Jeremy Goldkorn

Beijing, Johannesburg, Nashville

Editorial Fellow at ChinaFile

Current affairs and news about the world (with lots on China), the internet, media, birds, and miscellanea. Breaking news & daily updates at other places.

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Articles

Rhyming News: Trump and Musk's "white genocide" scam

2 weeks ago | rhymingchaos.com | Jeremy Goldkorn

Richard Poplak is a South African investigative journalist, author, and filmmaker who was the guest on the second episode of Rhyming Chaos, How to loot a country: Lessons for the U.S. from South Africa.
ChinaFile Presents: ‘The Party’s Interests Come First’

1 month ago | chinafile.com | Joseph Torigian |Jeremy Goldkorn

Joseph Torigian discusses the life of Xi Jinping’s father, Xi Zhongxun, and how his legacy shapes the worldview of one of the world’s most powerful leaders today. Torigian’s new book, The Party’s Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping, examines the elder Xi’s role as a revolutionary and early leader in the Chinese Communist Party. The book, due to be published in June, is the first English-language biography of Xi Zhongxun.
Chinese mercenaries fighting for Russia, Beijing schmoozes the world

1 month ago | thechinaweek.com | Jeremy Goldkorn

This is The China Week, a succinct roundup and analysis of what happened in the People’s Republic in the last seven days. The China Week is free for the next few weeks—please subscribe here if this was forwarded to you, or give a subscription as a gift. Other things I worked on this week: What Even Is Trump’s China Strategy? A ChinaFile Conversation with Wendy Cutler, Michael Hirson, Lizzi C. Lee, Isabel Hilton, Andrew Polk, and Arthur R.
Trump—the Hugo Chávez of the U.S.A?

2 months ago | rhymingchaos.com | Jeremy Goldkorn

Donald Trump likes to insult Venezuela and its people. But Trump has a lot in common with Hugo Chávez, the strongman who ruled Venezuela from 1999 until his death in 2013, and is often blamed for the once-prosperous country’s turn away from democracy, and decline into poverty. In this episode of Rhyming Chaos, we discuss what the U.S. can learn from Venezuela with Parsifal D’Sola, a Venezuelan and advisor in 2019 to the country’s interim government.
As Tesla dies, BYD soars and XPeng flies

2 months ago | thechinaweek.com | Jeremy Goldkorn

This is The China Week, a succinct roundup of what happened in the world’s other superpower in the last seven days. The China Week is free for the next few weeks—subscribe here if this was forwarded to you. Other things I worked on this week at ChinaFile: Former Chinese Enemies Increasingly Aligned on Taiwan by Chris Horton, and U.S.-Soviet Détente and the Future of U.S.-China Relations by Christopher Chivvis.
Reincarnation struggle begins as demure government gathering ends

2 months ago | thechinaweek.com | Jeremy Goldkorn

This is The China Week, a succinct roundup of what happened in the world’s other superpower in the last week. The China Week is free for the next few weeks—subscribe here if this was forwarded to you. —Jeremy GoldkornChina's annual political gathering—the Two Sessions—closed today after a week and a half of drama-free assurances from the government on China’s future. These are the key signals from various reports and speeches: This year’s GDP growth target is around 5%.
How to loot a country: Lessons for the U.S. from South Africa

Feb 28, 2025 | rhymingchaos.com | Jeremy Goldkorn

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:03:59Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Richard Poplak is an author, investigative journalist, and filmmaker based Johannesburg, South Africa. Much of his work has focused on corruption, and especially state capture, which refers to business people using their influence over government officials to appropriate government decision-making for their own profit.
China slices salami in the Pacific

Feb 25, 2025 | thechinaweek.com | Jeremy Goldkorn

This is The China Week, a succinct roundup of what you need to know to stay informed about the world’s other superpower. Each newsletter summarizes the most important stories of the previous seven days, with analysis or comment where suitable. The newsletter is free for the next few weeks—subscribe here if this was forwarded to you. I’ll also link to noteworthy China stories and podcasts that are not newsy, including articles I worked on or edited.
How to commit a self-coup, in the U.S. and in China, with Geremie Barmé

Feb 20, 2025 | goldkorn.world | Jeremy Goldkorn

Geremie R. Barmé is a Sinologist, historian, filmmaker, translator, and author of a shelf of books on China. In 1974, in the dying days of the Cultural Revolution, he went to China as a student and occasional farm laborer. He has studied both the ancient and modern history of the country, and observed firsthand momentous changes from the death of Mao to the rise of Xi Jinping.
How to commit a self-coup, in the U.S. and in China, with Geremie Barmé

Feb 20, 2025 | goldkorn.substack.com | Jeremy Goldkorn

Geremie R. Barmé is a Sinologist, historian, filmmaker, translator, and author of a shelf of books on China. In 1974, in the dying days of the Cultural Revolution, he went to China as a student and occasional farm laborer. He has studied both the ancient and modern history of the country, and observed firsthand momentous changes from the death of Mao to the rise of Xi Jinping.