Substacks recommended by ChinaTalk

Recommended by ChinaTalk

Economics and other interesting stuff

Noah is one of the best in the game. He's really unparallelled in his ability to deep dive into econ and econ-adjacent questions. We explore similar themes around industry policy and technological progress. About once a month he puts out a really strong piece on China and, having previously lived in the country, is particularly good on Japan.

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Silver Bulletin

By Nate Silver

Essays and analysis about elections, media, sports, poker, and all the other things I care about.

Mind of Things

By Justin Mc

Retired Special Forces soldier’s thoughts on defense, technology, parenting, and other things that catch my interest. Occasionally, I have guest writers on.

varied meditations on mil-adjacent topics from a super thoughtful former SOF

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Old North Whale Review

By JingYu

Old North Whale = 老北鲸 Lǎo Běi Jīng ≈ 老北京 Lǎo Běijīng. Tracing the tangled roots of modern China’s ‘Chineseness’ across history, culture, and art.

Leapfrog

By Rita Liao

Documenting migrant founders outside the American-centric bubble

My personal Substack

A place to share thinking about history and geopolitics, East and West (mostly China, the two Koreas, the US and Europe)

Faster, Please!

By James Pethokoukis: Faster

Discovering, creating, and inventing a better world through technological innovation, economic growth, and pro-progress culture.

following china there's so much that's a downer but Faster, Please!? comes at similar topics to what I cover with such energy and positivity! It's informative and infectious.

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Natto Thoughts

By Natto Team

Stories, analysis and insights from the intersection of culture, technology, and security.

Senator Elissa Slotkin

US Senator for Michigan. Working for lower healthcare costs, stronger supply chains, & better jobs. Proud Michigander, national security professional.

you come on chinatalk, you get a recommend

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Launchpad

Conversations and advice about working in emerging tech policy, from the Horizon Institute for Public Service.

Wang‘s Mineral Notes

@Jamestown Foundation

kamilkazani

Mein Freund, das grad' ist Dichters Werk, dass er sein Träumen deut' und merk'

The Scholar's Stage

By Tanner Greer

Researching the Communist Party of China is my day job. Here I write long reads on international politics, ancient history, and American conservatism.

tanner is the best read and most thoughtful essayist out there. Has forgotten more than I'll ever know about history and China

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The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

Dwarkesh Podcast

By Dwarkesh Patel

Deeply researched interviews

Dmytro Putiata

Private entrepreneur before the full-scale invasion. Joined the army in April 2022. SOF (7th Regiment), UMC (36th Marine Brigade), and UMF (20 separate unmanned systems brigade). Drone warfare expert.

Unpopular Front

By John Ganz

the junk shop of history

Concurrent

By afra

writing, thinking, and interpreting technological modernity through a humanistic lens across china, silicon valley, and the global ai age.

访谈中文世界最好的新闻类/叙事类播客创作者。Reading the exclusive interview with the best Chinese podcasters.

WOMEN我们

“WOMEN我们”是一个想象的共同体，用免于审查的中文书写当代史的初稿。欢迎您订阅我们，并帮助防火墙内的朋友邮件订阅我们；也欢迎您捐助和分享我们的文章。请联系chugaofirstdraft@proton.me，为报道提供线索或加入我们，成为撰稿人。我们会努力保证您的信息安全。

Green Tape

By Thomas Hochman

Ideas and resources on all things permitting

Eurasia Dispatch

By Daniel Balazs

Your weekly go-to source for analysis and data-informed insights on Europe-Asia relations. Views are personal.

Two Marines

By twomarinessub@gmail.com

Newsletter from former US Marine Rob Lee and Ukrainian Marine Dmytro Putiata on the Russian-Ukrainian war, defense technology, and modern warfare.

Discourse Power

By Tuvia Gering

Tracking China's rise to the world's center stage.

Tuvia puts in that work! Fantastic weekly overview of what's happening in CCP discourse and mainland academia

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Machine Culture

By Ryan Hauser

Dispatches on AI Governance and Emergent Order

The High Side

By Sean D. Naylor

In-depth national security reporting

The Algorithmic Bridge

By Alberto Romero

A blog about AI that's actually about people

The Overshoot

By Matt Klein

Making sense of the global economy and financial markets

Asterisk Magazine

Clear writing and clear thinking about the worlds shaping the Bay Area. New pieces on Wednesdays.

Sinification

By Thomas des Garets Geddes

The world as viewed from China.

Observing Japan

By Tobias Harris

News and views on Japan's politics

justin’s substack

By Justin Curl

AI will change law, law will change AI. Trying to get both right

Derek Thompson

A newsletter about abundance and building a better world.

SpyTalk

By Jeff Stein

Intelligence for Thinking People

The best coverage on the US intelligence community

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New China Literacy

By Yaqi Li

A young Chinese IR scholar-practitioner's notebook — policy analysis, institutional observation, and firsthand dispatches from inside the system that trains a rising power to understand the world.

Crossing the River

A celebration of entrepreneurism in China.

Until Zilan Finds a Better Name

By Zilan Qian

Writing about US-China AI, to one day not write about US-China AI.

Robert Sietsema's New York

I have been writing about New York City restaurants since the 1990s, and specialize in inexpensive eats.

this man taught me how to eat. so great to see robert sietsema on substack!

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Fabricated Knowledge

By Doug O'Laughlin

Let's learn more about the world's most important manufactured product. Meaningful insight, timely analysis, and an occasional investment idea.

Doug is one of the best in the game. I've learned a tremendous amount about semiconductors from him over the years.

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Interconnected

By Kevin Xu

On the intersections of tech, investing, geopolitics, and US-Asia relations

Kevin Xu does a fantastic job exploring China + tech

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百花 Baihua

What Is Called Thinking?

By Zohar Atkins

Philosophy, Religion, and Culture

zohar's newsletter makes me think harder about more important topics than anything else that shows up in my inbox

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Chartbook

By Adam Tooze

A newsletter on economics, geopolitics and history from Adam Tooze. More substantial than the twitter feed. More freewheeling than what you might read from me in FT, Foreign Policy, New Statesman.

Adam Tooze is a modern marvel. His range and insightfulness across that range is inspiring and near incomprehensible. I've learned more from him about how to think about global trends, second order effects, and interactions across politics, economics, and society than any other modern thinker.

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Sinocism

By Bill Bishop

Get smarter about China

what can you say, Bill is the GOAT

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Consensus Drift

By New

Consensus Drift is a newsletter about the politics and political economy of the digital stack, focusing on how government decisions are reshaping these markets over time.

Contraptions

By Venkatesh Rao

Janky, wobbly models of everything from philosophy to technology and everything in-between.

one of the first people I ever wrote for online, Venkatesh has been stretching my mind for over a decade

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on a scale from 1 to 10

By vlad chituc — on a scale

understanding how we understand minds

Slow Boring

By Matthew Yglesias

Start your day with pragmatic takes on politics and public policy.

Matt is a one of one. He writes without fear and explores similar themes to ChinaTalk on innovation and industrial policy.

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