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Fred Gao, Leo, X.PIN, CT Zhao
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A newsletter about Chinese politics, youth culture, economy, and society

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Today, when China and the US list the risks posed by artificial intelligence, they often mean different things. The cognitive frameworks through which the two sides understand risk are not the same.

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Xi in New Delhi

Some of my takes:

Trade

This is a point I find particularly interesting. Xi called for:

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Day Labourers of Majuqiao

For today’s episode, I’d like to introduce a video podcast I recently came across. It features a conversation between Cong Rui’an丛瑞安, a PhD candidate at Tsinghua University whose research focuses on labour conditions, and Liangzi, a Chinese...

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Why Beijing Defends Ancient Greece

In the corner of the Internet, there’s a lot of buying alternative versions of world history. Ancient Greek civilization, in this telling, was forged by Renaissance-era Europeans. Mount Emei in Sichuan is “actually” the prototype of the Alp...

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Xi’s 2026 SCO Agenda

1. The China–Kyrgyzstan–Uzbekistan Railway

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  • Fred Gao

    Newsperson in Beijing and worked for Guancha Net in Shanghai. My opinions are my own. Feel free to contact me by email: [email protected]

  • Leo

    History PhD of George Washington University. A scholar on Cold War. Currently work as a post-doctoral research fellow at East China Normal University.

  • X.PIN

    Decoding China’s tech frontier—AI, robotics, EVs, and more. Based in Hangzhou, China, we’re a small reporting team from a decade old Chinese tech media 差评 (Chaping).

  • CT Zhao

    Impulsive, reckless, and another side of views for Chinese technology. Used to work in Guan Cha and Global Times but my opinions are my own. Now I write tech stories in HangZhou! UwU Feel free to contact me by email: [email protected]

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