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Journal entries from Western China and thoughts on the future of TTFW
May 3, 2025
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The games children play
How have “cigarette cards” become the new favourite toy amongst China’s elementary school students?
Jun 12, 2024
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When the earth shakes
Reflections from reporting on Taiwan’s largest earthquake in 25 years
Apr 22, 2024
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Dispatches from the road
Journal entries from riding the Chinese countryside
Mar 31, 2024
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Into the village of Chef Zhao
A chef of many hats, burning paper money in the mountains
Mar 12, 2024
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Jan 7, 2024
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Chinese traders under a West African sun
Stories from Chinese migrants in Dakar's Chinatown
Feb 29, 2024
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A Chinese New Year
The following is a set of reflections from a notebook I’d been keeping in the days running up towards Chinese New Year celebrated earlier this month. I…
Feb 17, 2024
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A love letter to the overnight train
Riding trains, Wang Fuchun and the relationship between railways, modernity and alienation
Jan 24, 2024
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Repetition
A blurry and gradual adjustment to factory life
Jan 7, 2024
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A 24 hour glimpse of the 12 months to follow
An initial foray into the factory, over before the golden millet had even finished cooking.
Dec 30, 2023
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Letter from Taipei: Eating through Taipei
Where I was eating in Taipei
Dec 27, 2022
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This is my view through the factory window, a spot to share journal entries and tell stories about people and places and do my best to piece together…
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