Selected clippings of Ash's magazine and newspaper articles:
China's New Nationalism – The Wire China
Hong Kong's Brave Front – The Spectator
The Fantastic Truth About China – New York Review of Books
Chinese Artists Are Avoiding Political Art - The Atlantic
Orphans of Progress – 1843 magazine
The Toughest Exam in the World – the Guardian
China's New Youth – Dissent
Labyrinths of Memory – Asia Literary Review
Out of Tibet – the Anthill
China's World Cup Football Ambitions - Sunday Times
What China Thinks of the North Korea Deal - Sunday Times
China's Tech Revolution and Silicon Valley - The Atlantic
Christmas with Migrants in Beijing - LARB China Channel
China's Power Parade at 19th Party Congress - Sunday Times
Singing for Democracy in Hong Kong - LARB blog
China's '1984' algorithm: social credit system - Sunday Times
How the rise of a liberal generation is changing China - Vox
Folding Meanings (Chinese sci-fi) – 1843
Escape from Beijing – 1843
China's tourists spread their wings – Sunday Times
Love and Christmas for China's singles – Sunday Times
A New Han Dynasty – Standpoint
Live streaming in China – The Economist
Shanghai Disneyland – LARB blog
The Chinese Game of Thrones – 1843
Exterminate the foreign names – The Economist
I Ran a Marathon in Pyongyang – PRI's The World
Wham, Bam, Tantan – 1843 (on dating apps)
China's Military Parade – Foreign Policy
The Red Guard and the Landlady – LARB blog
The Curse of the Expat Memoir – Beijing Cream
Beijing's Hutong's: Audio Tour – Voice Map
Restive Feelings – LARB blog (from Xinjiang)
Legacy of Youth Protest in China – BBC online
How to Be a Male God – LARB blog
Love, or Nearest Offer – LARB blog
Healthy Words – LRB blog (on Chinese sci fi)
Joking Aside – The Economist
Bare Branches – The Economist
Every Question Counts – Prospect (on the gaokao)
Crystal Meth and Tesco – The Economist
China's Young Conformist – Prospect
Tibetan protests in Tongren – The Economist
The Election That Wasn't – The Economist (Belarus)
Mao to Deng and Back Again – Standpoint
The Last Rant – LARB (review of Ai Weiwei's blog)
Interview with Paul Theroux – Salon
Interview with Ian McEwan – Five Books
Budding Greens – The Economist
China Café: Foreign Students – Prospect
The Touristification of Tibet – Huffington Post
Tiananmen turns Twenty One – Danwei.org
Silence from Chinese Students... – Huffington Post
An NPR Book of the Year
"A talented young observer of today’s China" – Peter Hessler
"A gorgeously written meditation" – Barbara Demick
"Equally tender and insightful" – Yangyang Cheng
"Alive with the complications of truth" – Evan Osnos