November 29, 2011
Ha Jin’s recovered memory of Americans in China

November 2, 2011
Leslie Chang’s “Factory Girls”
Leslie Chang brings a cautionary anti-romanticism and a fine reporter’s eye to the start of Brown’s Year of China. Her story is China turning itself...| More

October 3, 2011
Amitav Ghosh and his addictive empire trilogy
Click to listen to Chris’ conversation with Amitav Ghosh (35 minutes, 18 mb mp3) Amitav Ghosh — Indian born and educated, at home in New...| More

February 25, 2011
Peter Hessler’s New China: Is this any...
Peter Hessler, covering the new China for The New Yorker, made himself the rising star of the John McPhee school of reporting. It’s not just...| More