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Who Killed Pamela in Peking?

Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China

by Paul French

March 21, 2013 issue

A Master in the Shadows

Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution: Fu Baoshi (1904–1965)

an exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art, October 16, 2011–January 8, 2012, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, January 30–April 29, 2012

April 5, 2012 issue

The Ball and the World

A History of the World in 100 Objects

by Neil MacGregor

December 8, 2011 issue

Kissinger and China

On China

by Henry Kissinger

June 9, 2011 issue

Recharging Chinese Art

The Emperor's Private Paradise: Treasures from the Forbidden City

an exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, September 14, 2010–January 9, 2011; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, February 3–May 1, 2011; and the Milwaukee Art Museum, June 11–September 12, 2011.

Fresh Ink: Ten Takes on Chinese Tradition

an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, November 20, 2010–February 13, 2011.

Contemporary Chinese Art: Primary Documents

edited by Wu Hung, with Peggy Wang

April 28, 2011 issue

The Question of Pearl Buck

Pearl Buck in China: Journey to The Good Earth

by Hilary Spurling

October 14, 2010 issue

The Triumph of Madame Chiang

The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China

by Hannah Pakula

February 25, 2010 issue

Specters of a Chinese Master

Eccentric Visions: The Worlds of Luo Ping (1733–1799)

an exhibition at the Museum Rietberg, Zurich, April 9–July 12, 2009; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, October 6, 2009– January 10, 2010

December 3, 2009 issue