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Pan Guangzhe's book, "The Making of 'World Knowledge' in Modern China," explores the complex process of conceptualizing a modern world in Chinese-language writings of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The author examines the interactions of ideas and concepts that shaped world knowledge discourse in China during this period. Pan's research highlights the impact of Japan on the development of print media in China and emphasizes the importance of tracing the routes of ideas across East Asia. The book also delves into the production and interpretation of knowledge on the modern world, with a focus on topics such as geography, political regimes, revolution, and geography's role in China's transition period. This comprehensive analysis offers valuable insights into the intellectual history of modern China and its interactions with the wider world. [Extracted from the article]

Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2021. By Emily Mokros. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the art exhibition "'85 New Wave: The Birth of Chinese Contemporary Art," at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art gallery in Beijing, China.

But while Yoon deftly illustrates how Koreans in Wangjing consistently negotiate the parameters of Korean-ness through their day-to-day lives, rarely does she analyze these actions in relation to the larger efforts to define Korean-ness emerging from either of the Korean states or from the larger Korean diaspora. So, how can a trait that is so central to the well-being of Korean migrant communities in the United States have such a minimal impact on the lives of Koreans in Wangjing? Yoon expertly incorporates ethnographic accounts, interviews, and survey data throughout the book, allowing the "field" to voice itself, so to speak, even as she curates the data with her own scholarly analysis. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews two non-fiction books about cities in China. 'Fodor's Citypack Beijing: The Ultimate Guide to the City,' 2nd edition, edited by Sean Sheehan; 'Fodor's Citypack Hong Kong: The Ultimate Guide to the City,' 3rd edition, edited by Sean Sheehan.

Reviews two non-fiction books about cities in China. 'Berlitz Beijing Pocket Guide'; 'Berlitz Hong Kong Pocket Guide.'

Thus, incineration plant managers call for better sorting and recycling practices of residents, a position embraced by Landsberger. Landsberger explains that residents lack trust in the government's waste management system and expect others to take the responsibility for them, be it rural migrants who make a living as informal waste collectors or the government itself. Although there are well-developed informal industries that trade recyclable scrap, these industries are not directly connected to the separate waste bins of residential areas and generally are not seen by middle-class residents and the government as doing the work of environmental protection. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the art exhibition "From Gesture to Language" held at the Rockbund Art Museum in Shanghai, China.

This Han ethnocentrism, Brown astutely observes, likely enabled Han protestors to assume that the government's violent crackdown in Tibet could not occur in Beijing. In I June Fourth i , Jeremy Brown takes on the vital task of reconstructing the lead-up to and unfolding of the protest movement while providing important reassessments of its participants and implications. By moving his focus beyond students, Brown shows how the nationwide demand for systemic change was neither reducible to nor dependent on the student movement itself. [Extracted from the article]

Welland uses Lei's work to explore how artists challenge the standard narrative of femininity in contemporary art. Sasha Su-Ling Welland begins her recent study of the contemporary art world in Beijing by comparing the male artist Xu Beihong and the female artist Pan Yuliang (both born in 1895) in anecdotes that evoke Linda Nochlin's famous question from 1971, "Why have there been no great women artists?" Through the feminist ethnography that follows, Welland probes the question in early twenty-first-century Beijing, highlighting the activities of three feminist artists working in the city. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Peking. Temples and City Life, 1400-1900," by Susan Naquin.

The article reviews the book "Ten Thousand Things: Nurturing Life in Contemporary Beijing," by Judith Farquhar and Qicheng Zhang.

The article reviews the book "Suburban Beijing: Housing and Consumption in Contemporary China," by Friederike Fleischer.

The article reviews the solo exhibition by multimedia artist Hiroshi Sugimoto at Pace Beijing, China, featuring "Lightnight Fields," his most recent series and "Conceptual Forms" series through July 7, 2012.

The article reviews the exhibition "Breaking Forecast: Eight Key Figures of China's New Generation of Artists" at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, China.

The article reviews the exhibition "Qiu Zhijie: Breaking Through the Ice," which is showing at the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, China until May 25, 2009.

The article reviews the book "Beijing: Great Dynasties, Mighty Conflicts and the Forbidden City," by Richard Platt.

The article reviews the exhibition "'85 New Wave," at Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing, China.