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Summer Nights in Shanghai Pt. 1.5

3d ago

3d ago

Am I a midwit?

Perhaps the surest sign that I’m a midwit is that the conclusion of the essay is foregone “maybe I am, maybe I’m not, but I’ll keep on…

Jul 3

Jul 3

Another brick in the wall

I have a sixteen-year-old cousin in China that sleeps four hours a night Monday to Thursday nights. It is not because of abusive parents, a…

Jun 26

Jun 26

The Five Laowai You Meet in Shanghai

Jun 19

Jun 19

No New Friends Part 4: Friction

This is part 4 in a series about friendship, making friends, and now keeping them. You can start here if you wish, or just read this one.

Jun 12

Jun 12

Memes as an expression of cultural illiteracy

Jun 5

Jun 5

God from the machine

I’ve written a few essays since the proliferation of these new AI models, one on its purported impact on education, and the other on its…

May 30

May 30

Fiction: Birthday Party

“Yeah, sometimes when Mia hangs out with us, I feel like I’m third wheeling.”

May 22

May 22

The Kingdom of Bicycles

One of the aspects of modern Chinese cities most lauded in the West is the dockless bikesharing system. Though other countries may lay…

May 15

May 15

Multi-track theory

For the last couple of years, I’ve been leaning into health and longevity. There are many papers that aggregate the results of multi-years…

May 8

May 8

Chris Reads

Chris Reads

Asian American, Canadian, and Chinese, living in China. Drop a comment about anything. I don’t have an anonymized SM account to share, but we’ll figure it out.

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