Jonathan Spence
Hi Laszlo, I noticed that the China scholar Jonathan Spence passed away recently. He's got quite a resume, I see, from reading the article in Yale News. Though I don't currently have any of his books, I recognize "The Search for Modern China," and "The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci" sounds really intriguing. Apparently, at Yale he was The Guy if you wanted to learn about China, and his lectures were SRO. Anyway, I'm sure you're acquainted with his work and may have mentioned him in past episodes of the CHP. Any chance you'll be doing a piece on him? I'd love to know more.
Sources for President's Bio
Quick question this time Laszlo: Im noticing, like many china watchers these days, a shortage of biographies on Xi Jingping. Ill be looking into Elizabeth economy's recent book in the near future. Besides pre-2014 HK street publications and the party's edition of 'Governance of China', theres not alot out there. Are we still waiting? Or are there some good credible biographies out there? Paul
Hi Laszlo, what places in China haven’t you been to yet that you’d like to visit?
Hi Laszlo, what places in China haven’t you been to yet that you’d like to visit? I've always thought about going traveling to that part of the world, but obviously the pandemic has made that difficult to do, but once everything is safer, I definitely am planning on making that trip. I'm sure you've been all over China, but I have to imagine there's some places that even you haven't been to yet?