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The ghosts of Tiananmen

Ian Buruma — 4th June 2009 — Issue 159

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

Subject: East & Southeast Asia

A Tory communist

Ian Buruma — 20th October 2002 — Issue 79

Why did Eric Hobsbawm remain loyal to the blood-soaked communist cause for so long?

Subject: History & heritage

Islam and the west

Ian Buruma — 20th November 2001 — Issue 68

Is the failure of Islamic states the fault of Islam?

Subject: International politics, Religion

The cult of exile

Ian Buruma — 20th March 2001 — Issue 61

Modern intellectuals should stand up for outcasts. But not by pretending to be outcasts themselves

Subject: Books & literature

China and liberty

Ian Buruma — 20th May 2000 — Issue 52

Greed and admiration have muted western criticism of Beijing. The author was not allowed to deliver this lecture to Volkswagen employees in Germany

Subject: East & Southeast Asia

Christ in China

Ian Buruma — 20th June 1999 — Issue 42

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.

Subject: East & Southeast Asia

Leaving the Speccie

Ian Buruma — 20th April 1999 — Issue 40

I was drawn to the Wodehousean world of the Spectator, but its complacency was too much for me

Subject: British domestic politics

National success

Ian Buruma — 20th December 1998 — Issue 36

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

Subject: East & Southeast Asia, Europe, People & populations

Endless apologies

Ian Buruma — 20th June 1998 — Issue 31

Public confessions and apologies are a bad habit imported from undemocratic countries. They should stop

Subject: History & heritage, Human rights

Cantonese cowboys

Ian Buruma — 20th March 1998 — Issue 28

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

Subject: East & Southeast Asia