95 Quotes by Evan Osnos

China is so central to our economic lives that journalists have had no choice but to engage China with greater technical analysis and precision.

China no longer has an ideology that makes any sense to them, but what they do have is great pride in the Chinese nation.

Chinese readers are buying books in translation, particularly non-fiction about China, in large numbers.

Christianity is permitted under China's constitution, and the government has long supported a network of official Christian churches.

Confucius - or Kongzi, which means Master Kong - was not born to power, but his idiosyncrasies and ideas made him the Zelig of the Chinese classics.

Disclosure and transparency are the currency of the Internet, and they are at odds with authoritarianism.

Fact-checking can wreak havoc on Chinese political mythology.

For much of their history, life for most people in China was arduous and circumscribed - and people travelled as little as they could.

We binge on instant knowledge, but we are learning the hazards, and readers are warier than they used to be of nanosecond-interpretations of Supreme Court decisions.