Sonya's Essays on China
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In Search of Leisure in Dali
Everyone seemed to have come to Dali (大理) to slow down. Yet on our first evening there, nobody seemed to have time.
Our taxi slowed to a crawl several streets away from the old town. Cars, scooters and pedestrians squeezed through the same...
Take a Step Back, Look Backward
Since I started writing on Substack last year, I have found myself paying much closer attention to English-language writing and reporting about China. Perhaps I am simply noticing more of it now. But it also feels true that China’s technolo...
China's Platform Economy Is at a Turning Point
When I think back, my university years in Hangzhou between 2013 and 2017 feel like a golden age of China's platform economy (平台经济). It was also a great time to be a consumer like me—curious, eager to try new things, but highly price-sensiti...
From Fragmentation to Coordination
What Happens to the “Super” in the Age of AI?
Last week, I met a friend who was seriously thinking about building a super app — something closer in spirit to WeChat than to yet another Western productivity app.
My first reaction was no...
Nine Years Later: At the Chinese New Year Gala (春晚), Robots Took the Stage — and I Went Home to Lie Flat
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I had not spent Chinese New Year (春节) at home since 2017, the year I left for graduate school in the United States.
Nin...
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A Hangzhou girl in London, I write about the Hangzhou and China I rediscover — tech / business trends, travels, and stories of the people.
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