# Sinocities

Cities, China, Geopolitics, Technology, and everything in between. By: Andrew Stokols ; Phd, MIT Department of Urban Studies & Planning, Masters in Urban Planning, Harvard.

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## [China’s Chip cities](https://sinocities.substack.com/p/chinas-chip-cities)

_2026-07-28 · Andrew Stokols_

Where China’s Domestic Chip Industry Is Taking Shape

## [The "Low trust-Open Source" Paradox of AI Adoption in China:](https://sinocities.substack.com/p/the-low-trust-open-source-paradox)

_2026-06-24 · Andrew Stokols_

The reasons China has turned to open source AI are not the ones people usually mention

## [You Don't Understand China!](https://sinocities.substack.com/p/you-dont-understand-china)

_2026-05-20 · Andrew Stokols_

On the difficulty of studying a country that makes itself hard to study

## [EVs, batteries, and data centers: The Transformation of Thailand's Eastern Economic Corridor](https://sinocities.substack.com/p/evs-batteries-and-data-centers-the)

_2026-05-12 · Andrew Stokols_

From Japanese automotive estates to Chinese EV factories and hyperscale data centers, the Eastern Seaboard is being transformed into a launching pad for Chinese EV, battery, and AI ambitions

## [AI in Southeast Asia: beyond the U.S.-China rivalry narrative](https://sinocities.substack.com/p/ai-in-southeast-asia-beyond-the-us)

_2026-04-27 · Andrew Stokols_

Scholarly and media writing on AI development in Southeast Asia sees the region mostly as a battleground of great power politics. But this ignores much of what's driving AI in the region.

## [Feng Shui: between spirituality and state legitimation](https://sinocities.substack.com/p/feng-shui-between-spirituality-and)

_2026-01-18 · Andrew Stokols_

Fifty years after banishing the "four olds" feng shui is alive and well in China.

## [China’s Data Center Boom: a view from Zhangjiakou](https://sinocities.substack.com/p/chinas-data-center-boom-a-view-from)

_2025-11-17 · Andrew Stokols_

After a quick 40 min high speed rail trip from Beijing North Station, I step off the platform in the sleepy station of Donghuayuan Bei in Hebei’s Zhangjiakou.

## [Visiting China During the Age of AI](https://sinocities.substack.com/p/visiting-china-during-the-ai-era)

_2025-11-08 · Andrew Stokols_

AI, Ambition, and Anxiety.

## [From Research Academy to State Venture Capitalist: The transformation of Chinese Academy of Sciences](https://sinocities.substack.com/p/from-research-academy-to-state-venture)

_2025-09-16_

The CAS has long been China's premier scientific research organization; it is also increasingly becoming a diversified commercial platform for incubating technology companies.

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## [CIA maps reveal the legacy of the planned economy in Chinese cities](https://sinocities.substack.com/p/cia-maps-reveal-the-legacy-of-the)

_2025-08-10 · Andrew Stokols_

CIA maps from the 1970s and 80s provide a remarkable snapshot of Chinese cities during the planned economy