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

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