James Palmer
Contributor
Forced Disappearances, Brutality, and Communist China's Politics of Fear
On paper, shuanggui is a disciplinary system within the Chinese Communist Party; in practice it’s a vast, brutal, extra-legal interrogative system into which suspects disappear for weeks or months at a time.
Booze, Sex, and the Dark Art of Dealmaking in China
Alcohol, food, and sex are fun. But in China, the culture of banquet and brothel has become largely joyless, a business tool chiefly directed at transactional relationships with other men.
