Claiming 40 million lives, the Great Chinese Famine of 1958-1961 was one of history's worst disasters.  Kai Sam Ng '14 reviews Yang Jisheng's indisputably upsetting and strikingly written account, which has been banned in China. This weighty tome is a read to remember.  

Issues come and go with each American presidential cycle, but one thing that seems to have stayed constant for the past several cycles is China-bashing.

Power is up for grabs this fall. Mankind’s Machiavellian best are in action in not just the United States but also in China and South Korea. Besieged parliamentary coalitions in Japan and India might soon be facing general elections.  

Power is up for grabs this fall. Mankind’s Machiavellian best are in action in not just the United States but also in China and South Korea. Besieged parliamentary coalitions in Japan and India might soon be facing general elections.  

Dale Corson, the University's eighth president, was under investigation in part because, from 1944 to 1946, his name had appeared on a list of members of the American Soviet Science Society, Inc.

Former Cornell President Jeffrey S. Lehman ’77 was named vice chancellor of NYU Shanghai on Thursday. In his new role, Lehman will be the chief executive officer of the campus and responsible for all academic and administrative operations.

Tom Moore '14 explores the varying stories about ethnic harmony present in China and Tibet, and what they teach us about our own culture. 

When I went to China for the first time, the most surprising realization I had was that everyone is Chinese. Poor people, rich people, security officers, businessmen, businesswomen, beggars, lawyers, waitresses, bartenders, they are all Chinese. This seems obvious, but to see a minority become the majority was unexpectedly strange.

Former Cornell President Jeffrey Lehman ’77 was recently awarded the People’s Republic of China Friendship Award for his work as the founding dean of Peking University School of Transnational Law.

A summer in Beijing.