Trump's re-election disappointed many in the U.S. and abroad. To help them process, Jeremiah and David talk with literary translator and Pennsylvania voter Brendan O’Kane about Zhang Dai, the Ming-Qing transition, and living through an age of upheaval.

Jeremiah Jenne's Late Imperial and Modern Chinese History Blog

15.11.2024

Emily Hahn: China to Me — Jeremiah Jenne

In her memoir of 1930s and 40s China, the New Yorker correspondent brought the country to life while coming down from opium binges in Shanghai and hiding in bomb shelters in Chongqing.

Jeremiah Jenne's Late Imperial and Modern Chinese History Blog

24.12.2024

Where have all the American China Experts Gone? — Jeremiah Jenne

Professor Rory Truex of Princeton discusses the decline of US-China academic exchange post-COVID, the challenges of research in China's current environment, the Trump administration's potential impact on educational programs and perceptions of exchange students as security risks.

Jeremiah Jenne's Late Imperial and Modern Chinese History Blog

24.12.2024

Laws of the Land: Feng Shui in Chinese History — Jeremiah Jenne

In this episode of Barbarians at the Gate, Tristan Brown discusses his award-winning book on how feng shui in the Qing era had less to do with furniture placement and was more about power, belonging, and control of spaces in a rapidly evolving society.

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What can the end of the Ming Dynasty tell us about the election of Donald Trump and what comes next — Jeremiah Jenne

Emily Hahn: China to Me — Jeremiah Jenne

Where have all the American China Experts Gone? — Jeremiah Jenne

Laws of the Land: Feng Shui in Chinese History — Jeremiah Jenne

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