We Are All Wall Dancers Now • A conversation with Yi-Ling Liu about "The Wall Dancers," her new book on the Chinese internet. We discussed freedom, control, living within truth, and what happens when the walls rise everywhere

Reading Breakneck from China • How diaspora readers debate China as “engineering state,” America decline, civil society’s collapse, rule of law vs. rule by man, and what it means to leave China but never let go, with remarks by Dan

Story of A Beijing Vibe Coder • From burning through $50,000 in Claude Code tokens per month to building global software products from Beijing apartments—how resource scarcity is creating a new breed of super-individuals in China

The China Tech Canon • How does the paideía of the Chinese tech elite differ from their counterparts in Silicon Valley?

The Room Where AI Happens • A weekend at the Curve conference—an AI insider gathering in Berkeley revealed how people think about AGI timelines, China, creativity, and writing

AI Prophecy from Hangzhou • China's first ASI evangelist, Alibaba's Yunqi Conference, more vibe shift

Topology of "China AI" • On circles, misconceptions, deep infrastructure, founder archetypes, state's role, memes, AGI. A conversation about the topology of China’s AI world for you.

China OS vs. America OS • I had an unfiltered conversation with two tech investor friends who operate in both Silicon Valley and China

Progress in Chinese Urbanism • A conversation about Datong, urban renewal, and finding the future in the past

UK's Progress Ambivalence • I entered the Britain's quiet revolution against technological pessimism

The Clock and the Rocket • Qian Xuesen's America, My Grandmother's China, Wright's California: a story about many forms of technological time travel

The Wink from Tech Billboards • From Elizabeth Holmes's haunting return to AI-jargon and vice-signaling, Bay Area billboards have become a coded language for a tech world in flux.

Dance with AI • my experiences of using AI as an augmented self

DeepSeek and Tencent Bundle: Explained • How is DeepSeek's AI advancement playing out on the ground in China?

China in Flux • A travelogue of my 1-month wanderings through China