Jeremiah is a writer and historian who was based in Beijing for over two decades. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, Davis, and taught Late Imperial and Modern Chinese History for 17 years. Jeremiah is frequently asked to speak and lead workshops on history, culture, and cultural adaptation for students, embassies, companies, and community groups and was the proprietor of Beijing by Foot, a brand that organized educational programs and historic walking tours of Beijing's most famous sites and less-traveled byways from 2016 to 2024. Along with David Moser, Jeremiah continues to host the podcast Barbarians at the Gate.
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Jeremiah's writings have appeared in...
While We’re Here: China Stories from a Writer’s Colony, Edited by Alec Ash and Tom Pellman. (Earnshaw Books, 2015)
The Insider's Guide to Beijing, Edited by Adam Pillsbury (True Run Media, 2010)
China in 2008: A Year of Great Significance, Edited by Kate Merkel-Hess, Jeffrey Wasserstrom, and Kenneth Pomeranz (Rowman & Littlefield, 2008)
The Economist
South China Morning Post
Journal of Asian Studies
The China Books Review
China File
Los Angeles Review of Books China Channel
Radii China
The Beijinger
The World of Chinese