Walking to lunch and I saw not one but four separate people carrying pomelos in the space of 200 meters. What am I missing?

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Wrote for South China Morning Post about Sinopticon, a collection of fascinating Kehuan stories translated by Xueting C. Ni (she, ta) scmp.com/magazines/post…

My cats have broken two laptop screens in the past year doing this😶

A thought that has haunted me for years is 'what if LOTR but ancient China?' So I finally made it! Here's the first look at a series of art I'll be posting: Frodo at the beginning of the first 'movie', and the Fellowship of the Ring.

Pretty interesting collaboration by Claire Rousay, More Eaze, How to Dress Well and Bloodz Boi here orangemilkrecords.bandcamp.com/track/missed-f…

you’re tearing me apart, lisa!

Xi'an band Fazi's music soundtracking cinematic scenes of Northern China? Yes, please. youtube.com/watch?v=hTROJj…

I’m in Shanghai, like many, I have been in lockdown for weeks (doing okay on food). I don’t have any on-the-ground info, so I made a brief timeline of Shanghai’s current covid outbreak to keep myself sane and things in perspective [thread]:

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Thanks to everyone who’s subscribed to, shared, and generally interacted with Concrete Avalanche so far. Second issue here, in which I got overexcited about new tracks from Sleeping Dogs and wrote a load about them before their album is even out. jakenewby.substack.com/p/20-tracks-fo…

Out of office is ON!!! Anyone know of any jobs going?? Asking for a friend… 👀

Insightful new Substack on China here named Simingshan, after a mountain near the author’s hometown. First issue was about Dali in Yunnan becoming a hub for digital nomads. The latest is on China’s changing relationship with shopping malls. Subscribe! open.substack.com/pub/simingshan…

Congratulations Young Boozer! #ElectionDay

At this point, is there even one electronic music publication that's both widely read and well respected, or at least not widely mocked? Not really, and yet the industry continues to pretend that these outlets aren't failing, even as their credibility plummets. Why? A thread...

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After six years, I’ve left Sixth Tone. Or conditions were created for me to leave after publishing a project that criticized “zero-COVID,” which landed multiple people in hot water. It’s been bittersweet leaving a place we’ve built over the years but it was time. (A long 🧵)