Chinoiserie Weekly: May 15-31, 2026
The Buyer(s) of Last Resort
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The Buyer(s) of Last Resort
The Big Don and the Chairman
The city has resisted change for decades, but it is now unavoidable
Why East Asia struggled with VC-backed startups, and why AI is making the region’s industrial inheritance matter again
A hitchhiking ride that led to an accidental tour of Shenzhen's manufacturing ecosystem
How East Asia's development model built world-beating factories, mediocre websites, and endless confusion in the West
A short look at a neighborhood in Taipei.
Why are there so many bad Asia takes in Silicon Valley and Washington D.C.?
The framing of the East and the West is wrong. Let's fix it.