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Behind the Lines

Two depictions of the Great War

Rocket Men

It’s going to be a long, long time

When Suppertime Came

We still don’t know why the Fitzgerald went down

James Miller

James Miller is a professor of Chinese studies and the director of the cultural studies interdisciplinary graduate program at Queen’s University in Kingston.

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Rule by Merit

Is China’s political system superior to western democracy? September 2015
It was a typical Beijing scene. I was in a private room in a restaurant having dinner with a handful of academics, the head of a Daoist temple, a rich young businessman, a senior official in the central government, plus the usual coterie of wives, protegés and assistants. The 15-year Maotai was flowing and the boisterous priest was making frequent and extravagant toasts around the…