Because it kicks the can down the road

The alarming rise of random violence in China

Hint: it is someone, whom you probably have never heard of, who might have played a role in China’s AI takeoff

The puzzle is not why China exports cars but why it is still exporting t-shirts

There is a lot of criticism of Trump for what he got or didn’t get from the summit—lack of clarity and specifics on trade deals and a rather ominous signal on Taiwan.

A short excerpt from my 2023 book

The Chinese economy runs on labor exploitation.

An excerpt from my 2023 book, The Rise and Fall of the EAST, pp. 294-297

This is my first substack.

China now is in a full-blown demographic crisis.

The story of China is not just the story of one nation. It is the story of a large chunk of humanity — at times a quarter of our species. And for better or worse, it is the story that is now shaping t...

Yasheng Huang urges the party to adopt a long-term strategy aimed at discrediting the MAGA ideology once and for all.