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
What Shall We Do with the Dead Dictator?
What We Do When We’re Not Blogging (for China Beat)…
Where have you gone, Hua Guofeng?
Why China’s dollar pile has to shrink (relatively soon)
Wiki-ing China: The Discussion Continues
Zeng Jingyan Accepts Hu Jia’s Sakharov Prize
Zhao Ziyang’s Legacy and 6/4 Memories
Things We’d Rather You Not Say on the Web, Or Anywhere Else, David Bandurski
1948 & 2008: The George E. Morrison Lectures and Beijing’s Years of Great Significance, Geremie R. Barme
Painting Over Mao: Notes on the Inauguration of the Beijing Olympic Games, Geremie R. Barme
Torching the Relay, Geremie R. Barme
Coming Distractions: Wolf Totem, Nicole Barnes
In Case You Missed It: Tibet Special, Part 4, Robert J. Barnett
Imperial Ways, Daniel A. Bell
Selectivity in Imaging the First Emperor, K. E. Brashier
FAQ#7: Why were Chinese people so angry about the attempts to seize the torch in the international torch relay?, Susan Brownell
China: The Pessoptimist Nation, William A. Callahan
China Around the World: Australia, Rowan Callick
The Gate of Heavenly Pacification, P. K. Cassel
Writing Factory Girls, Leslie T. Chang
China Around the World: Brazil, Yong Chen
Giving Long-term Relief, Yong Chen
The Election in Taiwan: The View from and Implications for the United States, Yong Chen
A Better Life in New Shanghai?, Maura Cunningham
In Case You Missed It: China Road, Maura Elizabeth Cunningham
Service Encounters, Maura Elizabeth Cunningham
Reith Lectures: English Lessons, Graham Earnshaw
China: Democracy, or Confucianism?, Xujun Eberlein
Chinese Responses to Disaster: A View From the Qing, Kathryn Edgerton-Tarpley
How to Talk to Strangers: Beijing’s Advice, Mary S. Erbaugh
China Around the World: Japan, James Farrer
The Olympics Around the World: Japan, James Farrer
“同一个世界，同一个梦想”还是 “同会异梦”?, James Farrer
Chinese in Cambodia, Caroline Finlay
Chinese in Laos, Caroline Finlay
Vietnam’s Youth Given a Rare Chance to Protest – Against China, Caroline Finlay
Beijing à la Jasper Becker, Pierre Fuller
Cultural Responses to Disaster in China, Pierre Fuller
Culture and Collapse, Pierre Fuller
Culture and Collapse Revisited, Pierre Fuller
The Dirt on China Reporting, Pierre Fuller
Wishful Reporting, Pierre Fuller
Beijing’s New Flame, Rob Gifford
Questioning the Olympic Project: Lessons from Seoul, Sam Goffman
Ping Pong Diplomacy Revisited, Xu Guoqi
The Body Beautiful: Jonathan Spence’s Final Reith Lecture, Xu Guoqi
Jonathan Spence’s Third Reith Lecture: Dreams, Paradoxes, and The Uses of History, Charles W. Hayford
Living with Wikipedia: It’s Here to Stay, Charles W. Hayford
Part II, Improving Wikipedia: Technique and Strategy For China Folk, Charles W. Hayford
Rock is not Revolution, Chris Heselton
Rock is Not Revolution, Part II, Chris Heselton
Letters from Sichuan, Peter Hessler
Jonathan Spence’s Yale Lectures: A Memoir, Susan Jakes
The Last General of the Red Army, Ed Jocelyn
Lust, Camera, Action: How Ang Lee’s Risqué Thriller Charts a Profitable New Course for Transnational Cinema, Matthew Johnson
Ashes of Time Redux, Matthew David Johnson
Coming Distractions: Two Kinds of Time, Robert A. Kapp
Divine Justice, Paul Katz
Taiwan Top Five, Paul Katz
Nobody (?) Likes A Spoiler, Miri Kim
Preserving the Premier’s Calligraphy at Beichuan Middle School, Richard Kraus
Kung Fu Panda, Go Home!, Haiyan Lee
Painted Skin: To Scare or Not to Scare?, Haiyan Lee
The Lord of the Wolves?, Haiyan Lee
The Right to Party, en Masse, Haiyan Lee
Duelling Dreams at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, James Leibold
Whose Peoples’ Games?, James Leibold
From Iron Girls to Oriental Beauties, Hongmei Li
Dead Man Talking, Zhang Lijia
Charles Tilly’s Influence on the China Field, Daniel Little
G. William Skinner, Daniel Little
Beijing Olympics 2008: The View from Vancouver (host to Winter 2010 Olympics), David Luesink
From Lovers to Volunteers: Tian Han and the National Anthem, Liang Luo
China Travel: Finding the "Real" China, Kate Merkel-Hess
Epicurean China: A Book Report, Kate Merkel-Hess
Five Chinese Historical Events That Don’t Get Much Attention, Kate Merkel-Hess
In Case You Missed It: Nixon and Mao, Kate Merkel-Hess
In Case You Missed It: The China Fantasy, Kate Merkel-Hess
Self-Promotion Saturday: Introductions, Kate Merkel-Hess
This Day: March 8, International Women’s Day, Kate Merkel-Hess
This Day: The Nanjing Massacre, Kate Merkel-Hess
Faking Heaven: The Utopian Will to Order in China, Timothy S. Oakes
China Celebrates Human Rights, Jeremy Paltiel
Beijing’s Olympic Pollution Forecast: "Haze" and Hot Air, Alex Pasternack
It’s Not Just 8/8/08: A Year of Chinese Anniversaries, Kenneth Pomeranz
In Case You Missed It: Vermeer’s Hat, David Porter
Learning English, Learning Chinese, David Porter
From the US to China, By Way of Israel, Shakhar Rahav
History of Chinese Red Cross: Part I, Caroline Reeves
History of Chinese Red Cross: Part II, Caroline Reeves
An Olympic Evaluation, Eric Setzekorn
Beijing Architecture: Part 2, Eric Setzekorn
Building Beijing, Eric Setzekorn
Class and the Olympics, Eric Setzekorn
In Case You Missed It: Three Faces of Chinese Power, Eric Setzekorn