Ian Johnson writes from Beijing and Berlin on religion and society. His most recent book is A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West.
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China Gets Religion!
December 22, 2011
The Religious Question in Modern China
by Vincent Goossaert and David A. Palmer
Religion in China: Survival and Revival under Communist Rule
by Fenggang Yang
God Is Red: The Secret Story of How Christianity Survived and Flourished in Communist China
by Liao Yiwu
Redeemed by Fire: The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China
by Lian Xi
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The High Price of the New Beijing
June 23, 2011
Beijing Record: A Physical and Political History of Planning Modern Beijing
by Wang Jun
Mao’s New World: Political Culture in the Early People’s Republic
by Chang-tai Hung
Cities Surround the Countryside: Urban Aesthetics in Postsocialist China
by Robin Visser
The Forbidden City
by Geremie R. Barmé
The Concrete Dragon: China’s Urban Revolution and What It Means for the World
by Thomas J. Campanella
Remaking Beijing: Tiananmen Square and the Creation of a Political Space
by Wu Hung
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Our Secret Connections with the Muslim Brotherhood
March 10, 2011
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The Party: Impenetrable, All Powerful
September 30, 2010
The Party: The Secret World of China’s Communist Rulers
by Richard McGregor
China’s Communist Party: Atrophy and Adaptation
by David Shambaugh
China Watcher: Confessions of a Peking Tom
by Richard Baum
China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know
by Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
China’s New Rulers: The Secret Files
by Andrew J. Nathan and Bruce Gilley
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Is Democracy Chinese? An Interview with Journalist Chang Ping
January 27, 2012
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Notes from a Chinese Cave: Qigong's Quiet Return
January 13, 2012
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Do China's Village Protests Help the Regime?
December 22, 2011
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Are China's Rulers Getting Religion?
October 29, 2011
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The CIA's Islamist Cover Up
August 30, 2011
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'I'm not interested in them; I wish they weren't interested in me': An Interview with Liao Yiwu
August 15, 2011
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China's Glorious New Past
June 1, 2011
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China Misunderstood: Did We Contribute to Ai Weiwei's Arrest?
April 22, 2011
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Washington's Secret History with the Muslim Brotherhood
February 5, 2011
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Finding the Facts About Mao's Victims
December 20, 2010
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Rumblings of Reform in Beijing?
October 20, 2010