At the moment, it seems like China, or Asia, is a hot topic (hate that phrase) on TV in the … More
Tag: communism
Teaching: ‘Are our kids tough enough? Chinese School’ on BBC2/Part Three
Time for the write-up of the final episode of the three-part documentary ‘Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School’ on BBC2. I … More
Teaching: ‘Are our kids tough enough? Chinese School’ on BBC2/Part Two
Tuesday evening and time for episode two of the three-part documentary ‘Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School’ on BBC2. I discussed … More
Teaching: ‘Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School’ on BBC2/Part One
Tuesday evening and for once I watched TV (I never usually watch TV and am not particularly fond of them … More
Research Seminar on Socialist Realism with Carol Yinghua Lu & Liu Ding
On Wednesday afternoon, I was invited to a private seminar by the Asia-Pacific Research Centre at Tate to hear the … More
‘The Arrest of Ai Weiwei’
I’m finally playing catch up with blog posts that really should have been written earlier in the month, even at … More
Ai Weiwei’s Progress(?)
I’m getting caught up in the chaos of Shanghai again…and I love it. One week in and I’ve finally settled … More