A blunt August 2023 summary of media extremes, social stratification, surveillance, service, consumerism and everyday life in China.

After three and a half years away, a sudden trip back to Tianjin and Shanghai turns airports, streets and old places into a collision of memory and the present.

A July 3, 2023 forecast on the RMB, US-China relations, chips, property, stimulus and liquidity in China's economy.