Culture

Su Cheng Harris-Simpson on leading with purpose

To mark International Women’s Day on March 8, throughout March, FOCUS is spotlighting female business leaders in the UK and…

4 weeks ago

Holland & Barrett’s Joanna Zhou on leading positive change

To mark International Women’s Day on March 8, FOCUS is spotlighting female business leaders in the UK and China. Here,…

2 months ago

BARK’s Dora Zhou on inspiring the next generation of female leaders

To mark International Women’s Day on March 8, FOCUS is spotlighting female business leaders in the UK and China. Here,…

2 months ago

10 of the best podcasts about China

Whether you want to learn more about China’s economy, its opaque policy-making apparatus or what the country’s Gen Z youth…

2 months ago

What Chinese crime novels can tell us about contemporary China

Jeffrey C. Kinkley is professor emeritus of Chinese History at St. John’s University, New York, and a John Simon Guggenheim…

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…

4 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…

5 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

Is Hong Kong still a thriving multicultural city?

As she releases her new book, Fortune’s Bazaar, author Vaudine England meets up with Paul French in Hong Kong’s famous Foreign…

10 months ago