February 19, 2024 • #
Cross-section of Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City.
Topic / China
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February 1, 2024 • #
Bailong Elevator , also known as the Hundred Dragons Elevator , is a glass elevator located in the Wulingyuan area of Zhangjiajie, China. It is considered to be the world’s tallest outdoor elevator, standing at a height of 1,070 feet.
If there’s an superlative example of construction project, you’ll find it in China.
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BuzzFeed's Analysis of Xinjiang Camps
August 26, 2020 • #BuzzFeed's analysis of real-time imagery to identify detention camps in China.
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Dan Wang's COVID Observations from Beijing
March 10, 2020 • #Analyst Dan Wang's observations from the ground in Beijing, March 2020.
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The Magic of Hong Kong
January 10, 2020 • #Cool drone footage above Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong Is Fast Becoming an Also Ran
January 6, 2020 • #On Hong Kong's recent economic stagnation.
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Dan Wang's 2019 Letter
January 5, 2020 • #Dan Wang's letter on China, the trade war, the state of tech, industry, and more.
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The Greening of the Earth
December 16, 2019 • #Surprising statistics on greening of the ecosystem.
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Weekend Reading: The Worst Year to Be Alive, Chinese Sci-Fi, and Slack Networks
December 7, 2019 • #Why the 6th century was so miserable, the work of Ken Liu in spreading Chinese Sci-Fi, and Stewart Butterfield on Slack's shared channels.
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Weekend Reading: Figma Multiplayer, Rice vs. Wheat, and Tuft Cells
November 23, 2019 • #How Figma built their multiplayer tech, rice vs. wheat and influence on culture, and how tuft cells communicate threats to the immune system.
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Weekend Reading: Ancient Text, StarLink, and Chinese Origins
October 26, 2019 • #DeepMind restores ancient inscriptions, StarLink expansion, and the origins of Chinese government
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Weekend Reading: Data Moats, China, and Distributed Work
May 25, 2019 • #Empty promises with data moats, the Chinese-US trade standoff, and all-remote company experiences.
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Weekend Reading: Shanghai, Basecamp, and DocuSaurus
January 26, 2019 • #Hi-res photo of Shanghai, Basecamp's product process, and Docusaurus for software project documentation.
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China is Erasing its Border with Hong Kong
December 17, 2018 • #“Part of Vox’s ‘Borders’ series, on the China-Hong Kong border.”
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China's 10,000,000 Eyes
August 3, 2011 • #Big Brother is alive in China.
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