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An anecdote about surveillance at the tomb of "China's Himmler"
Are you allowed to take photos of the founding father of China's first secret police system?
 • Robert Wu
The hunger game continues in the PLA
China Translated - Briefing #69
 • Robert Wu
Consumption as "strategic move", Vanke, PDD, censorship on extreme views, US-China detente
China Translated - Briefing #66
 • Robert Wu
Forgoing privilege, restricting EV export
China Translated - Briefing #59
 • Robert Wu
Will the new judicial ruling in China bankrupt small businesses?
China Translated - Briefing #56
 • Robert Wu
What really brought about Jack Ma's "downfall"?
This previously unplanned post will review a historic event in China’s tech and financial markets.
 • Robert Wu
Can I trust you if there are things you can’t say?
This newsletter will turn 1 year old tomorrow.
 • Robert Wu
China's learning curve for expectation management - Week in Review #31
When can China communicate better to the capital market?
 • Robert Wu
China's swinging pendulum: is it a feature, or a bug?
Never use linear extrapolation to look at China
 • Robert Wu
Waiting for 3rd Plenum - Is a historic fiscal reform package coming?
Two crucial strings of events have occurred over the last few weeks in China.
 • Robert Wu
China's schizophrenia (Part 2): What does the future hold? - Essay #3
Thank you for the strong support for Part 1 of China’s schizophrenia, which quickly became my 2nd most popular post to date.
 • Robert Wu
China's schizophrenia - Week in Review #11 (Part 1)
This week’s review will have a slightly different format. I will quickly list out a few things that happened in the last two weeks with minimal analysis…
 • Robert Wu
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