Ian Johnson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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The biggest problem facing US foreign policy? Its dysfunctional domestic situation. In this timely book, @RichardHaass lays out how American citizens can take responsibility for getting their country in order.

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Starting soon! @Yangguobin talks about his book, The Wuhan Lockdown. I've read it and strongly recommend it for its sensitive portrayal of ordinary people caught up in this extraordinary event. I'm happy to play a small role in this event as discussant. https://twitter.com/nyu_ipk/status/1488185809987637259

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A great meditation by Christopher Beha of Thomas Mann's early rejection of liberal democracy (especially his classic Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man published by @NYRB_Imprints ); it conjures up conundrums faced by Chinese intellectuals today. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/17/books/review/reflections-of-a-nonpolitical-man-thomas-mann.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=Book%20Review

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文章有简体和整體的中文版 How I got to know Wang Yi, the jailed pastor of Pray for Early Rain Covenant Church. This is an introduction I wrote to a collection of his theological writings, which has recently been published in the United States. 1/ https://t.co/p77BE9rW7p

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@Dali_Yang I’d also recommend David Palmer’s Qigong Fever, which has a very strong chapter, “Militant Qigong,” on FLG

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I join the Aug. 5 @nytimesbooks podcast to discuss a new translation of a key novel of China's reform era, Wang Xiaobo's Golden Age. I also drop some hints about a new book I'm finishing up (manuscript due Aug 26 🤯, pub date 2023 🙏🏽). https://t.co/pnt9LClJ2Q

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⁦@jwassers⁩ reviews Kerry Brown’s quick-hit primer on Xi. My takeaway: the world needs a good biography of arguably the world’s most important leader but this isn’t it. Via ⁦@GuardianBooks⁩ https://t.co/tuDlHRqGc9

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It’s getting real: just got the catalogue from @PenguinBooks for the September launch of my book on counter-history in China with a snazzy cover by @aiww The catalogue cover features the late great Wang Xiaobo, whose essays are finally appearing in English! https://t.co/fqnBkGGiJO

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Michael is much more than a translator but his translations are very important, from his work on Fang Fang's Wuhan Diary (for which he was sometimes pilloried on western and Chinese social media) to his new work on Han Song's dystopian science fiction. 2/3

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I just registered for what is sure to be an outstanding lecture by Lian Xi of @DukeDivinity on the iconic Mao-era Christian dissident Lin Zhao: "Blood Letters & Dueling Visions of Salvation: Christianity in Mao's China" https://t.co/a4ruFXbe8z @Eventbrite