This week, I was invited by the American embassy to do a presentation about China’s view of United States at their annual Public Affairs Officers’ Conference. I decided to combine my personal experience with my observation. As we were growing up, we had to sing revolutionary songs such as “Socialism is Great!”. Socialism is great,… Continue reading China’s changing view of United States

For the first time in my life, I received hate mails. On Sunday Oct. 23, The Observer ran my full-page opinion piece about the death of little girl Yueyue’s (her name means Joy) and China’s moral crisis. It sparked a massive response as hundreds of people posted comments in the Observer/Guardian website. An interviewed with… Continue reading the nasty emails I received in the wake of yueyue story

How can I be proud of my China if we are a nation of 1.4bn cold hearts? The death of the two-year-old run over as passersby ignored her is symptomatic of a deepening moral crisis Tweet this reddit this Comments (…) Lijia Zhang guardian.co.uk, Saturday 22 October 2011 22.07 BST Article history Yueyue’s mother after… Continue reading my big piece in the Guardian about China’s moral crisis

‘Dog meat at a Chinese restaurant in Yorkshire’ – why do such myths spread? The obsession with China’s ‘weird’ food, from donkey penis to the mythical dog in the takeaway, is a form of racism Tweet this reddit this Comments (…) Lijia Zhang guardian.co.uk, Saturday 15 October 2011 09.20 BST Article history ‘Chinese cuisine is… Continue reading My Op-ed Piece in the Guardian about the obsession with China’s weird food

There he was again: Chairman Mao standing tall and majestic in the middle of Zhongshan Square, a hand raised, as if hailing for a taxi. Last week, as my own taxi drew closer to Liaoning Hotel, a colonial style hotel right by the square, in central Shenyang, the familiar view came into sight. It startled… Continue reading Chairman Mao Statues and His Status in China