Valuing the road over the goal was a Taoist goal in itself. Evan Osnos goalroadtaoist Change image and share on social
In Beijing, the joke among hacks is that, after the drive in from the airport, you are ready to write a column; after a month, you feel the stirrings of an idea-book; but after a year, you struggle to write anything at all, because you've finally discovered just how much you don't know. Evan Osnos airportbeijingbook share on social
There's a tradition in the history of dissent in authoritarian countries of a certain kind of dissident, and their form of dissent is to live their lives as normally as possible. Evan Osnos authoritariancountrydissent Change image and share on social
I've been amazed at how fast and herd-like opinions in the United States are. Evan Osnos amazefasthave Change image and share on social
We binge on instant knowledge, but we are learning the hazards, and readers are warier than they used to be of nanosecond-interpretations of Supreme Court decisions. Evan Osnos bingecourtdecision Change image and share on social
Christianity is permitted under China's constitution, and the government has long supported a network of official Christian churches. Evan Osnos chinachristianchristianity Change image and share on social
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
There's a deep underlying unpredictability to life that is thrilling. In China, my wife would say you go out to buy toilet paper, and you come back, and something interesting or revealing or funny happened on the way. Evan Osnos backbuychina share on social
In 1975, the collapse of a cascade of Chinese dams during a flood killed a hundred and seventy-one thousand people, but the event is rarely discussed, and the names of the victims are largely unrecorded today. Evan Osnos cascadechinesecollapse share on social
In China, inaugurations are frequent affairs, though they have nothing to do with presidents. A news cycle rarely passes without some fanfare over the inaugural ride on a new subway line or the inaugural trip across an unusually large bridge. Evan Osnos affairbridgechina share on social
