Unable to question the government, the Chinese are taking their economic frustrations out on their fellow citizens.

Catching Up I’m back! I had not intended to take September off from writing. It just sort of … happened. My Labor Day vacation rolled into a few especially busy weeks at work, which then rolled into the AAS-in-Asia conference in Pakistan, and then somehow September was over. I’m writing this during a Saturday afternoon layover in the Istanbul airport, where a strong latte and chewy almond cookie are keeping me vertical.

Catching Up I’m back! I had not intended to take September off from writing. It just sort of … happened. My Labor Day vacation rolled into a few especially busy weeks at work, which then rolled into the AAS-in-Asia conference in Pakistan, and then somehow September was over. I’m writing this during a Saturday afternoon layover in the Istanbul airport, where a strong latte and chewy almond cookie are keeping me vertical.

A US scholar made her name as an expert on Nepal’s cultural heritage – while illicitly buying sacred artefacts and smuggling them out to the United States

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Analysis Wednesday 23rd September, 2026

Concrete outcomes are hard to discern, but Xi Jinping will see the treatment he received from Trump as a sign that China is now a peer of the United States.

We’re constantly told that Chinese advances in A.I. would have catastrophic consequences. But the first to innovate is rarely the one who wins.

Liangzhu, a small town near the tech hub Hangzhou, has become a haven for tech workers burnt out by the grind of China’s booming tech industry.

In a clear sign of tightening media control, state broadcasters in China now manage the risk of live interviews even before the camera begins to roll.

For the seventeenth year: Welcome to autumn, fuckheads.

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