In November, 2024, on the day of the U.S. Presidential election, Tim Whitmarsh landed in Beijing, jet-lagged and disoriented. It was the middle of the academic term at the University of Cambridge, ...

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In niche corners of the Chinese internet, discussions of the very first dynasty stand in for critiques of today’s China. Its importance lies not in scale, but in what its recent visibility suggests ...