During World War II, Shanghai became an unlikely haven for thousands of European Jewish refugees and other foreigners fleeing persecution. The city’s unique status as an open port (requiring no visa for entry into...

Before my diachronic ethnography of Gaoluo village was published, I surveyed the modern fortunes of amateur village ritual associations on the Hebei plain south of Beijing in “Ritual music un…

Demoiselle Dragon, Xiaolongnü 小龙女 [xiǎolóngnǚ], est l’un des personnages féminins les plus emblématiques de la littérature d’arts martiaux chinoise, imaginée par le célèbre écrivain Jinyong dans so…

Shujiawan Catholic Church, located in the hills of Jintang County near Chengdu, was originally built in 1772 by French missionaries, making it one of the oldest Catholic churches in western Sichuan…