Kaiser Kuo

1/ A quick word from me — not a promo, but a personal note.

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This is an excellent essay that lays out clearly the security dilemma that major states have found themselves in, here in this era of chokepoints and Mutually Assured Disruption. Great overview. foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

Pronouns are back so let us not forget that the new chief of staff’s pronouns are he/Himmler.

Something different on the @SinicaPodcast this week: I carried a recorder around Beijing for a weekend to my usual haunts and chatted with various friends and acquaintances about the city, about change, the economy, and more. 👇

Sitting in my fave work café in Beijing and a guy walks up to introduce himself, tell me he loved my work with Tang Dynasty and Chunqiu, and gives me his grindcore band's EP. Get a load of the name: Rectal Wench. Alas, no CD player. Will check Spotify & YT.