if you think your average laowai gets stared at now, imagine being Robert Frankling Williams walking the streets of Beijing at the height of the Cultural Revolution.
In this episode of Barbarians at the Gates, Edward Wong of the New York Times joins David and me to discuss Ed's new book, At the Edge of Empire. We discuss frontiers, what the Qing Dynasty means for China, and the different generational perspectives on China's recent past.
Robert Franklin Williams (1925-1996)