Maura Elizabeth Cunningham is a historian and writer living in Shanghai, China. She co-edits the LA Review of Books China Blog and has also written for the Wall Street Journal's China Real Time blog, The TLS, and Dissent magazine. Find out more at her website [link to mauracunningham.org], and follow her on Twitter @mauracunningham.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Driving Toward the Chinese Dream
Golf is prohibited in China, so the party leaders play under fake names and the 100 new golf courses a year are called eco/fitness centers....
Life Goes On: Sheng Keyi’s “Northern Girls”
Sheng's book is a raunchy and provocative account of the lives of "Northern Girls," young women who moved from rural China to the manufacturing boomtowns....
In the Ghetto
Even by the standards of bustling Hong Kong, Chungking Mansions gives new meaning to the word "crowded."...
