culture

Visiting China During the Age of AI

AI, Ambition, and Anxiety.

Nov 8, 2025 • Andrew Stokols

Xi Jinping's Archival Project to Rewrite Chinese History

The National Archives of Publications and Culture is Xi's version of previous Imperial archival projects like Qianlong's Four Treasuries or the Yongle…

Dec 2, 2024 • Andrew Stokols

The paradoxes of China's new era: cultural self-confidence, neijuan, and innovation.

Reflections on Two Months in China

Nov 1, 2024 • Andrew Stokols

Building a "seed bank" for Chinese civilization 建设中华文明的种子库---国家版本馆

How China's new National Archives of Publications and Culture embodies ideological efforts to integrate Marxism with traditional Chinese culture.

Jan 30, 2024 • Andrew Stokols

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