Paul French

Paul French is a best seller author of titles including 'City of Devils, a Shanghai Noir,' and 'Midnight in Peking'.

Anne Stevenson-Yang on 40 years of the Chinese economy

Anne Stevenson-Yang is originally from Washington DC. She moved to Beijing in 1993 to work for the US-China Business Council.…

2 weeks ago

How China reinvented its cities

Since the late 1970s, China has undergone perhaps the most sweeping process of urbanisation ever witnessed. It’s a story largely…

2 months ago

The best books about China from 2023

Every month at FOCUS, we look at a different new book on China and talk to the author. From history…

4 months ago

Fuchsia Dunlop on Chinese banqueting and festive fare

If you’re remotely interested in China, especially Chinese cuisine, it’s been hard to avoid Fuchsia Dunlop’s new book, Invitation to…

5 months ago

A new book examines a quirky 1907 Peking to Paris car race

Kassia St Clair’s The Race to the Future (John Murray, 2023) might just be the perfect read for the China…

6 months ago

What is China’s role in the Global South?

China’s global power is growing, that is undeniable. The question is, what are the limits of that power, and how…

7 months ago

Is the ‘golden age’ of the China expat over?

Paul French speaks to the author of a new book that looks at how expat managers and executives experienced the…

8 months ago

Can businesses thrive amid geopolitical tensions with China?

A new book brings together senior executives from Chrysler, 3M, Education First and law firm Hogan Lovells to discuss how…

9 months ago

The Best Chinese Fiction in Translation: Your Summer Holiday Reading List

Paul French selects ten recent translations of Chinese fiction into English to take to the beach this summer to ponder…

9 months ago

Xi Jinping’s economic strategies, explained

The media often throw around terms like ‘Dual Circulation Strategy’, ‘friendshoring’, and ‘Xiconomics’ in relation to China's economic policies, but…

10 months ago