Launched in early 2008, The China Beat provides context and criticism on contemporary China from China scholars and journalists. Based around a group of active contributors at the University of California, Irvine, including co-founders Kenneth Pomeranz and Jeffrey Wasserstrom, the blog draws on a global group of China watchers in the United States, China, United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Canada, Taiwan, and many other locations.

The China Beat has received praise and notice in many locations, including the New York Times‘ “Paper Cuts” blog, Far Eastern Economic Review, Shanghai City Weekend, and The Beijinger. Writers who follow China issues, like James Fallows and Andrew Leonard, have recommended China Beat to their readers.

In July 2012, The China Beat registered its 1,000th and final post. It is archived here by request of the creators, Maura Cunningham, Kate Merkel-Hess, Ken Pomeranz, and Jeff Wasserstrom.

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2008

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Five Stylish Recent Books

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Following a recipe: When Op-ed pieces on China go wrong

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Follow the Bouncing Torch

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Frivolous Friday

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Frivolous Friday: China Beat Goes Hollywood

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Frivolous Friday: From China, to India, to Southern California

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Frivolous Friday: Remembering the Tokyo Olympics

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Further Reading Recommendations on China Earthquake

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Global Shanghai News

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Greatball

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Handing Out Five Media Medals

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I Know, It’s Only Rock’n’Roll (But They Don’t Like It)

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In Case You Missed It: Fragile Superpower

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In Case You Missed It: New Books on Women and Family in China

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In Case You Missed It: Post-Mao China

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In Case You Missed It: Stephen MacKinnon’s latest book on China’s War with Japan

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In Case You Missed It: They Chose China

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In Case You Missed It: Tibet Special, Part 1

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In Case You Missed It: Tibet Special, Part 2

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In Case You Missed It: Tibet Special, Part 3–Comments by Pico Iyer and Pankaj Mishra

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Information on the Tibet Situation

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Interview with Lijia Zhang

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It’s Still the Economy, Stupid

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James Miles on Media Coverage of Tibet

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Jesus in China—Evan Osnos on an Upcoming Frontline Documentary

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Keeping up with “The China Beat”—5 Recent Developments

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Last Minute Gifts: China Books

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Literature Prizes: Chinese Writers Make the List

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Liu Si (6/4)–Part 2, Looking Forward

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Making (Up) History

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Mass (On)Line

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More Last Minute Gifts: Books from China Beat Contributors

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More Links for Reading on the Earthquake

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More Tibet Reading

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Murder Most Foul

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National Days Past: Five Things to Read or Look At

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National Geographic on China

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New Olympics Blog

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Obama Elected, China Reacts

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Olympic Echoes

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Olympic Echoes in Denver and St. Paul

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Olympic Hurdles, Trials, Losses and Wins

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Olympic Readings

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On the China Beat

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On Their Best Behavior: Good Magazine on Contemporary China

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On the Train to Tibet

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Our Daily Reads: Best Of China Blogs

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Our Women in China

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Out and About

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Peng Mulan in China

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Praise for China: A Reader

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Predictions and Timing in an Olympic Year

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Prejudice Made Plausible? Foreign criticism and Chinese sensitivity

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President Bush Wanders Onto NBC Set

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Protest in China: Further Readings

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Reading Recommendations

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Reading Recommendations

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Reading Recommendations

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Reclaiming Old Shanghai?

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Recommendation: "Garden of Contentment"

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Recommended Readings

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Report from the Road: AAS Meeting, 2008

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Revolutionary Anniversaries

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Rob Riggle Goes to China

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Self-Promotion Saturday: Brief Notes

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Self-Promotion Saturday: China’s Brave New World

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Shanghai Expo: A Preview

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Smoke and Mirrors: China and India

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State of Siege

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Susan Brownell Around the World

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Taelspin for Monday, January 21, 2008

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Taelspin for Saturday, January 26, 2008

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Taelspin for Sunday, January 20, 2008

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Taelspin: The Spirit of May Fourth

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Tainted Love

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Teaching Resource You Shouldn’t Miss

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Thanksgiving in China…?

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The Forbidden City by Barmé—Don’t Leave for the “Great Within” Without It

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The Fur is Flying—Or, There’s More than One Way to Skin a Wolf

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The Great Convergence?*

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The Great Diversion

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The KMT Backstroke

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The Return of the Two Nationalisms

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The Sichuan Earthquake: View from Taiwan

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The Taelspin on Tibet: The Chinese Response to foreign media coverage of the 3.14 unrest

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Tibet, 228, and Ta-pa-ni: Some lessons for us all

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Tibet 5: In the Third Week

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Tibet: Background on Current Events and Their History

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Tibet: Further Reading

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Tibet Reading 4

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To Grill or not to Grill?

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Top Five language and literature sites:

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Trauma and Memory – 228 in Taiwan Today

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Tuesday Taelspin: From the Beijing Airport to the Palace of Milk

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Two good China stories where you don’t usually look for China stories

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Web-Based Resources for Learning Chinese

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Web Portals to Taiwan’s Past

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Wednesday Reading

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What Did the Cultural Revolution Look Like?

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What Happened to the Women?