Zhou Enlai, Hu Yaobang, and Mao Zedong in 1964 圖為1964年6月，胡耀邦陪同毛澤東、周恩來出席共青團第九次全國代表大會。 Source

Nikita Khrushchev, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh and Soong Ching-ling in 1959 Source

Shaoxing opera star Yuan Xuefen in the 1940s Source

Chongqing’s Great Hall of the People in 1952 Source

Zhou Jianren, Xu Guangping, and Lu Xun in Shanghai in 1927 Source

Eugene Chen, T. V. Soong, Wang Jingwei, and Mikhail Borodin inWuhan in 1927 Source

Du Yuming before 1945 Source

Zhou Enlai and Zhang Xuesi in Dalian in 1951 Source

Taiwan’s president has said the country is accelerating plans for a multi-layered “T-dome” missile defence system as a protection against growing threats from China. www.ft.com/content/ce0b...

Now OPEN ACCESS! @cfmeyskens.bsky.social and I wrote about "The Contradictions of Dam Building in the People's Republic of China." With thanks to @slorenzini.bsky.social for inviting us to a fun workshop in Trento and to being open to a co-authored article! doi.org/10.3828/whpe...

China led in just three of 64 critical technologies between 2003 and 2007, but had become the top country in 57 of those technologies between 2019 and 2023 www.aspi.org.au/report/aspis...

Hu Yaobang in 1947 圖為1947年平山北望樓野戰四縱隊政治工作會議上，胡耀邦政委作報告。 Source

Reeducation scene during the Cultural Revolution, 1980 Source

Three Gorges Dam evacuess wave good bye to their hometown in 2000 Source

Xue Muqiao and Luo Qiong’s wedding photo from 1935 Source

Zhang Xueliang calls for resistance to Japanese invasion circa late 1930s

Li Jingquan and Xiao Li in Xi’an in 1949 Source

Very happy to share an article that Arunabh Ghosh and I wrote for a special issue organized by Sara Lorenzini on "Dam Scientists." Much thanks to Sara for the invitation! Feel free to DM me for a copy. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

American soldier and Chinese villager threshing grain in 1940s Source

We find that, against conventional wisdom, Global South publics do not discriminate against Chinese investment projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, South America, and Southeast Asia academic.oup.com/cjip/article...

Mikhail Borodin, Wang Jingwei and Zhang Tailei in 1925 Source

Hua Guofeng and Han Zhijun Source

Zhao Shao’ang, “Landscape,” 1943 Source

China fields Golden Dome prototype before the US can come up with a plan www.scmp.com/news/china/s...

Statue of Chinese hydraulic engineer Li Bing in 1909 Source

Bo Xilai and Li Danyu Source

Huang Wanli teaching hydraulic engineers in Gansu in 1948 Source

Lieutenant General Du Yuming surrenders to PLA in 1949 everydaylifeinmaoistchina.org/2025/09/03/l...

马宁, “三峡工地交响曲”系列，砼浇筑现场,” 2001　 Source

Chongqing in 1937 1937年，傅安娜的父亲在重庆朝天门码头 Source

Pentagon officials are proposing the department prioritize protecting the homeland and Western Hemisphere, a striking reversal from the military’s yearslong mandate to focus on the threat from China. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Zhao Shao’ang, “Birds by Peach Blossoms,” 1954 Source

Johanna Stahl and her Nankai Middle School classmates circa 1952 Source

Chinese oil institutes visit the United States in 1983 1983年10月，石油高校考察团赴美考察有关高校时合影。华东石油学院杨光华院长、华泽澎副院长参加了考察 Source

Wuhan holds a meeting to redress the July 20 Incident in 1978 1978年11月28日，湖北举行“七二〇事件”平反大会（据湖北省委统计，全省在“七.二〇事件”后被打伤打死的人达18.4万多人，仅武汉市就有6.6万人，打死600多人。1978年11月26日中共中央批准湖北省委，省革委会，武汉军区党委《关于处理武汉“七.二〇事件”的请示报告》，11月28日宣布平反。） Source

Lieutenant General Du Yuming surrenders to PLA in 1949 Source

China’s five biggest banks have unveiled worsening performances in a slew of business areas after the country’s economic slowdown and stagnant wages ate into quarterly earnings. www.ft.com/content/4d99...

The masses repair Lidui in 1969 Source

Taiwan's Kavalan won the #1 whisky in 2025 www.foodandwine.com/kavalan-soli...

Deng Yingchao, Zhou Enlai, and his nieces and nephews at the Summer Palace in 1952 Source

Banquet of KMT leaders, circa 1944-1945 Table of ranking local Nationalist leadership during the banquet at the rally. In foreground, left, is Chinese Lt. General Du Yuming, commander of Nationalist 5th Corps (第五集团军总司令兼昆明防守司令杜聿明). On right is Gen. Wei Lihuang (卫立煌). The general seated on the far…

Building a road in Chongqing in 1951 1951年，重庆北碚歇马乡农民，组织义务劳动队参加修筑青澄公路。 Source

Bridge collapses in China finance.sina.cn/2025-08-23/d...

This survey shows that in the US, some issues related to Taiwan become partisan when framed along party lines while others don't. Specifically, support for diplomatic and military policy is affected by partisan framing while econ policy remains bipartisan. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Building Datianwan Stadium in 1951 1951年，重庆市各级党员干部和群众积极参加修筑大田湾体育场的义务劳动。 Source

COVID in China was framed as an existential threat to facilitate stringent control measures. However, concerns over social stability, economic stagnation, & resource unsustainability undermined the securitization logic precipitating China’s abrupt policy change www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Deng Xiaoping visits the Three Gorges area in 1980 Source

A growing number of civilians in Taiwan are spending their weekends firing pellet guns on urban warfare courses. It’s part of a push to improve civil resilience amid the threat of a Chinese invasion.

Xue Muqiao’s family in 1950 Source