HISTORICAL FIGURES

The Great Educator

The chancellor who inspired a generation of Chinese students with his commitment to academic freedom

ANCIENT HISTORY

The Eunuch and the Yogurt

Who poisoned China’s second-to-last emperor?

LANGUAGE

Back-Translating China

Why is Mao called Kun Lun? Did Sun Tzu make art or war? Translations errors of Chinese words…into Chinese

LANGUAGE

The Modern Ritual of the English Name

Chinese naming customs in the age of globalization