Alec Ash
Writing about China. Editor, ChinaBooksReview.com. Senior fellow, Asia Society. Author, ‘Wish Lanterns’ and ‘The Mountains Are High’. alecash.net
- Read my translation of Fei Dao's sci-fi story "The Storytelling Robot" (plus a Q&A with the author) @chinabooksreview.com chinabooksreview.com/2025/09/18/s...
- Last chance to register to listen to @danwwang talking about Chinese Engineers vs. US Lawyers and his NYT bestselling book "Breakneck" at @AsiaSocietyNYC tonight, I'm introducing for @chinabksreview! asiasociety.org/center-us-ch...
- Thrilled to be featured in an interview on《大理一年》(Chinese edition of Mtns Are High) for the excellent 界面世界: jiemian.com/article/1322... and first podcast recording in Chinese for 忽左忽右 which was a treat: ximalaya.com/sound/909478...
- This was a real question in the New York state pre-licensing course quiz to get a driver's license. There was no other information on the page. I'm stuck in the twilight zone.
- A filthy archive pick from Paul French @chinarhyming.bluesky.social chinabooksreview.com/2025/07/22/archive-…
- “You cannot live in the world acting like the world is going to end in five years, even if it is, in fact, going to end in five years,” they said. “You’re just going to go insane.” great piece by @jcbeam www.nytimes.com/2025/07/06/b...
- For those in DC, come next Friday to JF Books to hear me talk about my Dali book (and upcoming Chinese edition of it) with Emily Feng
- "The Chinese typewriter as an exotic impossibility is but one cultural manifestation of the long, charged debate over the relationship between modernity and the Chinese script."https://chinabooksreview.com/2025/04/17/chinese-type/
- Prodigy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TURkB9zqxa0
- Shocking news
- Did you wake up this morning wondering what Pontius Pilate has in common with Mao Zedong? Sure you did! Come to this @asiasocietyny event on Weds to feed the brainworm https://asiasociety.org/center-us-china-relations/events/pontius-pilate-chairman-mao-religion-and-politics
- Reposted by Alec Ash🔔🔔🔔Alert for those in NYC! Don’t miss @alecash.bsky.social's upcoming book talk at @asiasociety.org with @npr.org's @emilyzfeng.bsky.social about her new book “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom” For more info visit: chinabooksreview.com Link to tickets: asiasociety.org/center-us-ch...
- Reposted by Alec AshDon't miss our upcoming book talk with NPR correspondent Emily Feng, discussing her book "Let Only Red Flowers Bloom," identity in Xi Jinping's China, and her own journey as a journalist – in conversation with China Books Review editor Alec Ash. Register now to secure your seat! buff.ly/r73hVTg
- Reposted by Alec AshWe've updated our comprehensive listings of China books! Browse our lists of recent, upcoming and bestselling books, and editor's picks from the pack. RECENT: buff.ly/GoD7XfJ UPCOMING: buff.ly/kXWHeeJ BESTSELLING: buff.ly/LN9brus EDITOR'S PICKS: buff.ly/IGy1mGH
