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Learn to Love Engineers | Los Angeles Review of Books New books by Dan Wang and Hu Anyan depict ‘both the achievements and the costs of China’s technological rise,’ and why Americans should take note.

"If Breakneck allows Western readers to understand how China engineers the future from a familiar and safe perspective, then reading Hu’s account reveals how a gifted storyteller—an unfortunate everyman—becomes pinned to China’s ground, unable to escape." — @afrawang.bsky.social

Yi-Ling Liu: China’s Internet Censorship Register now to hear Yi-Ling Liu talk about this transformational chapter of China’s modern history, and the individuals who shaped it, from entrepreneurs to activists, bloggers to artists.

On February 5, join @yilingliu85.bsky.social and @afrawang.bsky.social to discuss the recent history of censorship on the Chinese internet, how its users elude surveillance to talk (somewhat) freely within the Great Firewall, and Liu's new book, "The Wall Dancers."

23 Ways You’re Already Living in the Chinese Century The robotics explosion. The energy revolution. The cultural takeover. It’s everything you wanted for the United States—but done better in China.

Beyond excited to have @wired.com's new magazine entirely dedicated to one of the biggest issues in our lives: how to understand China's rise and rise and rise.

Humanoid robots, EV batteries, cleansing crystals, AI boyfriends, gene-editing... Something made in China is already changing your life.

Learn to Love Engineers | Los Angeles Review of Books New books by Dan Wang and Hu Anyan depict ‘both the achievements and the costs of China’s technological rise,’ and why Americans should take note.

Spirited and wind ranging review of Breakneck & I Deliver Parcels in Beijing, in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social by @afrawang.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/chin... cc @yilingliu95.bsky.social @joshchin.bsky.social @nuvoices.bsky.social

Learn to Love Engineers | Los Angeles Review of Books New books by Dan Wang and Hu Anyan depict ‘both the achievements and the costs of China’s technological rise,’ and why Americans should take note.

Spirited and wide ranging review of the @wwnorton.com book Breakneck & Jack Hargreaves's translation of Hu Anyan's I Deliver Parcels in Beijing (cc @wwborders.bsky.social ), in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
/review by @afrawang.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/chin...

Looking forward to being back at Stanford on December 2 for this very special event, on a program about Chinese typewriters, Lin Yutang, and all sorts of related issues with @tsmullaney.bsky.social @yangyangcheng.bsky.social & other special people cc @afrawang.bsky.social @koxinga.bsky.social

The China Tech Canon—Asterisk How does the *paideía* of the Chinese tech elite differ from their counterparts in Silicon Valley?

Interesting piece on the influence of Silicon Valley's organic intellectuals on the Chinese tech scene. asteriskmag.com/issues/12-bo...

A group of high-profile writers is launching a new magazine called Equator “to challenge the reigning assumption that global events should be narrated by and for the West,” according to a description shared with Semafor. Its founding team includes Pankaj Mishra, Mohsin Hamid, Nesrine Malik, Samanth Subramanian, and Suzy Hansen, with editing by Guardian long reads creator Jonathan Shainin. “In a post-American era, the task of a new magazine is to engage the rich variety of this historical moment on its own terms, without compulsively asking ‘What does it mean for the US?’” the nonprofit outlet, which is primarily based in London, will ask.

Our new magazine, Equator, is officially out in the world — and here @equatormag.bsky.social
Sign up for preview emails, donate, and get tickets to our launch event in London: equator.org

New ‘post-American’ global magazine to launch Equator will “challenge the reigning assumption that global events should be narrated by and for the West.”

www.semafor.com/article/09/1...

YouTube video by Hoover Institution The Milk Tea Alliance: Inside Asia's Struggle Against Autocracy And Beijing | Hoover Institution

Last week, I did two events, one at Stanford hosted by the Hoover Institution, the other at San Francisco's @cwclub.bsky.social in cooperation w/ @dissentmag.bsky.social /video of one and audio of the other are now up online: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfZ2... & www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archi...

👇 @afrawang.bsky.social @gwbstr.com @koxinga.bsky.social

Hi Natalie, I pitched a piece about China and sent it to your inbox.

👇 @afrawang.bsky.social @tsmullaney.bsky.social

Pleased by the lively & varied collection of friends who began arriving to chat after I took the photo: @chinarhyming.bsky.social Isabel Hilton Ed Pulford @afrawang.bsky.social Jeffrey Ngo Lijia Zhang Harriet Evans + soon to graduate history major Pan Siripark (who nicely came in from Cambridge)

👇 Today, in person, in London, talking about Orwell & China w/ @isabelh.bsky.social & Cindy Yu (our 3rd event as a trio, after 2 for Cindy's "Chinese Whispers" podcast, on protests www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/echo... & on the Qing (recorded in the British Museum) www.spectator.co.uk/podcast/did-...

Thank you, Jeff! I just saw this post and I am feeling very encouraged. I’m always so grateful for you.

The People's Republic of China is a rare example of a "Big Brother" state where Orwell's work is widely read.

So, what *does* Orwell mean in China?

Join us live in London with @jwassers.bsky.social, @isabelh.bsky.social and Cindy Yu.

www.orwellfestival.co.uk/booking/p/ch...

Very proud of my former undergrad student @afrawang.bsky.social —who keeps doing new things & doing them well (& with style), from her work with the Loud Murmers podcast to this substack (excerpts below) afraw.substack.com/p/the-clock-...

Youth Activism in Asia from the 1980s to the 2020s: Repeated Patterns and Dramatic Developments | Luther College Asian youths have been at the forefront of democratic movements for decades. This talk highlights the dramatic demonstrations of the […]

I have a new book due out June 10 on protest & repression in HK and SE Asia, & I'm doing a lot of events related to the themes in April, in NYC, Boston, Minneapolis, at Pomona, &, for the 1st time, @ Luther College, Iowa, 2 events there www.luther.edu/event/youth-... & www.luther.edu/event/studen...

DeepSeek and Tencent Bundle: Explained DeepSeek is accelerating China's AI scene on the ground 🌍 the most radical integration in AI is not what Sam Altman thought?

One of the best ways to understand DeepSeek via @afrawang.bsky.social

The way we understand DeepSeek has to have some insider insights to fully make sense and here are observations to support that realization:

DeepSeek's rapid adoption is highly symbolic.

www.ai-supremacy.com/p/deepseek-a...

Emily Feng on Identity in Xi Jinping's China

Don't miss our upcoming book talk with NPR correspondent Emily Feng, discussing her book "Let Only Red Flowers Bloom," identity in Xi Jinping's China, and her own journey as a journalist – in conversation with China Books Review editor Alec Ash. Register now to secure your seat!
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d/acc, one year later:

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Reposting this post of mine from 1.5 years ago... I still find this fascinating

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Bluesky has passed 21M users.

Interesting to see the recent spike in activity over here. I have been around for a few such waves over on Farcaster, curious to see how it plays out over here.

合抱之木，生于毫末；九层之台，起于累土；千里之行，始于足下。

The plight of decentralized social networks echoes the plight of decentralized identity - and the plight of linking an ETH address to a real human.

Dwebbing

Proposed categorization of the Three Great Tribes of Health/Longevity:

Steak, Kale, Metformin

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