China… Rethinking “China’s Peaceful Rise” 1 Nov 20115 Nov 2011 Although I occasionally mourn my inability to be in two places at once -- as Sichuan and Tibet come immediately to mind -- the benefits of being in the Puget…
China… Mao/Hitler//Mao/Deng//PRC/Germany: Sidney Rittenberg Interview with Der Spiegel 24 Nov 2009 This entire interview is worth checking out; it is buttressed by some historical background in German but the English dialogue with Sidney Rittenberg comes through quite clearly. http://www.spiegel.de/video/video-1023600.html
Uncategorized Sidney Rittenberg Updates [II] 1 Nov 20092 Nov 2009 Sidney Rittenberg is one of the great remaining sages able to parse out China's past and its future. And he has now reached the lucky age of 88! Rittenberg in…
China… Beijing hotspots / etc. / Shanghai Expo 18 May 200918 May 2009 Jimmy Wang of the New York Times reports on the Bookworm (Shuchong) in Beijing's Sanlitun district. Can this possibly count as "trend-spotting"? I think that if and when an oxygen…
Sino-Japanese Relations… Sidney Rittenberg 2 May 20094 May 2009 Having just done a collaborative presentation with the vibrantly old (and wise) China hand Sidney Rittenberg at Pacific Lutheran University, I should share a few of his insights: Rittenberg believes…