This week, Kaiser and Jeremy continue their conversation with Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (see part 1 here), and focus on how he got interested in China, his fascination with the Chinese language, his early diplomatic career, his extraordinary experience as chief interpreter during Richard Nixon’s historic visit to China in 1972, and his prescient predictions of how China would evolve after the normalization of relations with the U.S.
Stay tuned for the third part of this interview, coming next week!
Edmund Backhouse in the long view of history
Sinica archive: Beijing's Great Leap Forward
Rogier Creemers on cyber Leninism and the political culture of the Chinese internet
Comfort women and the struggle for reparations
Under the Dome
LGBT China
The Islamic State and China
Bo Xilai: The Trial of the Century
The one-child policy, plus the African community in Guangzhou
The extremes of Chinese media, plus Chinese internet humor
Zhao Liang and the South-North Water Diversion Project
Suicides, strikes, and labor unrest in China
Critical media, foreign and domestic
Mao's legacy and foreign self-censorship
Schoolyard violence with Chinese characterisitcs
Dimensions of China's soft power
Huang Guangyu trial and real estate dilemma
The eulogy and the aftershocks
China's gadflies and the mine miracle
Iran and the vaccination scandal
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