(This piece is my year in review; here’s my letter from 2022) I.
Walking The trunk of an elephant might feel cool to the touch. Not
what one expects, perhaps, from 200 pounds of writhing muscle...
My 2022 letter will probably be my last. Now I have to devise another
use for this site. Since I’ve just spent a few days in Singapore,
joining various roundtables to discuss China, I thought ...
(This piece is my year in review, this year a bit late; here’s my
letter from 2021) Mountains offer the best hiding places from the
state. There were a lot of state controls to escape from in 2...
(This piece is my year in review; here’s my letter from 2020) I’ve
by now lived in each of China’s main megaregions. It is time to make
assessments. Everything that can go wrong in urban de...
(This piece is my year in review; here’s my letter from 2019) I.
Inspiration It’s difficult to identify a great economic reason to
explore space. There are easier ways to extract minerals, do...
I was one of the luckier ones: After a lunar new year holiday to Rome
and Naples, I returned to Beijing on February 1st. Friends who delayed
traveling back from overseas are facing escalating hur...
(This piece is my year in review; here’s my letter from 2018)
Following the twists and turns of the trade war meant that I had less
time for personal writing this year, so this letter is the on...
