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10 Takeaways from Q3
AI, China, defense, national security, supply chains, the Protestant roots of Kim Il-sung’s Messiah complex, the lethality of hydrofluoric acid, and…
Oct 11
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Phoebe Chow
44
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Kevin Roose on the AGI Believers: Oppenheimer with Equity
this one was so fun
Oct 9
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Jordan Schneider
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Phoebe Chow
60
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The Spice Trader vs. the Tariffs
a section 301 update from the litigant
Oct 8
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Jordan Schneider
and
Phoebe Chow
39
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China, the FCC, and the Logic of Transceivers
The dependencies a potential rule misses
Oct 7
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Quinn Ennis
53
5
6
Data is the Hard Part
Everyone wants AI that wins wars. Very few people want to collect, label, store, and test the data it runs on.
Oct 6
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Jordan Schneider
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Phoebe Chow
55
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China’s AI Safety Money Problem
Philanthropy is weak. The state is strong. Safety has to work the system to survive.
Oct 5
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Nick Corvino
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CWN#15: The best Chinese short fiction of 2026 (so far)
A mid-autumn special edition
Published on Cold Window Newsletter
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Oct 4
In Case You Missed It...
Best of September!
Oct 3
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Phoebe Chow
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Building China’s Two Starlinks
is two better than one?
Oct 2
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Paddy Stephens
42
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China's Starlink Response
Crust it, and copy it
Oct 1
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Paddy Stephens
69
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Logan Wright on Broken China
.5% growth...how did it get so bad?
Sep 30
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Jordan Schneider
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Phoebe Chow
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10 Takeaways from Q3
AI, China, defense, national security, supply chains, the Protestant roots of Kim Il-sung’s Messiah complex, the lethality of hydrofluoric acid, and…
Oct 11
•
Phoebe Chow
44
3
2
In Case You Missed It...
Best of September!
Oct 3
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Phoebe Chow
43
1
3
good books so far this year
Homer, Shakespeare, and Kim Il Sung. Plus: nyc’s best fish head
Aug 31
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Jordan Schneider
66
4
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China's Best Music in 2026 (So Far)
Jake Newby is the author of the Concrete Avalanche Substack, which covers the best music coming out of China.
Aug 14
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Jake
50
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AI
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Kevin Roose on the AGI Believers: Oppenheimer with Equity
this one was so fun
Oct 9
•
Jordan Schneider
and
Phoebe Chow
60
5
6
Data is the Hard Part
Everyone wants AI that wins wars. Very few people want to collect, label, store, and test the data it runs on.
Oct 6
•
Jordan Schneider
and
Phoebe Chow
55
10
4
China’s AI Safety Money Problem
Philanthropy is weak. The state is strong. Safety has to work the system to survive.
Oct 5
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Nick Corvino
51
5
9
Xizus
a comic! Ye and Xi and the State Dinner
Sep 29
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Jordache
71
2
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War
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WarTalk: Potemkin Pacific, Midterm Budget Woes
Every service for themselves + autonomy
Sep 25
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Jordan Schneider
41
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Can Taiwan Build Drones? Part 2
This is Part 2 of our Taiwan drone series!
Sep 16
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Ethan Kessler
45
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GWOT at 25 with Wesley Morgan
Pech as the war in miniature
Sep 11
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Jordan Schneider
48
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5
Can Taiwan Build Drones?
procurement, politics, and the arsenal
Sep 9
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Ethan Kessler
61
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Semiconductors
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China, the FCC, and the Logic of Transceivers
The dependencies a potential rule misses
Oct 7
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Quinn Ennis
53
5
6
“Eastern Data, Western Compute” is Fake
China promised to move its data centers west. Now it’s backtracking.
Jul 10
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Irene Zhang
and
Nick Corvino
66
12
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The Chemistry of Chips
The unseen infrastructure of chipmaking
Jul 8
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Jordan Schneider
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Chris Miller
,
Aqib Zakaria
, and
Phoebe Chow
112
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Will the MATCH Act Change Chip Controls?
Congress's Push to Take the Lead on China
Jun 17
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Aqib Zakaria
51
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