https://booksandideas.net// Books & Ideas is the English-language mirror website of La Vie des Idées, a free online journal which has gained a large readership and established itself in France as a major place for intellectual debate since 2007. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://booksandideas.net/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH68/siteon0-04014.png?1675949311 https://booksandideas.net// 68 144 https://booksandideas.net/interview-with-Thomas-Heberer https://booksandideas.net/interview-with-Thomas-Heberer 2022-10-19T08:00:00Z text/html en Anna Shpakovskaya International China Russia <p>Conducting free and long-term research on China and collaboration with Chinese researchers is crucial to understanding the second world power. German China scholar Thomas Heberer shares his insights into China's complex relationship with Russia, the repression of the Uyghurs, entrepreneurs and the social credit system.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Life-and-Survival-in-Wuhan https://booksandideas.net/Life-and-Survival-in-Wuhan 2020-12-28T08:00:00Z text/html en Simeng Wang Society International China globalisation city people epidemic lockdown <p>This article presents a portrait of the city of Wuhan, which has been at the center of the news since the appearance of Covid-19, and discusses the experience of lockdown as recounted by its ordinary inhabitants, mixing suffering, despair, indignation and spirit of solidarity.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Speech-and-Sense-of-Justness-in-China https://booksandideas.net/Speech-and-Sense-of-Justness-in-China 2020-11-09T08:00:00Z text/html en Émilie Frenkiel International democracy China freedom of speech Text Interviews dictatorship <p>According to Isabelle Thireau, there is a political realm in authoritarian regimes, where citizens voice their expectations and evaluate the legitimacy of decisions, public policies and leaders, thus contributing to the assessment of what is acceptable and what is good government.</p> https://booksandideas.net/How-China-Governs https://booksandideas.net/How-China-Governs 2020-08-03T07:00:00Z text/html en Editorial Team International democracy China governance digital intellectual history pandemic Covid-19 <p><i>Books & Ideas</i> is slowing down for the summer and will be offering weekly selections of reviews and essays published over the last year. This week's selection focuses on China today, its uses of digital technologies to govern, and the political theories developed by its intellectuals.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Working-in-China-in-the-Covid-19-Era https://booksandideas.net/Working-in-China-in-the-Covid-19-Era 2020-05-25T07:00:00Z text/html en Gilles Guiheux & Ye Guo & Renyou Hou & Manon Laurent & Jun Li & Anne-Valérie Ruinet International China health labour epidemic <p>China managed to maintain a certain amount of economic activity during the lockdown, but at what cost and under what conditions? This article highlights the regime's use of the media alongside the political and market logics specific to China.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Taiwan-s-Energy-Security-Challenges https://booksandideas.net/Taiwan-s-Energy-Security-Challenges 2020-05-14T07:00:00Z text/html en Floriano Filho International China energy Taiwan sustainibility Books and ideas originals <p>Taiwan faces multiple energy security challenges. While the relationship with mainland China is a difficult one, the island almost exclusively relies on imports. To cope with international political instability, the Taiwanese energy policy has been under continuous revision and updating.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Governing-by-Technology-in-China https://booksandideas.net/Governing-by-Technology-in-China 2020-05-11T07:00:00Z text/html en Émilie Frenkiel International China internet technology digital Books and ideas originals observation <p>Chinese society has been thoroughly transformed by digital tools, which private companies have developed for people to shop, chat, entertain themselves. The central and local governments have tried to keep up to date. Jesper Schlæger explains the intricacies of Chinese eGovernment.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Fortunetellers-and-Teahouse-Workers https://booksandideas.net/Fortunetellers-and-Teahouse-Workers 2020-04-09T07:00:00Z text/html en Di Wang International China labour history working class ethnography migration Books and ideas originals rural <p>Is there a better way than drinking tea and chatting in a local teahouse to get a sense of everyday life in Sichuan's capital city? A historian of Chengdu and tea culture explains the role of teahouses in public life and the business opportunities they offer to migrant workers.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Chinese-Intellectuals-Speak-to-the-World https://booksandideas.net/Chinese-Intellectuals-Speak-to-the-World 2020-03-09T08:00:00Z text/html en Émilie Frenkiel China internet Video Interviews freedom of speech political science intellectual history <p>With China's regained power on the world stage, making accessible and studying the way intellectuals reflect on their country and contribute to the global conversation has become indispensable.</p> https://booksandideas.net/Free-from-Politics https://booksandideas.net/Free-from-Politics 2019-09-30T07:00:00Z text/html en Nolwenn Salmon International China environmentalism political regime press censorship Books and ideas originals <p>This study of China's environmental journalists gives us an insight into the way they navigate the constraints of the Chinese media and their way of conceiving of politics, professionalism and their role as journalists.</p>