Response to: Yang, Y. Tony. "China's Beautiful Biotech Chaos vs West's Elegant Paralysis." Asia Times, December 28, 2025. https://asiatimes.com/2025/12/chinas-beautiful-biotech-chaos-vs-wests-elegant-paralysis/. Here's a statistic that should end the "race" metaphor: one-third of all Western Big Pharma acquisitions now originate from Chinese laboratories. The chaotic experimentation happens in Shanghai; the billion-dollar validation checks are signed in New York. The Global … Continue reading The Biotech Supply Chain Hiding in Plain Sight
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When the Tower Can’t Be Rebuilt: What Institutional Economics Misses About the Next Decade
Rebecca Patterson's recent New York Times essay uses a Jenga tower as a metaphor for the American economy in 2025. Blocks are being removed—small businesses cutting jobs, federal layoffs, consumption concentrating among the wealthy—while AI companies pile massive investments on top. Eventually, she warns, Jenga towers fall down. She's right about the instability. But the … Continue reading When the Tower Can’t Be Rebuilt: What Institutional Economics Misses About the Next Decade
Xi Jinping Studies
"The Fourteen Imperatives are shorter. They all include the phrase ‘adhere to’ and are essentially a list of what party members must do to implement XJPXSDZGTSSHZYSX. Party members must adhere to: 1. party leadership over all endeavours; 2. people-centred development; 3. comprehensive and in-depth reform; 4. a new vision for development; 5. the people running … Continue reading Xi Jinping Studies
Percentage of World Population Living in an Autocracy
"In the last decade alone, the share of the world population living in autocracies has shot up from 49 percent in 2011 to 70 percent in 2021."—Michael Hirsh, "The Month That Changed a Century." Foreign Policy. April 10, 2022.
“The Long Telegram” by George F. Kennan
"In atmosphere of oriental secretiveness and conspiracy which pervades this government, possibilities for distorting or poisoning sources and currents of information are infinite. The very disrespect of Russians for objective truth--indeed their disbelief in its existence--leads them to view all stated facts as instruments for furtherance of one ulterior purpose or another. There is good … Continue reading “The Long Telegram” by George F. Kennan
Revisiting “A China Prediction”
...there’s going to be a reckoning, and the funny thing is that reckoning is going to begin in China and then eventually spread to the rest of the world. Whether it will happen in close proximity to the end of the COVID-19 pandemic remains to be seen, but there is definitely a short term correction … Continue reading Revisiting “A China Prediction”
Found Footage Festival
"The Found Footage Festival is a one-of-a-kind event that showcases footage from videos that were found at garage sales and thrift stores and in warehouses and dumpsters across the country."-http://www.foundfootagefest.com Let me walk you through my experience. I go to videos, click in a bit and find this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbHfTDZvfiY Rub your stomach and balls … Continue reading Found Footage Festival
A China Prediction: A Debt Deleveraging in a Decade
"What happens when torrid monetary and fiscal reflation in the West meets tighter credit and evaporating liquidity in China?We will find out soon enough who calls the shots for world inflation in a globalised economy dominated by cross-border capital flows. We will also find out whether these two colliding forces moderate each other, or set off the … Continue reading A China Prediction: A Debt Deleveraging in a Decade
Ordering Chinese Food
"1. Greens are usually the glories of the cuisine: order as many vegetables as there are people2. If you will have a meat, consider the juiciness that pairs well with the starch: something saucy if you will eat with rice, or less saucy if you will have soup noodles3. Order Yunnan mushrooms if they are … Continue reading Ordering Chinese Food
What You Need to Know About Arrests [in China]
A translation of an except of "Activtist's Cookbook" from smrc8a.org What you need to know about arrests Before your action Identify an emergency contact. Make sure they know your name in both English and Chinese. After an arrest, you will need to tell them which police station you are at so they can help bring … Continue reading What You Need to Know About Arrests [in China]
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