Travel

A dispatch from Egypt's new capital city in the desert. $58 billion, Chinese-financed, almost entirely empty.

Jun 14 • Nick Corvino

Clinical Trial Abundance, Made in China

Flying to China for cancer care

Apr 17 • Jacob Stern

Goodbye, Taiwan

Mar 11 • Lily Ottinger

The China That Deng Built

booze and corruption on a journey through Shanxi, the land of coal

Jan 23 • Coolest Cat

Notes From Korea

beauty, food, massacres

Oct 22, 2025 • Irene Zhang and Lily Ottinger

Notes from San Francisco

Oct 21, 2025 • Jordan Schneider

Notes on Kyrgyzstan

Aug 25, 2025 • Lily Ottinger

from last month's trip

Jun 19, 2025 • Jordan Schneider

Vikings, Oslo Vibes, and WWII

Dec 20, 2024 • Jordan Schneider

Zen, samurai, art deco war criminals and industrial policy. Are we headed for a JapanTalk rebrand?

Apr 12, 2024 • Jordan Schneider

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