Party officials are vanishing, young workers are “lying flat,” and entrepreneurs are fleeing the country. What does China’s inner turmoil mean for the world?
China’s dreamers and dropouts: ‘lying flat’ generation checks out in Dali
Cheap, remote and beautiful city attracts thousands of young people and Gen X-ers escaping economic treadmill
Le paradoxe de la mondialisation de la Chine
Traduction française du billet de blog "China’s globalisation paradox. How can China dominate abroad while becoming less export-dependent?" de Richard
Sᴜɴʀɪsᴇ Oᴀᴛʜ 十 Tʜᴇ Sʏʟʟᴀʙᴜꜱ (ORI) - CC0 on Twitter / X
I am actually very pessimistic regarding the idea that China could be governed by any structure except the top-down (plus situational anarchic) imperial system it has had for millennia. The Chinese social consciousness is *much* smaller in scope than the Western one.— Sᴜɴʀɪsᴇ Oᴀᴛʜ 十 Tʜᴇ Sʏʟʟᴀʙᴜꜱ (ORI) - CC0 (@sunriseoath) October 14, 2026
China’s globalisation paradox.
How can China dominate abroad while becoming less export-dependent?
China’s response to Belt and Road backlash
Many of the accusations serve geopolitical or economic purposes. They are not always logically coherent. Responsibilities of Chinese businesses are confused
Wang Huning, “The Structure of China’s Changing Political Culture”
Wang Huning, “The Structure of China’s Changing Political Culture”[1] Introduction by Matthew D. Johnson Introduction Wang Huning (b. 1955) is widely viewed as China’s most powerful...
China’s online nationalist army
Nationalism on Chinese social media has grown hugely during Xi Jinping’s time as leader – and it is changing in a potentially explosive way. An army of ultra-patriotic social media personalities now attacks foreign governments and big companies - and sometimes calls for even harsher actions than Beijing takes.
Nobody Wants The Jobs
10,000 US boomers retire every day. China has 12.22 million new grads and 19% youth unemployment. Both superpowers are quietly running out of the one thing they can't import.
The real reason the West is warmongering against China
China’s spectacular economic development has brought up the price of its labour and undermined Western corporate profits.
What the West fails to grasp about China’s strategy to lead the world
Xi Jinping wants to forge ‘a common destiny for humankind’ by winning over the Global South and taking Taiwan. But if America and Europe are to counter this ‘double pivot’, they must better understand ‘Xi Thought’, argues Steve Tsang.
Le ralentissement de la croissance chinoise dans une perspective historique
Traduction française du billet "How severe is China’s growth slowdown (in historical perspective)?" de Branko Milanovic
What Does a Chinese Superpower Look Like? Nothing Like the U.S.
Xi Jinping has a truly global vision.
A Thesis on the History of the 21st Century: Technocracy, AI, and the End of the World
Reviewing a trio of books by a sextet of ruling-class ideologues, Mathias Fuelling finds an ambient anxiety hanging over a perceived crisis in American capitalism, with visions of bolstering a Silicon Valley-led technocracy fueled by AI investment reflecting American fears over the dawn of a "Chinese Century."
