Tag: Frankfurt Book Fair

American Foreign Policy, China, Environmental Politics in East Asia, U.S.-China Relations

If China Did Something Right, Would Anyone Notice?

Ever since the Amercian press corps wandered into dusty Yanan in the rumpled personage of a 30-year old named Edgar Snow in 1935, it seems that Western views of the Chinese Communist Party, and of China itself, have oscillated greatly.  At times, China and the West come into convergence as to how to view politics on the mainland.  In the late 1930s, both China and … Continue reading If China Did Something Right, Would Anyone Notice?

Adam Cathcart3 Comments
German, Sino-German Relations

“They Have Guns, and I, a Pen”: Highly Valuable New Source on the Tibetan Rebellion

This 297-page first-person account of the Tibetan uprising of spring 2008 is being published, like, today, in Germany: Tsering Woeser is a Tibetan writer and blogger.  Her book is being published by Lungta Verlag, which is the publishing house for the German Tibet Initiative.  The direct translation of the title into Chinese is “你有枪，我有笔,” but in fact the original title was 《鼠年雪狮吼》 which had been … Continue reading “They Have Guns, and I, a Pen”: Highly Valuable New Source on the Tibetan Rebellion

Adam Cathcart2 Comments