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A review of Mu Shiying: China's Lost Modernist in Asian Review of Books

May 26, 2014

Here is a favorable (it seems) review of my latest book from John Butler, just sent to me by my publisher.

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November 2024
- Nov 1, 2024 Climbing Beatles Mountain: Covering All the Beatles Songs from A to Y Nov 1, 2024
October 2024
- Oct 23, 2024 Being John Lennon: Some Thoughts on Reading the Lennon Bio by Ray Connolly Oct 23, 2024
- Oct 7, 2024 Gods, Guitars, and Guided Tours: Three Full Days in Tokyo with Local Guru James Farrer Oct 7, 2024
- Oct 1, 2024 Impressions on Seeing Gary Wang and the JZ Band at the New JZ Club on Hengshan Road Oct 1, 2024
July 2024
- Jul 15, 2024 Binging The White Lotus: A Tragicomic Series on HBO Jul 15, 2024
May 2024
- May 12, 2024 My Top Five Beatles Albums and their Significance as Artists May 12, 2024
December 2023
- Dec 29, 2023 Surviving 2023: Looking Back on a Challenging Year Dec 29, 2023
- Dec 18, 2023 My Guilty Pleasure Reading in 2023 Dec 18, 2023
November 2023
- Nov 10, 2023 Now and Then I Miss You: Some Thoughts on the Latest and Final Beatles Song Nov 10, 2023
September 2023
- Sep 18, 2023 Revisiting the Summer of the Bands: July 2007, D22, and the Indie Rock Scene in Beijing Sep 18, 2023
May 2023
- May 22, 2023 My New Book Rocking China Drops Today! And a Mixtape to Go With It May 22, 2023
February 2023
- Feb 28, 2023 Getting Back to our Lives in Shanghai and Environs Feb 28, 2023
January 2023
- Jan 1, 2023 Saying Goodbye to 2022 and to Zero Covid: Another Challenging Year Behind Us, and a Promising New Year Ahead Jan 1, 2023
December 2022
- Dec 22, 2022 My Good Reads in the “Zero Covid” Year of 2022 Dec 22, 2022
November 2022
- Nov 14, 2022 Keeping it Real in these Unreal Times: Music, Scenes and Social Life in Shanghai Nov 14, 2022
October 2022
- Oct 7, 2022 Shanghai Gets Back to “Normal”: Museums, Movies, and Musical Life in China’s Great Metropolis Oct 7, 2022
August 2022
- Aug 20, 2022 Post-Lockdown Summer: Reflections on the Lockdown Months in Kunshan and Shanghai, and on Making a Space for Art in my Life Aug 20, 2022
June 2022
- Jun 24, 2022 100 Days of Solitude: My Life in Kunshan During and After the Great Shanghai Lockdown Jun 24, 2022
May 2022
- May 19, 2022 Lockdown Lifting: Kunshan is Free Now, but Shanghai Still Shuttered May 19, 2022
April 2022
- Apr 24, 2022 The Shanghai and Kunshan Lockdowns: The View from the Lakehouse Apr 24, 2022
January 2022
- Jan 8, 2022 Why I Took a Six-Month Facebook Furlough and the Benefits of a Reboot Jan 8, 2022
- Jan 4, 2022 Living the China Dream: Looking Back on Highlights of 2021 and Some Hopes for 2022 Jan 4, 2022
December 2021
- Dec 26, 2021 Solitude, Sisters, Prostitutes, Tech-Futures, Demons, Darkness, Drugs, and Songs: My Favorite Reads in 2021 Dec 26, 2021
- Dec 23, 2021 Getting Back to 1969 on a Long and Winding Road: Some Observations About the new Beatles Doc by Peter Jackson et al Dec 23, 2021
October 2021
- Oct 31, 2021 Moulin Dreams at the Pearl: A Mashup of Montmartre and Shanghai, With a Little Chicago Oct 31, 2021
- Oct 5, 2021 Hit my Last Number and Walked to the Road: On Playing in a Band, Learning New Songs, and Jamming at Eagle Bar for Robert’s Epic Birthday Party in Kunshan Oct 5, 2021
- Oct 4, 2021 A Century of Jazz in Shanghai: Documentary Film Nearing Completion Oct 4, 2021
July 2021
- Jul 10, 2021 My Emerging Career as a Documentary Host in China Jul 10, 2021
- Jul 4, 2021 Journey to the Center of China: 20 Days on the Road in Gansu, Shaanxi, and Qinghai Provinces陕西省，甘肃省，青海省旅程 Jul 4, 2021
June 2021
- Jun 3, 2021 Rocking and Jazzing in 2021: Following, Filming, and Playing in the Music Scenes of Shanghai and Kunshan Jun 3, 2021
April 2021
- Apr 29, 2021 Screening Jazz & Blues a la Shanghai—Some Thoughts and Reflections on the Filmmaking Process Apr 29, 2021
- Apr 17, 2021 My New Doc Film “Jazz & Blues a la Shanghai” is Nearly There Apr 17, 2021
February 2021
- Feb 16, 2021 Catching up with the Live Scene at the Kunshan Eagle Bar Feb 16, 2021
January 2021
- Jan 1, 2021 Focusing on Discipline and Daily Practice: my New Years Resolutions for 2021 Jan 1, 2021
December 2020
- Dec 30, 2020 From Trees to Stones, Wizards to Kings, and Rock to Jazz: 16 Books That Topped My Pandemic Reading List in 2020 Dec 30, 2020
- Dec 28, 2020 Boarded Up: The Sad Loss of Shanghai’s Heritage in the “Old Walled City” and Environs Dec 28, 2020
- Dec 25, 2020 Live Again: The Revival and Current Status of Music Scenes in China Dec 25, 2020
- Dec 22, 2020 Ten Things I’m Grateful for in 2020 Dec 22, 2020
October 2020
- Oct 23, 2020 Re-Discovering Nature While Adjusting to Life in Kunshan, China Oct 23, 2020
- Oct 6, 2020 Getting Back to Normal: Returning to our Lives in Shanghai Oct 6, 2020
September 2020
- Sep 10, 2020 Getting Back to China: It Wasn’t Easy, But We Made It Sep 10, 2020
- Sep 1, 2020 Walking and Cycling Towards Walden: More Meditations on Place, Belonging, Nature, and Displacement Sep 1, 2020
August 2020
- Aug 8, 2020 Where Else but Walden? Some Reflections on Henry David Thoreau While Walking Around Walden Pond Aug 8, 2020
- Aug 1, 2020 Our Cape Cod Adventure in These COVID Times Aug 1, 2020
July 2020
- Jul 11, 2020 “The Berkshires Seem Dream-like”: Notes from a Recent Trip to Western Mass. Jul 11, 2020
June 2020
- Jun 29, 2020 More Thoughts on Liberal Education: What is it and Why is it Important? Jun 29, 2020
- Jun 19, 2020 Trails Through Time: Exploring Conservation Lands and Wildlife Refuges in Eastern Massachusetts Jun 19, 2020
May 2020
- May 26, 2020 How I Released My Inner Druid, and Why the Owl Looks Familiar May 26, 2020
- May 17, 2020 Some Reflections on Home, Nature, and Displacement in the Ceremonial Time of Corona May 17, 2020
April 2020
- Apr 22, 2020 The Making of Jazz & Blues Ala Shanghai: A New Documentary Film on the City's Live Music Scenes Apr 22, 2020
- Apr 1, 2020 Why the Hobbit Movies Don’t Work For Me: Notes from a Dedicated Tolkien Reader Apr 1, 2020
March 2020
- Mar 27, 2020 Count Your Blessings: Some More Thoughts While Coping with the Crisis Mar 27, 2020
- Mar 20, 2020 Battling the Coronavirus Blues Mar 20, 2020
- Mar 14, 2020 Please Don’t Succumb to Coronoia: How to Avoid the Viral Madness Mar 14, 2020
- Mar 13, 2020 How to Move Teaching and Learning Online—FAST!!! Teaching A Course Remotely to Students at Duke Kunshan University Mar 13, 2020
- Mar 12, 2020 Take Heart! The Jazz Orchestra Known as the USA Will Prevail Against the Coronavirus Mar 12, 2020
- Mar 7, 2020 To Blame or Not to Blame? That is the Question: Wet Markets, Wild Creatures, Whistleblowers, and Other Polemics Against China in the Age of Coronavirus Mar 7, 2020
- Mar 5, 2020 Stay Safe and Sane Folks! More Thoughts on the Coronavirus and Suggestions for Compadres in the USA and Elsewhere Mar 5, 2020
February 2020
- Feb 27, 2020 Why We Left China: Seeking Refuge Abroad During the Coronavirus Crisis Feb 27, 2020
- Feb 8, 2020 Coping with the Coronavirus Crisis in Shanghai Feb 8, 2020
- Feb 2, 2020 And Now…Here They Are…The Beatles! A Review of Bob Spitz’s Bio Feb 2, 2020
January 2020
- Jan 30, 2020 武汉加油！Wuhan Rocks! My Memories and Associations with a Rocking City in the Heart of China Jan 30, 2020
- Jan 1, 2020 Ah, The Joy of Gratitude: Things I Am Grateful For in 2019 Jan 1, 2020
December 2019
- Dec 30, 2019 It's Wake-Up Time: Looking Back on the Unfolding Ecological Crisis in 2019, and Some Goals for 2020 Dec 30, 2019
- Dec 29, 2019 Sticky Rice, Snorkling, and Sunburn: The Do’s and Don’ts of a Family Vacation in Thailand Dec 29, 2019
- Dec 21, 2019 走近昆山的音乐酒吧 Catching Up With the Live Music Bar Scenes in Kunshan Dec 21, 2019
- Dec 15, 2019 Ah, Those Good Old Dartmouth Days: Looking Back At My College Education After 30 Years Dec 15, 2019
November 2019
- Nov 23, 2019 Top Ten Films from My Teen Years, aka the 1980s Nov 23, 2019
- Nov 14, 2019 Ode to Beijing Bookworm Nov 14, 2019
- Nov 11, 2019 A Colorful Journey to a Chinese Mountain Village: A DKU Quest Trip to Siming Mountain in Zhejiang Province Nov 11, 2019
October 2019
- Oct 27, 2019 Now I am 5(0): Some Reflections Upon Entering Into my Sixth Decade Oct 27, 2019
September 2019
- Sep 30, 2019 Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Beatles Album Abbey Road Sep 30, 2019
- Sep 26, 2019 Holy Bronzes! A Field Trip to the Shanghai Museum Sep 26, 2019
August 2019
- Aug 3, 2019 Camp Dartmouth: A Five-Star Summer Experience in Hanover Aug 3, 2019
July 2019
- Jul 20, 2019 Learning from the Long Sands: A Conference Trip to Changsha and the Rule of Thirds Jul 20, 2019
- Jul 12, 2019 Touring Zhangjiajie, The Fantastical Mountainscape of China’s “Avatar Disneyland” Jul 12, 2019
June 2019
- Jun 2, 2019 International Educators Unite! Surviving My First NAFSA Conference in 2019 Jun 2, 2019
May 2019
- May 5, 2019 What Is This Thing Called Jazz? A Talk and Performance with Benny Benack Quartet at Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai May 5, 2019
April 2019
- Apr 14, 2019 The Long March of the Flaneurs: Celebrating the Tenth Anniversary of Shanghai Flaneur Apr 14, 2019
- Apr 8, 2019 宁波 Ningbo, a Chinese City on the Tranquil Waves of Time Apr 8, 2019
March 2019
- Mar 26, 2019 Talking About the Beatles: 5 Albums Backwards and Forwards Mar 26, 2019
- Mar 23, 2019 A Magical Evening of Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai with Wynton Marsalis and His Big Band (March 14 2019) Mar 23, 2019
February 2019
- Feb 24, 2019 Niseko Green: A Dartmouth Alumni Gathering in Snowy Hokkaido Feb 24, 2019
- Feb 22, 2019 Working Through the Pain to Victory: Memories of Coach Jeff Johnson and the ABRHS Boys’ Swim Team, 1983-1987 Feb 22, 2019
- Feb 11, 2019 Mapping Shanghai’s Entertainment World: Christian Henriot and Virtualshanghai.net Feb 11, 2019
- Feb 7, 2019 Songs About Shanghai from the Early Jazz Age Feb 7, 2019
- Feb 5, 2019 新年快乐，恭喜发财！Happy Chinese New Year from ShanghaiSojourns! Feb 5, 2019
January 2019
- Jan 19, 2019 The China Challenge: From Quantity to Quality to Inequality Jan 19, 2019
- Jan 5, 2019 The Best of Shanghai Sojourns: The Ten Most Popular Posts in 2018 Jan 5, 2019
- Jan 1, 2019 Walking on the Wild Side of Life: Reading Laura Dassow Walls’ Bio of Henry Thoreau Jan 1, 2019
December 2018
- Dec 27, 2018 A Brahmsian World: On Finishing Jan Swafford’s Brahms Bio Dec 27, 2018
- Dec 10, 2018 Sa-bai-dee! Visiting Luang Prabang in Laos for the Rustic Pathways EdNet Conference Dec 10, 2018
- Dec 2, 2018 Seven Tips for Travelers Dec 2, 2018
November 2018
- Nov 15, 2018 Discovering Barcelona: A Flaneur's Guide Nov 15, 2018
- Nov 11, 2018 Bravo CIEE por una fantástica conferencia en Barcelona Nov 11, 2018
- Nov 4, 2018 Getting Back to the Heart of Asia: Another Visit to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore Nov 4, 2018
September 2018
- Sep 1, 2018 Reflections on the Duke Kunshan Cultural Crossroads Festival Held on Campus on August 18, 2018 Sep 1, 2018
August 2018
- Aug 16, 2018 Dr. Nathan's Top 50 Sci-Fi Films of All Time Aug 16, 2018
- Aug 7, 2018 A Musical Holiday in America: Radiohead, Thomas Dolby, and the Musical Missionaries of Shanghai Aug 7, 2018
July 2018
- Jul 18, 2018 Ode to Thomas Dolby, The Man Who Blinded Us With Science, Not To Mention Technology, Music, and Poetry Jul 18, 2018
- Jul 4, 2018 A Whirlwind Tour of Tokyo: Ever an A-Maze-ing City! Jul 4, 2018
June 2018
- Jun 23, 2018 Ode to the Beatles: Memories, Dreams, and Reflections on the Fab Four Jun 23, 2018
- Jun 16, 2018 A Message to Friends and Colleagues and Like-Minded Folks: Please Support My Work. Jun 16, 2018
- Jun 3, 2018 On the Importance of Play: At Work, at Home, and with Family Jun 3, 2018
May 2018
- May 5, 2018 It Don’t Get Any More Shanghai Noir Than This: An Online Interview with Paul French, author of City of Devils May 5, 2018
- May 1, 2018 From Thrills to Chills: A Review of the New Shanghai History Museum in People’s Park May 1, 2018
April 2018
- Apr 14, 2018 Why I Remain in China After All These Years: Some Brief Thoughts and Reflections on the 30th Anniversary of My Engagement with the P.R.C. Apr 14, 2018
- Apr 10, 2018 My Top Six Bands from My Junior High Days (1981-83) Apr 10, 2018
- Apr 6, 2018 Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District around Thibet and Nanjing Roads (Part II) Apr 6, 2018
- Apr 5, 2018 Walking Historical Shanghai: The Hotel and Theater District Around Tibet Road (Part 1) Apr 5, 2018
March 2018
- Mar 31, 2018 三十年代多伦路上的暗杀案 Unraveling a Murder Mystery on Shanghai’s Duolun (Darroch) Road Mar 31, 2018
- Mar 28, 2018 My first APAIE conference Mar 28, 2018
- Mar 25, 2018 Climbing Into the Way Back Machine: Another Night of Music in Shanghai, Traveling Backwards From 1950s Rock’n’Roll to 1930s Big Band Jazz Mar 25, 2018
- Mar 10, 2018 Walking Shanghai: From the Oldest Part of Town to Some Brand New Nightlife Hotspots Mar 10, 2018
February 2018
- Feb 11, 2018 The Beijing Indie Scene is Alive and Kicking (Well, Almost) Feb 11, 2018
- Feb 4, 2018 Sunday Journal: Surviving the Cold War in Shanghai, filming a BBC doc, exploring Kunshan Nightscapes, and city walks Feb 4, 2018
January 2018
- Jan 12, 2018 “Someday Soon, You Will All Be Speaking Chinese”—True or False? Jan 12, 2018
- Jan 7, 2018 Catching Up with the Rock and Jazz Scenes in Shanghai: WHAI at Yuyintang and the JZ Big Band Jan 7, 2018
- Jan 1, 2018 新年快乐, 上海！Welcoming 2018 in Shanghai with a Walk On the Sunny Side of the Street Jan 1, 2018
December 2017
- Dec 30, 2017 The Cafe to End All Cafes: The New Starbucks Reserve Roastery in Shanghai Dec 30, 2017
- Dec 28, 2017 So Long, Old West Gate! The Demise of an Old Shanghai Neighborhood Dec 28, 2017
- Dec 27, 2017 Six Important Points About China Worth Remembering * Dec 27, 2017
- Dec 27, 2017 Oh, That Magic Kingdom in the Middle Kingdom! Some Comparisons Between Shanghai Disneyland and LA Disneyland Dec 27, 2017
- Dec 22, 2017 One Last Night Tour of the Bund (for now) and Saying Farewell to Astor House Dec 22, 2017
- Dec 14, 2017 The Uncertain Future of the Astor House Hotel: A Historical Landmark Hotel in Shanghai Dec 14, 2017
- Dec 8, 2017 Jazzing the Bund: Joshua Redman and the Aaron Goldberg Trio at Jazz at Lincoln Center Shanghai Dec 8, 2017
November 2017
- Nov 16, 2017 Morphology, Longevity, Incept Dates: Random Musings, Memories, and Reflections Inspired by Blade Runner and the Sequel, Blade Runner 2049 Nov 16, 2017
- Nov 2, 2017 Keeping your EARCOS to the Ground: Notes and Reflections on the 49th EARCOS Leadership Conference in Bangkok Nov 2, 2017
October 2017
- Oct 22, 2017 Ten Reasons Why Cities are Grand (Especially Shanghai) Oct 22, 2017
- Oct 15, 2017 逆流上水 Paddling Against the Current: On Rethinking Asian Language and Culture Studies and on Re-Orienting the Study Abroad Experience Oct 15, 2017
- Oct 13, 2017 Bustin’ Beijing: Subways, Schwarzman Scholars, and a Whole Lotta Breakdown in Sanlitun Oct 13, 2017
- Oct 3, 2017 Still Taiwan After All These Years Oct 3, 2017
September 2017
- Sep 17, 2017 Bombay or Bust: My First Journey to India, and the Beginning of a Beautiful Friendship Sep 17, 2017
- Sep 16, 2017 Bangkok Redux: Exploring the Golden City Sep 16, 2017
- Sep 15, 2017 Ancient City of Infinite Charms: Hanoi, Vietnam Sep 15, 2017
- Sep 5, 2017 Why Asia Needs More Liberal Arts (and Sciences) Sep 5, 2017
- Sep 3, 2017 Night Train to Singapore Sep 3, 2017
July 2017
- Jul 28, 2017 Quick Asian Impressions from a Whirlwind Recruiting Tour (Part 1 of 2) Jul 28, 2017
- Jul 27, 2017 My Chinese Alter Ego, or What's In a Name? Jul 27, 2017
- Jul 22, 2017 I'm a zhongguo tong, dammit (and proud of it!) Jul 22, 2017
- Jul 10, 2017 On the Value of Liberal Arts Education Part 2: Classical vs. Jazz Jul 10, 2017
June 2017
- Jun 25, 2017 On the value of a liberal arts education, or how I went from a math and science nerd to a China/Asian studies nerd Jun 25, 2017
May 2017
- May 19, 2017 Jazz Bandleader Whitey Smith, “The Man Who Taught China to Dance” in Shanghai, 1920s-1930s May 19, 2017
- May 7, 2017 Rocking Kunshan: A Night with The Eagle Bar Band May 7, 2017
April 2017
- Apr 25, 2017 昆山的酒吧 The Bars and Clubs of Kunshan (Part One) Apr 25, 2017
- Apr 20, 2017 Getting Green Again: Remembering our Class of 1991 25th Reunion at Dartmouth College Apr 20, 2017
- Apr 16, 2017 Gathering the Worthies: The Association of Asian Studies (AAS) Conference in Toronto, March 2017 Apr 16, 2017
February 2017
- Feb 19, 2017 Spring 2017 GLS Orientation and Faculty Tour of Shanghai Feb 19, 2017
- Feb 4, 2017 Vinyl School Years: Musical Memories from the 1980s and my Top 20 Albums (Part 2) Feb 4, 2017
January 2017
- Jan 30, 2017 Vinyl School Years: My Favorite Albums from the 1980s (Part 1) Jan 30, 2017
- Jan 17, 2017 The Year 2016 in 10 Favorite Books Jan 17, 2017
May 2016
- May 24, 2016 Remembering James Freedman, President of Dartmouth College May 24, 2016
April 2016
- Apr 17, 2016 An educational weekend in Shanghai with SAS Alumni and Duke Kunshan GLS faculty Apr 17, 2016
February 2016
- Feb 21, 2016 Music and Memory: Remembering the Dartmouth College Chamber Singers Feb 21, 2016
January 2016
- Jan 2, 2016 Live from Tokyo, its...A podcast interview on Shanghai Nightscapes with "New Books in East Asian Studies" presenter Carla Nappi Jan 2, 2016
November 2015
- Nov 7, 2015 More talks for Shanghai Nightscapes Nov 7, 2015
September 2015
- Sep 1, 2015 Shanghai Nightscapes book talk for Royal Asiatic Society, Sept 12 Sep 1, 2015
August 2015
- Aug 3, 2015 Shanghai Nightscapes Goes Live Aug 3, 2015
July 2015
- Jul 7, 2015 That's a Fine Cuppa Cha: Another Rave Review of Mu Shiying Jul 7, 2015
- Jul 4, 2015 What Makes a City Habitable? Workshopping with Toby Lincoln and SASS, and a Night of Cow's Heads and Craft Brews Jul 4, 2015
June 2015
- Jun 18, 2015 Catching Coco and the Possicobilities at JZ Club Jun 18, 2015
- Jun 6, 2015 Project Dementia Revisited: Getting Reacquainted with the Beijing Rock Scene Jun 6, 2015
December 2014
- Dec 24, 2014 Walter Benjamin: A Critical Life Dec 24, 2014
- Dec 24, 2014 A Great List of Books and Films on Old Shanghai Dec 24, 2014
November 2014
- Nov 21, 2014 "The Beautiful and Damned:" Including a Review of Mu Shiying: China's Lost Modernist Nov 21, 2014
- Nov 10, 2014 Shanghai Art Deco Weekend: A Talk on the Paramount Ballroom of the 1930s Nov 10, 2014
August 2014
- Aug 28, 2014 Another review of Mu Shiying Aug 28, 2014
- Aug 20, 2014 The recordings of Whitey Smith, the Jazz-Man who Taught China to Dance Aug 20, 2014
May 2014
- May 26, 2014 A review of Mu Shiying: China's Lost Modernist in Asian Review of Books May 26, 2014
April 2014
- Apr 19, 2014 Announcing our New Book: Shanghai Nightscapes (to be published within the next year or so) Apr 19, 2014
- Apr 18, 2014 Book Talk at Italian Chamber of Commerce in China Apr 18, 2014
March 2014
- Mar 24, 2014 Mu Shiying Book Talk at Wooden Box, Shanghai April 3 Mar 24, 2014
- Mar 24, 2014 Film Screening of "Down" for RAS Shanghai, Wed Mar 26, 7 pm Mar 24, 2014
- Mar 24, 2014 Mu Shiying Book Talk at FCC HK Mar 24, 2014
- Mar 16, 2014 A Whirlwind of Talks and Tours in March 2014 Mar 16, 2014
- Mar 16, 2014 City of Darkness Revisited, by Greg Girard and Ian Lambot Mar 16, 2014
- Mar 7, 2014 The 2014 Shanghai Literary Festival Begins Mar 7, 2014
- Mar 6, 2014 Local media support for my new book on Mu Shiying Mar 6, 2014
- Mar 6, 2014 Mu Shiying: China's Lost Modernist now available on Amazon Mar 6, 2014
- Mar 4, 2014 My New Book has Arrived! Mar 4, 2014
- Mar 4, 2014 A Review of our Film, Down: Indie Rock in the PRC Mar 4, 2014
February 2014
- Feb 20, 2014 The Poseidon Project: A Review of a Locally Produced Indie Doc Feb 20, 2014
- Feb 11, 2014 Some podcasts on my rotation list Feb 11, 2014
- Feb 5, 2014 Two new BBC radio shows: on Chinese Pop Music and Shanghai History Feb 5, 2014
November 2011
- Nov 27, 2011 子曰--王燮达个人作品展 Sages' Sayings: Wang Xieda Solo Exhibition @ James Cohan Gallery Nov 27, 2011
- Nov 16, 2011 The Poetry of Chen Gongbo, and the Perils of Translation Nov 16, 2011
- Nov 16, 2011 Video Art in China @ The Minsheng Art Museum Nov 16, 2011
September 2011
- Sep 29, 2011 Congratulations to Peter Hessler, on Being Awarded a MacArthur Fellow Sep 29, 2011
- Sep 27, 2011 Some Random Notes on Filmmaking, Art, Music, and Identity Sep 27, 2011
- Sep 17, 2011 Excavating China's Collective Unconscious: Some Good Contemporary Chinese Art Shows at Shanghai's Moganshan Art District Sep 17, 2011
- Sep 12, 2011 Old Shanghai Revisited: Touring the Bund and the Shanghai History Museum with my NYU Shanghai History Class Sep 12, 2011
- Sep 4, 2011 Jazzing Chinese Folk: The Solitary Bird CD Release Party @ TwoCities Gallery Sep 4, 2011
August 2011
- Aug 31, 2011 A Visit with Shanghai's Red Collector, Liu Debao Aug 31, 2011
- Aug 26, 2011 Strolling Through China's Revolutionary History: A Walk in Shanghai's French Concession Aug 26, 2011
- Aug 23, 2011 China's Basketball Brawls: Aggression vs. Etiquette on the Courts and on the Road Aug 23, 2011
- Aug 15, 2011 One More Night of Blues and Funk with Tony Hall's Blues Mission Aug 15, 2011
- Aug 14, 2011 Shanghai Nights of Blues and Jazz Aug 14, 2011
- Aug 13, 2011 The Many Faces of Shanghai: Life in the Apocatropolis Aug 13, 2011
- Aug 9, 2011 A Fond Farewell to Yonsei University Aug 9, 2011
- Aug 7, 2011 A Visit to Songdo: Yonsei's Eco-Campus of the Future Aug 7, 2011
- Aug 7, 2011 Artful Construction Sites: Seoul's Digital Media City Aug 7, 2011
- Aug 6, 2011 A Shanghailander in Seoul VI: So Long Seoul (for now) Aug 6, 2011
July 2011
- Jul 31, 2011 Another review of my book Shanghai's Dancing World Jul 31, 2011
- Jul 29, 2011 A Shanghailander in Seoul V: Beating the Rainy Day Blues Jul 29, 2011
- Jul 22, 2011 A Shanghailander in Seoul IV: A "Field Trip" to the Ehwa Museum Jul 22, 2011
- Jul 16, 2011 A Shanghailander in Seoul III: Getting Squared with Seoul Circles, Jul 16, 2011
- Jul 3, 2011 A Shanghailander in Seoul II: Climbing Seoul Mountains Jul 3, 2011
June 2011
- Jun 25, 2011 A Shanghailander in Seoul Part 1: Touched Down and Settling In Jun 25, 2011
- Jun 18, 2011 Two Plays Now Showing in Shanghai: God of Carnage and Deer Cauldron Tale Jun 18, 2011
- Jun 5, 2011 Land of Rice Wine and Stinky Tofu: A Weekend in Shaoxing Jun 5, 2011
May 2011
- May 15, 2011 Resurrecting the Ghosts of Old Shanghai: The Execution of Mayor Chen May 15, 2011
- May 11, 2011 Mao on Maoming Road: A Tour of the Chairman's Old Shanghai Haunts May 11, 2011
- May 9, 2011 Here are some Wordle Word Clouds from my Research and Writing May 9, 2011
- May 1, 2011 Playing with Noise: A Weekend of Art and Rock in Beijing May 1, 2011
April 2011
- Apr 15, 2011 Glitz and Glamour, Desire, and Danger: A Field Trip to Xintiandi Apr 15, 2011
- Apr 13, 2011 Shanghai has Sprung: Walking through Historic Parks, Remembering Lu Xun and Waltzing with Mao Apr 13, 2011
- Apr 10, 2011 Touring the French Concession and Screening Down: Indie Rock in the PRC Apr 10, 2011
- Apr 9, 2011 Bob Dylan Rocked Shanghai, But Did He Roll? Apr 9, 2011
- Apr 4, 2011 Interview with the filmmakers on the making of Down: Indie Rock in the PRC Apr 4, 2011
- Apr 1, 2011 A Week of Musical Magic in Shanghai Apr 1, 2011
March 2011
- Mar 29, 2011 春日游走老上海法租界 A stroll through the Heart of Old Shanghai's French Concession with NYU Shanghai Mar 29, 2011
- Mar 28, 2011 上海纽约大学奠基仪式 NYU Shanghai Campus Groundbreaking Ceremony Mar 28, 2011
- Mar 23, 2011 Shanghai's Dancing World favorably reviewed in the American Historical Review Mar 23, 2011
- Mar 21, 2011 有朋自遠方來不亦樂乎： Receiving honored guests from Tokyo and Harvard, resurrecting the ghost of Zhang Ailing, and exploring rooftops on the Shanghai Bund Mar 21, 2011
- Mar 20, 2011 穆時英上海的狐步舞， “Shanghai Fox-trot” Mar 20, 2011
- Mar 19, 2011 Shanghai’s Nighttime Phantasmagoria: Haunting Nightlife Spaces Old and New Mar 19, 2011
- Mar 4, 2011 Canned Fun: An Evening at the Phebe 3D Dance Club in Shanghai Mar 4, 2011
February 2011
- Feb 10, 2011 Dancing at the Majestic Hotel to "Nightime in Old Shanghai" by Whitey Smith Feb 10, 2011
- Feb 7, 2011 An A-Muse-ing Weekend in Shanghai or Sexing the Foreigner in the Nightlife Scene Feb 7, 2011
January 2011
- Jan 14, 2011 On Chua, Chinese Mothers, and Educating Our Daughter in Shanghai Jan 14, 2011
- Jan 13, 2011 The Rock Doc is Nearing Completion Jan 13, 2011
August 2010
- Aug 25, 2010 Shanghai's Dancing World voted a "page turner" at HK Book Fest Aug 25, 2010
- Aug 4, 2010 A review of _Shanghai's Dancing World_ in _China Quarterly_ Aug 4, 2010
July 2010
- Jul 30, 2010 On Reading Peter Hessler’s latest book, Country Driving Jul 30, 2010
- Jul 27, 2010 Some Late Night Thoughts on Reading Paul Theroux’s _My Secret History_ Jul 27, 2010
- Jul 1, 2010 Xu Jilin on Arts and Culture in Shanghai Jul 1, 2010
June 2010
- Jun 3, 2010 Shanghai Journal back online Jun 3, 2010
October 2008
- Oct 5, 2008 A Fun-Filled Vacation Week in Shanghai Oct 5, 2008
September 2008
- Sep 30, 2008 Singin' the Digestive Blues in Good Ol' Shanghai Sep 30, 2008
- Sep 13, 2008 Life in Shanghai Continues Apace, and my New Job with CIEE Ramps Up Sep 13, 2008
August 2008
- Aug 31, 2008 Post-Olympic Rambles Aug 31, 2008
July 2008
- Jul 26, 2008 Ah, Those Wonderful Olympics (II) Jul 26, 2008
- Jul 26, 2008 Tempests in Teapots: The Beijing Olympics and the World Press Jul 26, 2008
- Jul 22, 2008 Back on Track in Muggy Shanghai Jul 22, 2008
- Jul 14, 2008 Garden Memories of an Illustrious Past: A Weekend Visit to Suzhou Jul 14, 2008
- Jul 8, 2008 Beaches and Buddhas: A Weekend Trip to the Zhoushan Islands of Shenjiamen, Zhujiajian, and Putuoshan Jul 8, 2008
- Jul 1, 2008 Another Sign of Old Shanghai Vanishing Jul 1, 2008
June 2008
- Jun 29, 2008 Shanghai Gloaming: A Videographic Portrayal of the City in Flux Jun 29, 2008
- Jun 29, 2008 (mis)Representing Beijing: A Review of _Beijing Time_ by Dutton et al Jun 29, 2008
- Jun 23, 2008 Sex and Politics in the Orient: An Interview with James Farrer Jun 23, 2008
- Jun 16, 2008 Punks on Stage in Shanghai: Re-TROS at Moganshan Lu STD Party Jun 16, 2008
- Jun 7, 2008 Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: The Rogue Transmission, Boys Climbing Ropes, and Joyside at Windows Underground Jun 7, 2008
- Jun 1, 2008 Windows Underground: A New Bastion for the Rock Scene in Shanghai Jun 1, 2008
- Jun 1, 2008 Happy Children’s Day, Shanghai Jun 1, 2008
May 2008
- May 21, 2008 A Message to China: Stop Eating Shark Fin Soup! 鱼翅汤背后的成本：鲨鱼可能消失 May 21, 2008
- May 19, 2008 Nightlife in China: A Special Issue of _China An International Journal_ May 19, 2008
- May 18, 2008 Earthquake Rocks Sichuan, but Shanghai Parties On May 18, 2008
- May 17, 2008 Six Shanghai Walks: One Down, Five to Go May 17, 2008
- May 13, 2008 Shanghai in May: A Renewed Love Affair with the City May 13, 2008
- May 3, 2008 A Virtual Tour of the Paramount Ballroom, 1930s Shanghai's Finest Dance Palace May 3, 2008
April 2008
- Apr 28, 2008 Holy Hollywood! Welcoming John Cusack to Shanghai Apr 28, 2008
- Apr 28, 2008 Tintin in the Land of Snow: Tibet, China, and the West Apr 28, 2008
- Apr 21, 2008 Dartmouth in Beijing Presents: Preserving the Hutongs of Beijing Apr 21, 2008
- Apr 20, 2008 CIEE Workshop On Improving Teaching, Learning, and Intercultural Understanding Apr 20, 2008
- Apr 11, 2008 SUBS in Shanghai : Great band but the venue needs work Apr 11, 2008
- Apr 10, 2008 Sparrow Village: A Film about China's Miao Minority People Apr 10, 2008
- Apr 6, 2008 Tianzifang: A Close Look at Shanghai’s “Creative Art Park” Apr 6, 2008
- Apr 4, 2008 China's Jimi Hendrix? The Guitar Work of Zhou Chao 周朝 Apr 4, 2008
- Apr 2, 2008 Shanghai Spring has Finally Arrived Apr 2, 2008
March 2008
- Mar 29, 2008 A Week in Shanghai with Dr. Nightlife and Dr. Sex Life Mar 29, 2008
February 2008
- Feb 19, 2008 Goodbye Sydney, Farewell UNSW Feb 19, 2008
- Feb 10, 2008 Chinese New Year Resolutions Feb 10, 2008
January 2008
- Jan 30, 2008 Chasing the Shanghai Winter Blues Jan 30, 2008
December 2007
- Dec 20, 2007 Nile Perch and Blue Jeans: Videographing inequalities in globalized labor in China and Africa Dec 20, 2007
November 2007
- Nov 11, 2007 Another Week of Rock, Art, and Beauty in Beijing Nov 11, 2007
- Nov 6, 2007 Beautiful Ugliness: The Aesthetics of Jia Zhangke's Film _Still Life_ Nov 6, 2007
- Nov 3, 2007 The Ullens Center and Chinese New Wave Art from the 1980s Nov 3, 2007
October 2007
- Oct 6, 2007 Beijing Punk Band Snapline Oct 6, 2007
- Oct 5, 2007 The Best of Old and New Beijing: Historical Sites and Live Music Oct 5, 2007
September 2007
- Sep 18, 2007 Kaiser Kuo Gives a Smoking Talk to Dartmouth FSPers Sep 18, 2007
- Sep 18, 2007 Dartmouth Does the Great Wall: Simatai to Jinshanling Sep 18, 2007
- Sep 11, 2007 Hang the Police, We're Here to Rock! The Beijing Pop Festival, Sept 10 and 11 2007 Sep 11, 2007
August 2007
- Aug 15, 2007 An Interview with Greg Girard, Shanghai-based Photographer and Author of Phantom Shanghai Aug 15, 2007
- Aug 14, 2007 Nightlife in Beijing vs. Shanghai: A Student's Perspective Aug 14, 2007
- Aug 13, 2007 Another Rockin’ Week in Beijing Aug 13, 2007
- Aug 8, 2007 Water Ripple: A Bluesy Chinese Rock Band Aug 8, 2007
- Aug 6, 2007 PUNK VS METAL: A Showdown @ D22 and 13 Club Aug 6, 2007
- Aug 4, 2007 Chinese Punks and The Ramones Tribute Concert @ Mao Livehouse in Beijing Aug 4, 2007
July 2007
- Jul 31, 2007 A Chinese Rock Odyssey: On tour in Hunan and Wuhan with Beijing punk band SUBS and Veteran Rocker Cui Jian Jul 31, 2007
- Jul 24, 2007 Courtesans, Hostesses, and Dancers in Old and New Shanghai Jul 24, 2007
- Jul 24, 2007 Republican Beijing: The City and Its Histories Jul 24, 2007
- Jul 23, 2007 Project Dementia Goes to Shanghai: An Interview with Wu Jun and a Night @ 4Live Jul 23, 2007
- Jul 23, 2007 A Mad Whirlwind Weekend in Shanghai: The CET summer field trip July 21-22 Jul 23, 2007
- Jul 23, 2007 Full Tilt: An Online Journal of East Asian Literature and Poetry in Translation Jul 23, 2007
- Jul 21, 2007 Shanghai Baby Redux Jul 21, 2007
- Jul 20, 2007 Project Dementia Week 3: A Tsunami@2K, Jamming@Sugar Jar, Acoustic Glam@D22, and the usual Excess@PPG Jul 20, 2007
- Jul 15, 2007 Welcome to Project Dementia: Week 3 in Beijing Jul 15, 2007
- Jul 10, 2007 BEIJING ROCKS!!! The CH-INDIE Fest at Dos Kolegas Jul 10, 2007
- Jul 6, 2007 A Rocking Week in Beijing: 13 Club and Kaiser Jul 6, 2007
- Jul 2, 2007 Rock It! A Crash Course in the Chinese Indie Music Scene Jul 2, 2007
- Jul 2, 2007 Sex in China: The Times They Are a Changin' Jul 2, 2007
June 2007
- Jun 27, 2007 人在中国现在能读我的博客！People in China can now read my blog! Jun 27, 2007
- Jun 27, 2007 Beijing or Bust: Documenting China's "Returnees" Jun 27, 2007
- Jun 25, 2007 Trippin’ at the Hip-Hoppinest Club in Beijing: Propaganda Jun 25, 2007
- Jun 25, 2007 Freedom, Beijing Style Jun 25, 2007
- Jun 25, 2007 Muse: Shanghai's Toniest Nightclub? Jun 25, 2007
- Jun 22, 2007 A Stroll through the Shanghai Night Jun 22, 2007
- Jun 21, 2007 All of Shanghai Under one Roof Jun 21, 2007
- Jun 17, 2007 Shanghai: A Day in the Life Jun 17, 2007
- Jun 7, 2007 Battle of the Sexes: Shanghai Baby vs. Foreign Babes in Beijing Jun 7, 2007
- Jun 6, 2007 A Dialogue on Fairer Globalization with Devin Stewart Jun 6, 2007
- Jun 2, 2007 Public Manners in China and the Case of a Korean Blogger Jun 2, 2007
May 2007
- May 28, 2007 China and Genocide in Darfur vs. America in Iraq May 28, 2007
- May 27, 2007 Sustainable Development and the "Eco-City" of Dongtan near Shanghai May 27, 2007
- May 27, 2007 Responsible Globalization in Asia and the World May 27, 2007
- May 27, 2007 Strange Cities: A Multimedia Site on Old Shanghai May 27, 2007
- May 18, 2007 An Interview with Peter Hessler May 18, 2007
- May 16, 2007 David Spindler and the Great Wall May 16, 2007
- May 15, 2007 The Great Wall of China: Article and Film May 15, 2007
April 2007
- Apr 27, 2007 Final Remarks on the Usage and Abusage of "Laowai" Apr 27, 2007
- Apr 22, 2007 Thinking About Ethnicity and Race in China Apr 22, 2007
- Apr 20, 2007 Frederic Wakeman, _Policing Shanghai_/ A Review Apr 20, 2007
- Apr 18, 2007 Resurrecting Old Shanghai: The Peace Hotel Apr 18, 2007
- Apr 15, 2007 What Wm. T. de Bary Has Taught Me Apr 15, 2007
- Apr 15, 2007 On the True Meaning of Laowai Apr 15, 2007
- Apr 12, 2007 Mainland Chinese Historians, US Academia, and Cold War Politics Apr 12, 2007
- Apr 8, 2007 Unblocking Blocked Blogs in China (or India, Pakistan, Nepal..) Apr 8, 2007
- Apr 7, 2007 A Short Walk on a Great Wall: David Spindler Strikes Again Apr 7, 2007
- Apr 4, 2007 Are Chinese underrepresented in Western academia? Apr 4, 2007
- Apr 2, 2007 On Translations of Popular Chinese Literature Apr 2, 2007
March 2007
- Mar 22, 2007 Chinese Doublethink: The New Media Rules Mar 22, 2007
- Mar 19, 2007 Democracy in China? Mar 19, 2007
- Mar 17, 2007 Great Wall Exhibit in Sydney/Melbourne Mar 17, 2007
- Mar 12, 2007 More Thoughts on Sex and Shanghai Mar 12, 2007
- Mar 9, 2007 Sex and Shanghai Mar 9, 2007
- Mar 6, 2007 On Chinglish Mar 6, 2007
February 2007
- Feb 22, 2007 Shanghai's Art Deco Riches Revealed Feb 22, 2007
- Feb 11, 2007 Shanghai: digital map to provide 3D view of downtown Feb 11, 2007
January 2007
- Jan 20, 2007 Comet McNaught--Another Great Siting Jan 20, 2007
- Jan 19, 2007 Gentrification worries Shanghai preservationists Jan 19, 2007
- Jan 19, 2007 First Siting of Comet McNaught Jan 19, 2007
- Jan 16, 2007 Shanghai's mad dash: University Admission Jan 16, 2007
- Jan 16, 2007 Education key to Shanghai life Jan 16, 2007
- Jan 15, 2007 Three Days at Uluru Jan 15, 2007
- Jan 14, 2007 China's problems multiply with its population Jan 14, 2007
- Jan 14, 2007 Genghis Khan -- A Chinese Hero??? Jan 14, 2007
- Jan 14, 2007 Shanghai Scandal Jan 14, 2007
- Jan 14, 2007 Monument to all that jazz: Shanghai's Peace Hotel, a piece of Old Europe in new China Jan 14, 2007
- Jan 14, 2007 Shanghai Risen, Shanghai Falling Down Jan 14, 2007
- Jan 14, 2007 Resurgence And Spread Of Syphilis In China Is A Rapidly Increasing Epidemic Jan 14, 2007
- Jan 5, 2007 Beijing’s Olympic-sized traffic problem Jan 5, 2007
- Jan 2, 2007 Shanghai to have 400 km urban rail lines in 2010 Jan 2, 2007
December 2006
- Dec 27, 2006 Global warming likely to wreck havoc in China Dec 27, 2006
- Dec 5, 2006 Beijing vs. Shanghai Dec 5, 2006

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