Great The Wire China interview with Zichen Wang and truer words were never spoken than here: “having been in the state system…, I understood that if you are a risk taker, the better way to do things is to ask for forgiveness rather than for permission” thewirechina.com/2024/05/26/wan…

I'm checking out office spaces.

This one, with a large terrace, is on Changshou Lu in Putuo. Six months free with a five-year contract. Looked nice. Too expensive in the end.

Oddly mesmerizing.

Someone really wants Batman to show up in Shanghai tonight...

I was told the largest Starbucks in the world was the Roastery on Nanjing Lu in Shanghai, only to discover this today. I feel mislead.

Chinese baristas are managing coffee bars in Italy? Somehow I feel like this explains a lot about the increase in cafes in Shanghai over the last ten years.