In the 1960s, he was among the first Westerners allowed into the country, and for decades he helped the rest of the world understand it. By Clay Risen Ross Terrill, a political scientist and ...
An old China hand, Ross Terrill's latest book puts together stories of his encounters with Chinese leaders and laymen over half a century. Du Guodong reports Ross Terrill fondly remembers his ...
Ross Terrill’s argument goes something like this: China is not a modern state. It has been unable to escape its heritage of empire and authoritarian political systems. The revolution against the Qing ...
Experienced China-watcher Terrill (Mao: A Biography) has viewed with a skeptical eye China's emergence as a major player in the international community. In this rather one-sided view of China's future ...
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. HAMISH ROBERTSON: The official visit to Australia this weekend of the Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, will ...
Author Ross Terrill discusses the government’s efforts to present a happy face (which speaks good English) for the Olympics and argues for depoliticization of the 2008 Games: The penalty for ...
In the New York Times, Ross Terrill writes about the complexities of economic reform in China: China’s advance toward global economic pre-eminence appears irresistible. Having recently surpassed ...