Lei Feng is reported to have died in a freak accident in 1962 - struck by a falling telephone pole. Evan Osnos accidentdiefall Change image and share on social
To my surprise, the more I searched about Qi Xiangfu, the more I found of a life lived partly online. He once wrote a short memoir in which he described himself in the third person, with the formality usually reserved for China's most famous writers. Evan Osnos chinafamousfind share on social
When Libya was in turmoil in 2011, the Chinese public was surprised to discover that more than thirty thousand of their countrymen were living there, most of them working on Chinese-run oil projects. Evan Osnos chinesecountrymandiscover Change image and share on social
Walking, it turns out, is a sublime way to get to know people in China. They're used to meeting strangers on the road. Many here understand what it feels like to walk a long way. Evan Osnos chinafeltlong Change image and share on social
Valuing the road over the goal was a Taoist goal in itself. Evan Osnos goalroadtaoist Change image and 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
Being in a Chinese coal mine for 30 years is like an epic novel. It's tragic. Evan Osnos chinesecoalepic Change image and share on social
The problem is that in order to publish a book in mainland China, you have to agree to be subject to censorship. That's the nature of the system. I don't challenge that system on its face. It's their system. But as an author, I have a choice to make whether I'll participate or I won't. Evan Osnos agreeauthorbook 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
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