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The rice theory suggests that cultures in areas where paddy rice farming is prevalent tend to be more collectivist due to the high labor demands and need for cooperation that rice cultivation requires.
In 1957, he reportedly suggested to a Yugoslav visitor that China’s vast territory and large population could withstand significant losses.
Niall Ferguson attempts to explain why the West led the world in recent centuries, and what this could mean for the future.
A potential war over Taiwan could cost approximately $10 trillion, equating to 10% of global GDP, far exceeding the economic impacts of the Ukraine war, Covid pandemic, and Global Financial Crisis.
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, China’s nuclear arsenal was slightly over 200 warheads.
Chinese food in the West is often Cantonese due to early Chinese immigration during a time when Western palates were conservative.
Henry George was a prominent Gilded Age economist whose book ‘Progress and Poverty’ influenced Sun Yat-sen, the founder of modern China. Sun’s political philosophy, the Three Principles of the People, especially the principle of mínshēng, reflected Georgist ideas.
At the end of the Korean War, only a third of Chinese POWs returned to Communist China; the majority went to Nationalist Taiwan, marking a propaganda achievement.
By their own measures, the Chinese Communist Party has enslaved at least 2.6 million Uyghurs.
To stimulate the economy. Also: ⅕ of apartments in urban China are unoccupied.
Arm has a lot of risk in China. Most interesting is an ongoing power struggle with their fired China CEO.
Totalitarianism aims to eliminate free thought, transforming citizens into an “unthinking machine.” It doesn’t merely seek compliance, but rather seeks to break the will of individuals until resistance is impossible.
In the media, we hear many competitive narratives about the evolving state of global power. We are entering a multi-polar world; China is surpassing the States; Europe will be a superpower; India is going to roar passed China. I thought it would be helpful to take a look at the GDP data to see what it tells us.
Zhang Yiming, founder and former CEO of ByteDance, issued this apology in 2018. This clearly spells out the expectations of the CCP on Chinese technology companies, which is clearly in conflict with how the West wants them to behave.
A fascinating story about Madame Mao and her influence on Communist-era Chinese culture and art.
A fascinating deep dive into just how entangled Apple’s supply chain is with China.
Nik Zanella is a historian and surfer, with a fascinating story about the history of surfing in China. Read more here.
Linked is bipartisan legislation introduced in the US to ban TikTok.
The Chinese economic boom has been largely drive by a massive labour surplus. You can get a lot done when you have a lot of people to put to work. This era of Chinese economic development is apparently over.
People think of China as the competitor to the US, but many indicators (like population) suggest India will overtake China the same way China overtook Japan (the previous challenger to the US).
This linked graph shows that the economy is no longer the most covered topic in CCP party congress. Security has taken over.
TSMC’s R&D budget is two-times greater than Taiwan’s defence budget.
I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in modern Asian history. This fantastic autobiography details what it would be like for a fiercely independent western woman in the 1930s to live in China, with even the most tumultuous exploits seemingly unredacted.
A pretty good primer on Chinese history. Lays good foundations for anyone hoping to dive into Chinese culture and history.