Murong Xuecun

Oct 7, 2024 | journals.sagepub.com | Murong Xuecun

The West shouldn’t worry too much about Chinese technological progress, writes MURONG XUECUN, because politics is stifling new thought“ I‘VE BEEN TEACHING mathematics for half my life and never thought I’d see something like this,” said Mr Liu (who doesn’t want us to publish his full name).

Apr 19, 2023 | askbygeeks.com | Murong Xuecun |TeamAskby Geeks

IDuring a week in December last year, five members of Guan Yao’s family in Beijing, including his father, father-in-law and grandmother, died one after another. When interviewed by reporters, Guan, who lives in California, seemed powerless and frustrated. Yet — for reasons anyone from China can understand — he chose his words carefully.

Apr 18, 2023 | theguardian.com | Murong Xuecun

In one week last December, five members of Guan Yao’s family in Beijing died, including his father, his father-in-law and his grandmother. In an interview with a journalist, Guan, who lives in California, appeared powerless and dejected. Yet – for reasons that anyone from China understands – he chose his words carefully. Avoiding directly mentioning the Chinese government, he referred only to an ambiguous “them”.

Mar 17, 2023 | lithub.com | Murong Xuecun

Murong Xuecun on the Dangerous Intersection of Deceit, Technology, and Totalitarianism By the time the US edition of Deadly Quiet City: True Stories from Wuhan arrives in the bookstores, the world will have returned to some semblance of normality. Most people will be able to walk the streets, go to work, study, and visit relatives without the constant fear of COVID-19. The only exception will be China. A country of over 1.3 billion people will have suffered under rolling lockdowns for over...

Jan 24, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Patti McCracken |Murong Xuecun |Paco Calvo

Christina Sharpe. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $35 (392p) ISBN 978-0-374-60448-6Sharpe (In the Wake), a Black studies professor at York University, Toronto, lays bare the brutality of anti-Black racism through 248 brief “notes” on history, art, and her personal life in this poignant and genre-defying triumph.