China’s AI safety conundrum
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The China Model, ten years later
The political philosopher Daniel Bell on the roots of Xi's anti-corruption drive, whether China is still a meritocracy, Xi Jinping's Legalism, and his new book
China's Grand Bazaar of Artificial Intelligence
Reflections on Shanghai's World AI Conference, touring China's AI labs, and the future of AI governance and safety in China
How Christianity Shaped North Korea’s Personality Cult
Jonathan Cheng, the Wall Street Journal’s China bureau chief, on how Kim Il-Sung turned a nation into a “nuclear-armed religious society”
The Velvet Prison: Self-Censorship from Beijing to Berlin to New York
How should decent people live in indecent societies?
IntoAsia: Trump at the Imperial Court
Chang and Ian debrief the US-China summit
Mistranslations at the Trump-Xi summit
"Like none other," "everybody loved what he had to say," "how we can shape a better, safer future for all humanity," "I don’t think I want to leave.”
Into Asia: Taiwan on the Eve of the Summit
Stanford's Eyck Freymann on Trump-Xi summit and keeping peace in the Taiwan Strait
The origin of the Chinese microdrama
A bit delayed on this, but I wrote a piece in the New Yorker last week about the origin of microdramas, these bit-sized vertically oriented shows for the TikTok era that, by my estimate, has been viewed by a tenth of humanity.
Why so many Asians study classical music
A conversation with Mari Yoshihara on the prominent role of Western classical music education in Japan, China and Korea
Into Asia #12: Takaichi Goes to Washington
Japan's prime minister flatters Trump, dodges Iran commitments, and leaves with little reassurance on China