For @gdnlongread, I profile'd Zhu Song-Chun, one of China's top AI scientists and an avatar of America's "reverse brain drain" problem. I detail why he left, the geopolitics of his repatriation, and the keys to AGI he may have brought back with him. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

"The broad message I heard in Yiwu was this: Trump had overestimated America’s leverage. At the end of this standoff, China, not America, would come out stronger: more self-reliant at home and more respected abroad." By @changche.bsky.social:

In Yiwu, the largest wholesale manufacturing hub, Chinese sellers told me that Trump's tariffs would hurt, but they're ready to hunker down. My latest @TheAtlantic www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

For @gdnlongread, I wrote about Chinese burnout, and the man who's created a business—modeled of Alcoholics Anonymous—to tackle it, one session at a time. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

For @newyorker.com, I wrote about Xiao Gongqin, the architect of Chinese “neo-authoritarianism." I discuss its origins, Xiao's views of American politics, and what lessons his theory holds for America's current predicament. www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...