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Literary Influences in Beijing Unbound (3) Crossing the Line
My serialized novel is now in print. I asked Anthropic's Claude to look for literary influences. Its instant response is at once fawning, totally…
Dec 26, 2025
"Claude, Gemini, and the Audacity of AI Book Reviews" or "Two bots read my novel. One of them wouldn't shut up."
Anthropic's Claude is writer-friendly in a cloying way: "The novel's genius is showing how surveillance doesn't destroy relationships—it BECOMES the…
Dec 21, 2025
An out of this world film from far above China
"Blue Planet Outside the Window" offers one woman's view on the unbearable banality, boredom, and unforgettable views from space.
Sep 29, 2025
The after-images of photographs and film
War photography is the star in "Flags of Our Fathers" (2006) "Under Fire" (1983) "Hearts and Minds" (1974) Now Chinese director Shen Ao takes a hard…
Aug 24, 2025
DONGJI RESCUE: An otherwise buoyant propaganda reel about the valorous Chinese rescue in 1942 of British POWs from a doomed Japanese ship…
The film packs elements of the Titanic, Tora! Tora! Tora!, Dunkirk, Mutiny on the Bounty, Aquaman and Apocalypse Now into a complex, colorful and high…
Aug 13, 2025
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THE UNBEARABLE SOLITUDE OF BEING THE ONLY BUILDING IN BANGKOK TO FALL
Mar 29, 2025
THE PHOENIX FOLLIES: Where is Qin Gang?
Jul 13, 2023
ESSAY: Ching Chang Hanji
Jan 24, 2024
ESSAY: Three Body Problem has a problem
Jan 16, 2024
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PHOTO ESSAY: Following the Liangma Flow
A fetid, neglected waterway dating to Yuan Dynasty gets a new lease on life due to a dash of enlightened city planning amidst chock-a-block posh urban…
Aug 1, 2025
PHOTO ESSAY: Houhai--In search of an imaginary past (2)
Wandering through the back alleys of Beijing's historic Houhai is a reminder that despite the dislocations of commercialism, neglect and obsessive…
Jul 23, 2025
NO LONGER THE SHINING CITY ON THE HILL
It is said that empires are not destroyed from without but from within, and the Trump administration, by demoniacal design or criminal incompetence, is…
Jun 19, 2025
Driving change one electric car at a time
Despite political tensions and trade barriers, Chinese electric cars are rapidly gaining ground in Southeast Asia, offering a clean and affordable…
Jun 29, 2025
Trump has no business being at a World War Two victory parade, let alone Putin.
Should US president Donald Trump join the planned September 3, 2025 World War Two victory parade at Tiananmen?
Jul 9, 2025
Joseph Nye's hard push for soft power
The Kennedy School dean's contributions have played a pivotal role in shaping the U.S.-China relationship, setting a no-nonsense tone and elevating the…
May 15, 2025
SOMETHING'S HAPPENING HERE...
It's a bitter irony for all Americans that a republic founded in opposition to tariffs imposed by the distant Mad King George should find itself under…
Apr 9, 2025
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