# empire sun (blogs) — RSS Amplifier

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## [EMPIRE OF NO SUN (8) The Really Real](https://jinpeili.substack.com/p/empire-of-no-sun-8-the-really-real)

_2026-08-24 · Phil Cunningham · China Story_

“You are happy. We are happy. Happy for atom bomb.”

## [EMPIRE OF NO SUN (7) Song of Victory](https://jinpeili.substack.com/p/empire-of-no-sun-7-song-of-victory)

_2026-08-22 · Phil Cunningham · China Story_

“In my country, good friend, we do not ask that question.”

## [EMPIRE OF NO SUN: (6) Production Interpreter](https://jinpeili.substack.com/p/empire-of-no-sun-6-production-interpreter)

_2026-08-20 · Phil Cunningham · China Story_

Japan wins the battle, China wins the war. Meanwhile, where’s lunch?

## [EMPIRE OF NO SUN: (5) Foreign Exchange](https://jinpeili.substack.com/p/empire-of-no-sun-5-foreign-exchange)

_2026-08-18 · Phil Cunningham · China Story_

Would you rather play a Japanese soldier or a Chinese beggar?

## [EMPIRE OF NO SUN: (4) Dueling in Dialect](https://jinpeili.substack.com/p/empire-of-no-sun-4-dueling-in-dialect)

_2026-08-16 · Phil Cunningham · China Story_

When eating tea is sweeter than drinking tea.

## [EMPIRE OF NO SUN: (3) Change Money?](https://jinpeili.substack.com/p/empire-of-no-sun-3-change-money)

_2026-08-14 · Phil Cunningham · China Story_

In which a lowly Shanghai hooligan almost meets a world-famous director

## [EMPIRE OF NO SUN: (2) A Blur of Blue and Gold](https://jinpeili.substack.com/p/empire-of-no-sun-2-a-blur-of-blue)

_2026-08-12 · Phil Cunningham · China Story_

In which Shau Di doesn't get what he hopes for, so he takes what he can.

## [EMPIRE OF NO SUN: (1) The Bund](https://jinpeili.substack.com/p/empire-of-no-sun-the-bund)

_2026-08-10 · Phil Cunningham · China Story_

The staging of a crowd scene with 5,000 extras on the waterfront of Shanghai in 1987 was meant to bring gritty realism to an epic film but came perilously close to causing mass mayhem to the streets.

## [IT DOES NOT COMPUTE: KIMI 3 STALLS OUT TRYING TO DESCRIBE A FICTIONAL CHARACTER FROM "BEIJING UNBOUND"](https://jinpeili.substack.com/p/it-does-not-compute-kimi-3-stalls)

_2026-07-24 · Phil Cunningham · China Story_

Writers have long had to deal with readers who opt out after a few pages. One of the nice things about telling an AI Chatbot to read, is that it does as asked. Until it doesn’t.

## [THE DOCTOR WITH A BORDER](https://jinpeili.substack.com/p/the-doctor-with-a-border)

_2026-07-17 · Phil Cunningham · China Story_

“Borders are concepts created on paper by maps; they don’t exist in the wild,” says Dr. Worawit. "Mosquitos f!y back and forth across the border, travel without passports, don’t ask for visas."

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## [Dear You? The Chinese story set in make-believe Thailand sounds more like "Hey You!"](https://jinpeili.substack.com/p/dear-you-in-thailand-it-sounds-like)

_2026-07-08 · Phil Cunningham · China Story_

China’s hit indie movie “Dear You" is packing ‘em in the theatres, but does it enhance international understanding or just reaffirm how great Chinese culture is?

## [NAKWANING! ...last seen leaving (4)](https://jinpeili.substack.com/p/nakwaning-last-seen-leaving-4)

_2026-06-30 · Phil Cunningham · China Story_

Foreign students at East China Normal University in Shanghai plot a journey to the west to escape the clutch of a persistent campus minder in the summer of 1983

## [NAKWANING! ...last seen leaving (3)](https://jinpeili.substack.com/p/nakwaning-last-seen-leaving-3)

_2026-06-24 · Phil Cunningham · China Story_

Foreign students at East China Normal University in Shanghai plot a journey to the west to escape the clutch of a persistent campus minder in the summer of 1983