By the Nineties, so many people were moonlighting and creating their own professional identities that China generated a brisk new business in the printing of business cards. Evan Osnos briskbusinesscard Change image and share on social
Disclosure and transparency are the currency of the Internet, and they are at odds with authoritarianism. Evan Osnos authoritarianismcurrencydisclosure Change image and share on social
China's Communist Party is wary of independent-minded movements. Evan Osnos chinacommunistindependent Change image and share on social
The Beijing government avidly asserts its control over matters of reincarnation as a way of securing the loyalty and political complexion of influential Tibetan figures. Evan Osnos assertavidlybeijing Change image and share on social
China doesn't have a single leader. It has - a first among equals is the president, and his name will probably be Xi Jinping, almost certainly. Evan Osnos chinaequaljinping Change image and share on social
Donald Trump has a mantra of despair, of loss. He says we don't have victories anymore. We used to have victories, but we don't. And he says the American dream is dead. Evan Osnos americananymoredead Change image and share on social
I didn't expect to find much visible trace of the American war in Vietnam. The Vietnamese are too hard-bitten to dwell on it, and they've sanded away all but the outcroppings of history - the museums, the memorials. Evan Osnos americanbitedwell share on social
As a student in Beijing in 1996, I sometimes marveled at the sheer obscurity of the movies that somehow made it onto pirated discs in China. Evan Osnos beijingchinadisc Change image and share on social
If you go back all the way to the 1920s, filmmakers in Hollywood changed the identity of villains from German to Russian. Evan Osnos 1920sbackchange Change image and share on social
Confucius - or Kongzi, which means Master Kong - was not born to power, but his idiosyncrasies and ideas made him the Zelig of the Chinese classics. Evan Osnos bearchineseclassic Change image and share on social