...]
Interview: Maria Adele Carrai on Sovereignty in China
Sovereignty has become something of a modern buzzword, used by world leaders and diplomats in the United Nations and other international settings to further states' political goals. But where did this concept come from? Is it still relevant today? And how have interpretations of this concept evolved, particularly in China, one of the world's most vocal proponents of … [Read more...]
