Most educated Westerners cannot read China, not from ignorance, but from illiteracy. These are short pieces on the concepts, history, and logic that Western frameworks leave out.
There is a pattern in Western discourse on China that has solidified into something close to a social rule: say anything that does not fit the accepted frame and you get a label. The label does the job that evidence is supposed to do.
Read →Most Western analysis of China focuses on external pressure: tariffs, Taiwan, containment. But China isn't primarily thinking about that. It's thinking about dynasty cycles. A professor at one of China's top universities explained why.
Read →China Literacy
Short reads on what Western frameworks miss about China. One piece every week or two, no travel tips, no spam.
