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China Taxicab Chronicles 4: Mr. Liang, Future Beef Pot Boss
Learning about north Guangdong beef clay pot and why Shanghai is bad, bad, bad!
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China Taxicab Chronicles 3: Diligent Mr. Wang
Thoughtful lessons from my driver about rural hukous, electric vehicles, and tea cultivation
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March 2024

China Taxicab Chronicles 2: Fly With Nezha
Can my chatty driver get me to the airport on time with the help of a Chinese deity?
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What's China's True Urbanization Rate?
Probably lower than what the statisticians say!
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November 2023

China Taxicab Chronicles 1: Mr. Yang the Family Man
Mr. Yang in Nanning shares his consumption habits and worldview as a family man in this economy
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David Fishman
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July 2023

The perfect weekend getaway: Escaping Shanghai to cool, green Moganshan
Plus, an ode to coffee, guns, country living, hunting, and sticking it to the man
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June 2023

How To Understand the Provinces, Prefectures, Counties and Towns of China (Part 1)
A practical and straightforward guide to China's administrative tiers (with examples)
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May 2023

Ruili: The most locked-down city in China
How are things going these days in China's unluckiest pandemic battleground?
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When Mainstream Success Trumps Scholarly Integrity: The Frustrating Case of Frank Dikötter
Depressingly, although not surprisingly, this China historian continues to rake in book sales, despite the consistently poor academic response to his…
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Life is a Highway: The Long and Winding Road to Poverty Alleviation
Are highways the unsung heroes of China's poverty alleviation campaign? Is it too much to use two road-related song metaphors in one title? These, and…
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November 2022

How Similar are Rural Maine and Rural China? (Part II)
In which I interview a Senator, score some juicy (?) quotes, and try to have a Thoughtful Conclusion
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October 2022

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