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How China Invented (and Abandoned) the ‘Overseas Chinese’
TL;DR Conway’s Law tells us that organisations create systems that mirror their communication systems. Jamie Dobson coin’s ‘Miell’s Law’ in a post about the work of our mutual friend (and his colleague) Ian Miell in his forthcoming book...
Trauma, like everything else, is typically effaced by time. The anniversary of the events of Memorial Day, 1995 still affected me deeply at the 24-year mark, but once I moved to Sunset full-time the following year, those old serpents...
We’re in TaiKoo Li QianTan (前滩太古里), a brand new, high-end shopping mall near the Huangpu River in Pudong. It’s a beautiful complex with four levels, viewing bridges, walls of white steel and vertical gardens (the first I’ve seen that...
🚨🚨Warning🚨🚨 I’m still feeling a bit sorry for myself. I can’t seem to shake it at the moment. Physically, mentally and emotionally I still just feel a bit off – not terrible or anything but definitely sub-optimal (and it isn’t like...
Your blog might be unreadable for dark mode users, and the simple fix is just a quick CSS removal.
The 2026 NTT IndyCar Series season is suddenly flying by. The Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at World Wide Technology Raceway (Gateway) will be the halfway point in the season, marking the ninth race out of an 18-race season. While Alex...
A look at the 1913 Lincoln Highway as it passes through Valparaiso, Indiana.
This is repost from my Revival Records site as it doesn’t quite fit in there, being more of a blog post than a review. Followers of Revival Records over on maston or, over time, various other social media sites will have seen me mention...
It's an interesting paper, based on a very simple model. The authors also suggest various ways in which this burden could be reduced. The problem with that is that there is no incentive at all for The Management (who hold all the power)...