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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
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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
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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
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The Real “Peril”: When the Gatekeeper Shows His True Colors
Nov 18
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How NOT to Substack
Apr 1
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Labubu and the Rise of Emotional Capitalism in Downturn-Era China
Jul 7
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RedNote: How TikTok's Ban Sparked an Unexpected Cultural Bridge
Jan 17
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Arc’teryx × Cai Guo-Qiang: One Crisis, Two PR Strategies
Sep 23
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How DeepSeek is Forcing China's Tech Giants to Pivot
Feb 21
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Arc’teryx × Cai Guo-Qiang: One Crisis, Two PR Strategies
Yet another example of dual-narrative gone wrong
Sep 23
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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
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How NOT to Press Release
A case study courtesy of Temu
May 23
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The Subtle Persistence of China-Shedding
DeepSeek, Manus, and the uncomfortable truth behind identity, optics, and innovation
May 20
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What Shein and Temu Should Say and Do Now
The Tariff Reckoning Version
Apr 18
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Ivy Yang
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How NOT to Substack
Lessons from Tencent’s "Tenchnology" Substack
Apr 1
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The Quiet Logistics Revolution Reshaping Global E-commerce
J&T Express earnings, exporting logistics expertise, and more
Mar 14
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Calling the Shots 话语权时代
Bridging the U.S.-China Communications Gap: stories of wins and fails.
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