Jeremiah Jenne
@JeremiahJenne
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Writer. Traveler. History Ph.D. Co-host of the Barbarians at the Gate Podcast. Short Bio: Birth. School. Work. More School. China. The World.
Geneva, Switzerland
Joined August 2008
@alexludoboyd of @chinabksreview joins me on a special crossover episode of Barbarians at the Gate to discuss Vikram Seth's 1983 travelogue, From Heaven Lake.
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November 13, 1760: Birthday of The Jiaqing Emperor. Inherited bloated bureaucracy, several rebellions, rampant corruption, and his dad's "close friend" Heshen. Tried reform and got "the beginning of the end" label for his trouble. We historians can be picky bastards, can't we?
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Read @jeremiahjenne's latest Archive Pick, "From Heaven Lake," a travelogue by the acclaimed Indian novelist Vikram Seth's recounting his overland journey from Nanjing to New Delhi via Tibet in 1981: https://t.co/3NgvUVuseu
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My latest for the @chinabksreview
Before he became an award-winning novelist, the Indian writer Vikram Seth was an exchange student in China. In the 1980s, he traveled overland from Beijing to Delhi. Read @JeremiahJenne's latest Archive Pick, a travelogue recounting Seth's extraordinary journey across China at
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We've updated our monthly list of bestselling China books with the October 2025 bestsellers! BREAKNECK tops the list for the third month in a row, with APPLE IN CHINA hot on its heels. Tech in China books overtaking the Red-Scare books recently, although RED TIDE in fifth place
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Nominate up to three titles for the 2025 Baifang Schell Book Prize: https://t.co/OJYKvvIdx7 The nomination period is open from November 1 - December 15 (midnight). Last year the jury selected at the "Edge of Empire" by Edward Wong as the winner in Nonfiction and "Taiwan
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In this week’s Compass Dispatch, your correspondent visits the Swiss Alps and ponders the relationship between mountains and the people who climb them. Also cocoa. Lots of cocoa.
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This is sad indeed. A hopeful "space" opens up for unstructured cross-cultural congeniality, and the powers-that-be squelch it.
The Xiaohongshu-for-foreigners bubble has burst🎈💨Ten months after the “TikTok refugee” hype, when thousands of Americans flocked to RedNote, the app now seems riddled with new loopholes: accounts are being flagged as “security risks” for no reason, and users must submit foreign
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friends, come to JF Books in Dupont tomorrow at 6pm! Learn about indy Chinese film from the inestimable Karen Ma; I'm honored to be moderating. English & Chinese language hybrid. Lot's to discuss: Hao Jie! Huang Ji! Xin Yukun!
#JFSALON #RSPV China’s Millennial Digital Generation 11/6 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm RSVP: https://t.co/TFybqIn5Jz China’s rapid urbanization and booming economy have long dominated its mainstream cinema. But a new generation of regional filmmakers is shifting the lens toward a
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After one of my last walking tours in Geneva, a guest told me that she really enjoyed the walk because I “didn’t quiz the guests.” I know what she meant, and it’s a peeve of mine as well. Let me explain.
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Moving sucks. Being evicted is worse. On November 5, 1924, the last emperor of China, Puyi, was evicted from the Forbidden City. Although he hadn’t been emperor since 1912, Puyi had been allowed to live in his family’s old palace.
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In this archival edition of Barbarians at the Gate, we examine the 1860 destruction of the Old Summer Palace in Beijing and how history and narrative are used and misused today.
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On October 28, 1420, the Yongle Emperor officially designated Beijing as the primary capital of the Ming Dynasty, replacing Nanjing, following completion of the Forbidden City. #forbiddencity #beijing #mingdynasty #chinesehistory
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From friend - current US in late Qing malaise Flooded with opioids Closed to foreign trade Navy rotten to the core Government in paralysis Misuse of military funding Governors ignoring central orders Throwing birthday parties for the emperor Fixing up imperial gardens
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On the latest episode of Barbarians at the Gate, we look at the 15th-century voyages of the Chinese admiral Zheng He. It’s giraffes, medieval globalization, and some counterfactuals about what might have been if Zheng He had decided Europe was worth the trip.
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Although Tua to the Jets for a "fresh start" would also be high comedy, and likely the sad piano final act in the 30-for-30 what-might-have-been autopsy of Tua's career.
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