An excerpt from You Don't Know China, by John Ross. The oft-cited claim that China has five thousand years of history is nonsense, and Ross explains why.
The Chinese Attitude Towards the Past | China Heritage Quarterly
Covering contempory Chinese archaeology, heritage and conservation issues.
Le paradoxe de la mondialisation de la Chine
Traduction française du billet de blog "China’s globalisation paradox. How can China dominate abroad while becoming less export-dependent?" de Richard
China’s globalisation paradox.
How can China dominate abroad while becoming less export-dependent?
What the West fails to grasp about China’s strategy to lead the world
Xi Jinping wants to forge ‘a common destiny for humankind’ by winning over the Global South and taking Taiwan. But if America and Europe are to counter this ‘double pivot’, they must better understand ‘Xi Thought’, argues Steve Tsang.
Le ralentissement de la croissance chinoise dans une perspective historique
Traduction française du billet "How severe is China’s growth slowdown (in historical perspective)?" de Branko Milanovic
Sᴜɴʀɪsᴇ Oᴀᴛʜ 十 Tʜᴇ Sʏʟʟᴀʙᴜꜱ (ORI) - CC0 on Twitter / X
I am actually very pessimistic regarding the idea that China could be governed by any structure except the top-down (plus situational anarchic) imperial system it has had for millennia. The Chinese social consciousness is *much* smaller in scope than the Western one.— Sᴜɴʀɪsᴇ Oᴀᴛʜ 十 Tʜᴇ Sʏʟʟᴀʙᴜꜱ (ORI) - CC0 (@sunriseoath) October 14, 2026
An American in China Thinks He Discovered an Unknown Ancient Civilization
In 2016, the odds of finding a "lost" civilization or even city seem low.
Thinking together
While analyzing a global history databank spanning 10,000 years, Shin, et al found a disconcerting pattern. Civilizations scale until they are overwhelmed by the information environment they create. This is The Information Scaling Threshold.
What Does a Chinese Superpower Look Like? Nothing Like the U.S.
Xi Jinping has a truly global vision.
The Ingenious Engineering of Silk: How the 2,000-Year-Old Pattern Loom Powered the Silk Road and the Wealth of Ancient China
The Silk Road's long period of high activity spanned the second century BC and the fifteenth century AD, but its name wasn't coined until more than 400 years after that.
Building China: Rise of the Superblock - RADII
How China came to repeat the urban development mistakes of the US and Europe, resulting in colossal building projects and car-centric living
China’s Age of Malaise
Party officials are vanishing, young workers are “lying flat,” and entrepreneurs are fleeing the country. What does China’s inner turmoil mean for the world?
Story of cities #4: Beijing and the earliest planning document in history
The seemingly incoherent sprawl of modern Beijing is based on meticulous plans to bind citizens together under imperial rule. Conceived as a means of enforcing social order, the impact of planning remains strong in the city today
