Chinoiserie Weekly: May 15-31, 2026
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Measured analysis of pan-Asian affairs.
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Chinoiserie Weekly: May 1–14, 2026
The Big Don and the Chairman
San Fransokyo: imagining a denser San Francisco
The city has resisted change for decades, but it is now unavoidable
Atoms to Bits and Bits to Atoms
Why East Asia struggled with VC-backed startups, and why AI is making the region’s industrial inheritance matter again
The Other Bay Area
A hitchhiking ride that led to an accidental tour of Shenzhen's manufacturing ecosystem
The Spec Economy
How East Asia's development model built world-beating factories, mediocre websites, and endless confusion in the West
Taiwanese Urbanity
A short look at a neighborhood in Taipei.
On Bad Asia Takes
Why are there so many bad Asia takes in Silicon Valley and Washington D.C.?
Manifesto
The framing of the East and the West is wrong. Let's fix it.