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Everybody is sharing their favorite Dolly clips. This is one of mine, of her singing harmony with Doc Watson in a backstage rehearsal. Two giants of American m… 25 Aug
This is terrible, Chris was one of the greats 20 Aug Quoting@anthonytedAcross 3 decades, Chris Bodeen was always pushing me to learn more about China, to understand it better, to dig deeper. His loss, far too e…
“Zhu shored up state power instead of letting it go” is the correct take on his legacy 12 Aug Quoting@JChengWSJZhu Rongji, Engineer of China’s Economic Overhaul, Dies at 97—The former premier steered China toward Western market principles and champio…
Sadly American culture has become more humorless since this was written 12 Aug Quoting@McReynoldsJoe@Noahpinion Evergreen -- the US military's 1943 manual for soldiers headed to China:
The Sanxingdui relics are some of the most beautiful and amazing ancient artifacts in the world, very much worth seeing in person 10 Aug Quoting@JChengWSJA Lost Civilization Is Baffling Experts and Rewriting China’s Origin Story—The otherworldly beasts and enigmatic masks of Sanxingdui still…
“Trump tuba tariffs” is such a gift to headline writers 9 Aug Quoting@scottlincicomeAlso, LOL
Li Daokui's comments are important because there are so few domestic voices in China stating what (I think) is the obvious truth about the economy: the main pr… 6 Aug
Just listened to this last night, it’s a great record (if not quite at the exalted level of the original Sangam album). Charles Lloyd and Zakir Hussain made on… 6 Aug Quoting@bluenoterecords.@CharlesLloydSax "Sangam & Friends" reviewed by Larry Blumenfeld in The Wall Street Journal! "With 'Sangam & Friends' Mr. Lloyd celebrates…
Real talk about the exchange rate 1 Aug
A great list, and not just because my friends are on it 30 Jul Quoting@CundillPrizeWe're excited to announce the exceptional 15 titles chosen for the 2026 #CundillHistoryPrize longlist! Read the full list here: https://t.c…
A lot of the discussion about the depreciation of/undervaluation of China's real effective exchange rate takes for granted that this is about the currency. Aft… 29 Jul
Excellent piece, very clear and accurate. Just what I've been saying! China's weak real effective exchange rate is a consequence of bad domestic macro policies… 28 Jul Quoting@GitaGopinathThe Chinese yuan is no doubt undervalued. But demanding that China revalue the yuan gets both the diagnosis and the cure wrong. Our piece,…
A promising pairing of authors and subject: Christopher Priest, the British author of mind-bending fictions, finished most of a biography of JG Ballard, anothe… 19 Jul Quoting@LAReviewofBooks"'The Illuminated Man' seeks to trace out the roots of Ballard’s visionary fiction in his life, without reducing the former to the latter."…
Waiting for someone to dig up the UK statements protesting Chinese nationalizations in 1956 18 Jul Quoting@ReutersChinaChina's Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that it would closely monitor the United Kingdom's nationalisation of Chinese steelmaker-owned Br…
Dongbei culture is the best culture 1 Jul Quoting@EmilyZFengA belated piece on China - on the wonderful, colorful, humorous culture of the northeast (or Dongbei, in Mandarin) and why it’s taken off a…
The best music I heard in 2025 28 Dec 2025
The best books I read in 2025 17 Dec 2025
China bows to de-industrialization 23 Nov 2025
Exams are everything in China 19 Oct 2025
First explorations in Indian classical music 12 Oct 2025
Historical trajectories of local government in India and China 29 Aug 2025
Who believes in China’s output gap? 13 Aug 2025
Readings on India 5 Aug 2025
India and the invidious comparison with China 28 Jul 2025