In this episode, Jonathan Chatwin discusses his book "The Southern Tour," focusing on Deng Xiaoping's 1992 tour to revitalize market reforms in China, Deng's legacy, Xi Jinping's stance on these reforms, and the challenges of publishing about China today.
The Death of Hu Yaobang: Reform Icon and Symbol of Hope for China’s Youth
The “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” Guide to 40 Years of Reform and Opening
Xi’s Gotta Have It: Rewriting the History of the Reform and Opening Era at the National Museum
Karl Marx, Cai Yuanpei, and the Legacies of May Fourth
Changing the Guard
A Summer of Anniversaries
Zhou Enlai, the Qingming Festival, and the spring demonstrations of 1976
Today is Qingming Jie, the annual grave sweeping day, and also the 35th anniversary of the April 5 Τiananmen Incident. This post, originally published on the anniversary of Zhou Enlai’s death (January 8, 2007), looks at the legacy of Zhou Enlai and how the celebration of Qingming led to a major demonstration and crackdown in the spring of 1976.