Yasheng Huang 黄亚生(@YashengHuang):“The American chattering class cares about books on China only if they touch on topics that are really about America. Or if they are easy reads, and better yet combined with sensational claims. (I concede defeat. My books aim to get facts right and inevitably they delve into details and data, two things that are big turnoffs.)”

Yasheng Huang 黄亚生

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Yasheng Huang 黄亚生@YashengHuang

2026.08.20 14:54

“The American chattering class cares about books on China only if they touch on topics that are really about America. Or if they are easy reads, and better yet combined with sensational claims. (I concede defeat. My books aim to get facts right and inevitably they delve into details and data, two things that are big turnoffs.)”