
Essay · 2 min · EN
The Soul of Beijing
Among multilingual stone inscriptions, enduring communities and surviving hutongs, a return to Beijing reveals a city still bound to its past.
Writing
Essays, field notes and research by Noam Backner on China, Inner Asia, Buddhism, the Silk Roads, food, agriculture and the lived experience of place.

Essay · 2 min · EN
Among multilingual stone inscriptions, enduring communities and surviving hutongs, a return to Beijing reveals a city still bound to its past.

Essay · 5 min · EN
Chinese craft videos offer a polished pastoral fantasy, but also a window onto rural memory, urban longing, and the revival of traditional skills.