The ghosts of Tiananmen
Two decades after the student uprising was crushed, China's rulers have more to fear from the economic crisis than they do from democratic dissidents
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A Tory communist
Why did Eric Hobsbawm remain loyal to the blood-soaked communist cause for so long? -
The cult of exile
Modern intellectuals should stand up for outcasts. But not by pretending to be outcasts themselves -
China and liberty
Greed and admiration have muted western criticism of Beijing. The author was not allowed to deliver this lecture to Volkswagen employees in Germany -
Christ in China
There are signs of a new religious fever in China. Ten years after Tiananmen, even some of the dissidents exiled in America are finding a new purpose in evangelical Christianity. -
Leaving the Speccie
I was drawn to the Wodehousean world of the Spectator, but its complacency was too much for me -
National success
Successful nation states have been built not on race, but on liberal political institutions and a dominant language or culture. But the EU is not a nation or a state, and is neither democratic nor culturally coherent. We should think twice about abandoning the liberal nation state-the best institution we have -
Endless apologies
Public confessions and apologies are a bad habit imported from undemocratic countries. They should stop -
Cantonese cowboys
Can Hong Kong show China the way forward towards freedom and prosperity? Ian Buruma talks to people in Hong Kong, and over the border in Shenzhen, about the rule of law, Chinese patriotism and doing business -
Smugness at dawn
Ian Buruma is glad to see the back of the Tory government, but he is already grinding his teeth at the sanctimonious nonsense being spouted by his bien pensant friends