Author Archives: Jeremy Goldkorn

Dream of Red Mansion on Popup Chinese

Danwei’s new partner Popup Chinese.

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Subway trains to shelter Sichuan homeless

An ingenious use of decommissioned subway cars provides an immediate solution for a few of the thousands left homeless by the devastating earthquake in Sichuan.

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Film: Mongolian scuba diving in Beijing, green China in New York

Two interesting film screenings in Beijing and New York.

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A brief history of Shanghai’s future

An essay by Jeffrey Wasserstrom, author of Global Shanghai, 1850-2010.

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CCTV underpants and hemorrhoids in the Shanghai press

Vulgar nicknames for Rem Koolhaas’ CCTV building make it into the Shanghai press.

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Carl Crow’s 400 Million Customers

An excerpt from Carl Crow’s classic 400 Million Customers and an introduction by Paul French.

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Government aviation website rips off blog

A government website rips off a blog post by a well known consultant

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1964 U.S. anti-China propaganda

Red Chinese Battle Plan, "a full throated 1964 U.S. Navy propaganda film about China becoming global Communism’s ‘Second Rome’."

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Signs of the times

Bosses flee bankrupt factories and China Eastern’s fuel hedging scheme goes awry.

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The neighbor of the richest man in China, no longer

The richest man in China’s neighbor notices his disapprearance.

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