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Encounters with Asia in the Hudson River Valley (Part 2)
Andrew Singer Talks About China and Americal, Vol. 2, Issue 27 Today’s Encounters with Asia in the Hudson River Valley (Part 2) visits a...
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Chinese Landscape in the Berkshires
Mabel Choate spent one month in Beijing in 1935. She brought home porcelains, lacquers, stone sculptures, snuff bottles, paintings, and...
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Encounters with Asia in the Hudson River Valley (Part 1)
I was recently back in Dutchess County, New York, to attend my college reunion. A weekend of old and new. I retraced my steps to the...
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David Hockney on Inspiration, Looking Forward, and China
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 25 A friend recently blogged her reaction to a short YouTube video of famed...
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Reading to Write
During the Covid years, I was offered a collection of art magazines and catalogues. When going through the bags, I discovered that the...
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China’s Political Economy
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 24 My son's friend has a college assignment to write about China's political...
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Chen Art Gallery: Hiding in Plain Sight
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 23 Torrance, California is a short drive south of Los Angeles. As you cruise...
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China 1980: Scenes from the Shore Excursions
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 22 In 1980 a young English photographer boarded an American cruise ship in...
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Jimmy Carter and U.S.-China Relations
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 21 Ten days before Christmas 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Chinese...
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The Eighteenth-Century Destruction of Chinese Tea in Boston Harbor
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 20 Chinese Tea. American Ships. British Trade. Boston Harbor. A Faraway King....
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Children and Social Media
(photo by Merakist on Unsplash) Before, and particularly during, the Covid-19 pandemic, China began limiting the social media exposure of...
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China’s Youth and the Future of China
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 19 China boasts an energized, under-40 population of more than one half...
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Chinese Intellectuals on U.S.-China Relations
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 18 The American government, and by extension much of the American populace and...
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The Lum Panels
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 17 My Chinese professor once told me that if I did not expect anything (as I...
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Life Imitating Art
This morning life intersected with art. I began writing a novel four years ago. Historical fiction. I researched. I went on a writing...
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The Shape(ing) of Our News
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 16 A Chinese weather/surveillance balloon crossed the continental United...
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Lunar New Year 2023
This Special Issue welcomes the Lunar New Year 2023! My home of Cape Cod held a New Year’s celebration yesterday. It was a packed house...
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The Decoupling Development Dilemma
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 15 The strategic dance between China and the United States is afoot. It is...
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10,000 Li Along the Yangzi River
Andrew Singer Talks About China and America, Vol. 2, Issue 14 The New Year has arrived. It can be a time of new journeys and hopefully...
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Welcome 2023!
I stepped outside my front door at 5:45 a.m. this morning, January 1, 2023. Above me hundreds of stars, including the Big Dipper directly...
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