Friday Bites

CAC Stressed About China's Feelings, TikTok + Indonesia Protests, Chips in Costa Rica and Poland?

Oct 3, 2025 • Irene Zhang, Lily Ottinger, and Em

China on that Signal Chat

+ Mark Carney: China Nerd, Chinese Fracking, and Taiwan Grants

Mar 25, 2025 • Caleb Harding, Irene Zhang, Jordan Schneider, Lily Ottinger, and Nicholas Welch

China on Dario, DeepSeeking Truth, Ali + DeepSeek, and a Procurement IP Manifesto

Feb 14, 2025 • Yiwen, Lily Ottinger, and Jordan Schneider

Deepseek Meets Li Qiang, Data Labeling Subsidies, Taiwan's Debt, Automation Optimism

Jan 24, 2025 • Lily Ottinger and Jordan Schneider

RedNote, Uber Eats in Kinmen, Jimmy Carter's Taiwan Legacy, AI EO and More

Jan 17, 2025 • Yiwen, Lily Ottinger, and Jordan Schneider

$10k defense grants + divorce reality tv + where immigration reform goes to die

Dec 13, 2024 • Jordan Schneider

ByteDance gets Suxtnet'd, Taiwan Healthcare and Internet Democracy

Oct 25, 2024 • Lily Ottinger, Jordan Schneider, and Angela Shen

Chinese Exclusion, the Radiance of Chip Island, and Xi's Fiscal Bazooka

Oct 11, 2024 • Lily Ottinger

AI Espionage, Inept Chinese Bureaucracy, Cultural Confidence

Sep 20, 2024 • Lily Ottinger

Spies in NY, Ballpoint Industrial Policy, Chinese vs. US Horror Movies, Chinese Football

Sep 13, 2024 • Lily Ottinger

Invading Taiwan for Dummies + Chinese Punk Rock

Plus: Harris and Trump on AI

Aug 23, 2024 • Lily Ottinger

Making Clothes in China, Tech Blockade, YouTube Launch

Claude joke of the day: Why did the AI model refuse to invest in Chinese fashion? It was afraid of getting caught in a prohibited thread count!

Jul 26, 2024 • Jordan Schneider and Lily Ottinger

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