Jonathan Chatwin
@jmchatwin.bsky.social
Non-fiction writer.
Writes about travel, China, sometimes both simultaneously.
‘The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China’s Future’ (2024).
‘Long Peace Street: A walk in modern China’ (2019)
‘Anywhere Out of the World’ (2012)
Writes about travel, China, sometimes both simultaneously.
‘The Southern Tour: Deng Xiaoping and the Fight for China’s Future’ (2024).
‘Long Peace Street: A walk in modern China’ (2019)
‘Anywhere Out of the World’ (2012)
These are wonderful!
January 31, 2026 at 7:31 AM
These are wonderful!
You’ve just bumped it up my to read list
January 24, 2026 at 8:47 PM
You’ve just bumped it up my to read list
My only association with Purbeck is Hardy: “At Kingsbere-sub-Greenhill: rows and rows of you in your vaults, with your effigies under Purbeck-marble canopies.”
January 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
My only association with Purbeck is Hardy: “At Kingsbere-sub-Greenhill: rows and rows of you in your vaults, with your effigies under Purbeck-marble canopies.”
And what a book that is
January 3, 2026 at 3:55 PM
And what a book that is
After years photographing the war, Sha Fei’s health and mind broke down.
In 1949, while being treated for tuberculosis at the Norman Bethune Hospital in Shijiazhuang, he shot and killed a Japanese doctor.
Executed in 1950, aged 37. His Party membership was posthumously restored in 1986.
In 1949, while being treated for tuberculosis at the Norman Bethune Hospital in Shijiazhuang, he shot and killed a Japanese doctor.
Executed in 1950, aged 37. His Party membership was posthumously restored in 1986.
November 9, 2025 at 7:06 PM
After years photographing the war, Sha Fei’s health and mind broke down.
In 1949, while being treated for tuberculosis at the Norman Bethune Hospital in Shijiazhuang, he shot and killed a Japanese doctor.
Executed in 1950, aged 37. His Party membership was posthumously restored in 1986.
In 1949, while being treated for tuberculosis at the Norman Bethune Hospital in Shijiazhuang, he shot and killed a Japanese doctor.
Executed in 1950, aged 37. His Party membership was posthumously restored in 1986.