Happy Mother's Day everyone 🌸 My latest substack post out now - an exploration of the single momfluencer trend in China and how truthful it a representation it is of the realities of single parenting sinobabble.substack.com/p/get-a-car-...

Latest substack post is up now! Discussing why China's new, new, new plan to develop its western frontier is just as likely to work as every other attempt sinobabble.substack.com/p/the-proble...

Reading about Guo Wengui for an upcoming podcast episode and just...omg

After months of sickness, finally felt well enough to edit and post a podcast episode I recorded all the way back in January! A little trip down memory lane, we're talking Zhao Ziyang, 80s politics and Tiananmen Square, Check it out on Youtube or on any podcast player you use youtu.be/UkNpOLaLkLs

Are there any books like Shum's Red Roulette that deal with firsthand accounts of corruption in China?

Someone red pill me on drone deliveries please

I'm not calling it the CPC and you can't make me.

Am I the only one who finds all this RedNote stuff really underwhelming? Someone asked if I'd do an episode about it and I was like "to talk about what??" Seriously, is there even an interesting angle on this topic?

First substack of 2025 is out now! Following up on my recent podcast episode on decoupling from China and the move towards deglobalisation by western nations open.substack.com/pub/sinobabb...

Currently bingeing Ed Zitron. Every post has links to another post that links to another post. I can't stop. www.wheresyoured.at/godot-isnt-m...

Last newsletter of the year -- hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas/holiday period sinobabble.substack.com/p/chinese-ch...

A must read www.esquire.com/news-politic...

Every few months I'm like "I'm going to start sharing more of my work and engaging in the community more." Then I start sharing and engaging and immediately remember why I wasn't doing it lol

Goodreads reviews make me never want to read a book ever again

New substack newsletter out :) sinobabble.substack.com/p/the-consis...

Brilliant

omg

One of them has to go: architects of China's modern state-sponsored capitalist empire edition

The absolute state of this script

Nothing harder than finishing a podcast script when you've just got an idea for another one

This is so bizarre, they just reposting content?? "The vast majority of the content in Huashang Weekly, online and offline, comes not from its staff writers and translators, but directly from CNS and other sources..."

BYD proving that they have WINNERS mindset as always 😤 www.nytimes.com/2024/11/27/b...

1/7 EV competition is likely to intensify over the rest of this decade. According to Yicai, "the competition in China’s auto market will be ruthless over the next few years and will not cease before many of the newly emerged brands have failed." www.yicaiglobal.com/news/competi...

When Xi and Biden met at the APEC summit for the last time, things seemed to go well on the surface. But there was an underlying message pervading the meeting - and that message was for Trump

Did you know there's a petition for a new general election kicking about with 1 million signatures? The new government haven't been in a YEAR, I didn't see this much fuss when we had to put up with Tory austerity for 15 😭 petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

I know I need to read Piketty, the problem is t i m e

Uphold the 7 pillars of wisdom, maintain the 4 red lines sinobabble.substack.com/p/how-china-...

Hoping to historical and contemporary China lovers! Say hi and let's connect 😊

Is he wrong though?

China's CyberSpace Administration plans to imporse new guidelines, with mobile devices to have a "minors mode" with daily usage limits: 1 hour for under 16s and 2 hours for 16-18s. Apps will be blocked from 10 PM to 6 AM unless parents allow

Economists anticipate the U.S. will introduce tariffs close to 40% on Chinese goods by early next year, potentially decreasing China's growth by as much as 1%., according to a Reuters survey

Can't believe it's snowing outside and I'm working. I should be in bed with a cosy game and a 40-minute episode of a TV show with 10+ seasons.

Just saw a product review where someone put as a negative 'made in China'. Girl, wait till you find out about literally most things...

Does anyone have a copy of The Dean of Shandong by Daniel Bell that they'd be willing to sell to me for an affordable price? (Based in the UK)

China could see its population shrink by 50 million over the next decade, with the total population dropping by over 50% by the end of the century! Apart from the obvious like a shrinking economy & further loss of social safety nets, what other impacts could we see?

In the process of reuploading my 20th century China podcasts episodes and it's giving a lot of nostalgia! also, starting from episode 3 because the first 2 were very bad lol podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/2...

A 2024 survey found that 69% of chief executives and chief operating officers plan to reduce their company’s dependence on China, up from 55% in 2022.

When considering the lengthy prison sentences being handed out to pro-democracy activists in #HongKong today, remember that their "crime" was organizing a primary election to decide which candidates should stand. #China

Yicai: "Guangzhou is set to become the first Chinese first-tier city to introduce a policy allowing home buyers to receive a hukou (permanent residence permit)." www.yicaiglobal.com/news/guangzh...

Hi there, I'm Edi, host of the Sinobabble Podcast and newsletter! Looking forward to connecting other China history lovers and Sinophiles! Drop your substack if you have one and let's follow each other :) sinobabble.substack.com