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Manus Shows How China-Shedding Works
The Manus deal shows how to survive reverse CFIUS: U.S. control, clean cut with China with no room for ambiguity.
Jan 5
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Ivy Yang
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Red Note Signals #3: Taiwan’s Red Note Ban and the Politics of Safer Targets
Taiwan’s recent decision to block Red Note turned into a textbook case of the forbidden fruit effect, where what is restricted instantly becomes more…
Dec 17, 2025
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Ivy Yang
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Peiyue Wu
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From Crisis to WSJ Puff Piece: Arc’Teryx’s Luckiest Quarter Yet
Analysis of what’s missing from the WSJ story that resets the record in Arc’teryx’s favor
Dec 10, 2025
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Ivy Yang
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The Real “Peril”: When the Gatekeeper Shows His True Colors
Nov 18, 2025
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How NOT to Substack
Apr 1, 2025
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Labubu and the Rise of Emotional Capitalism in Downturn-Era China
Jul 7, 2025
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Ivy Yang
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RedNote: How TikTok's Ban Sparked an Unexpected Cultural Bridge
Jan 17, 2025
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Ivy Yang
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Arc’teryx × Cai Guo-Qiang: One Crisis, Two PR Strategies
Sep 23, 2025
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Ivy Yang
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How DeepSeek is Forcing China's Tech Giants to Pivot
Feb 21, 2025
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Ivy Yang
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Red Note Signals #2 How an “Acquired” Italian Luxury Brand Stays Milanese in China
GIADA, a Chinese-Italian brand’s emotional-capitalism marketing playbook
Dec 8, 2025
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Ivy Yang
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Peiyue Wu
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Red Note Signals #1: China’s New Way of Coping with Anxiety: Self-Diagnosed ADHD
Inaugural piece focuses on mental health and the wave of people informally “diagnosing” themselves with ADHD on Red Note
Nov 25, 2025
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Ivy Yang
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The Real “Peril”: When the Gatekeeper Shows His True Colors
On the latest Larry Summers story in the Harvard Crimson
Nov 18, 2025
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Ivy Yang
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TikTok, Pop Mart and the Conditional Logic of Success
Emotional capitalism is the business model for both TikTok and Pop Mart
Oct 10, 2025
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Ivy Yang
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Arc’teryx × Cai Guo-Qiang: One Crisis, Two PR Strategies
Yet another example of dual-narrative gone wrong
Sep 23, 2025
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Ivy Yang
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Labubu and the Rise of Emotional Capitalism in Downturn-Era China
Reader, I became a Pop Mart convert to write this piece
Jul 7, 2025
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Ivy Yang
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How NOT to Press Release
A case study courtesy of Temu
May 23, 2025
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