Substacks recommended by Kaiser Y Kuo

Recommended by Kaiser Y Kuo

7 Things delivers weekly geopolitical insights with wit and clarity. Each edition unpacks a critical global development spanning foreign policy, security, tech, and strategic shifts globally. Essential analysis.

China as a System @leonliao

By Leon Liao

A new framework on how China’s rise is reshaping global competition across industry, technology, energy, capital flows, and geopolitics. Grounded in local insight and shaped by a global perspective. Publishing 5-10 in-depth structural essays weekly

A relatively new but high-frequency, consistently interesting and informative newsletter from someone who nests their deep knowledge of China in solid theoretical framing.

- Kaiser Y Kuo

Sinocities

By Andrew Stokols

Cities, China, Geopolitics, Technology, and everything in between. By: Andrew Stokols ; Phd, MIT Department of Urban Studies & Planning, Masters in Urban Planning, Harvard.

A fantastic resource for understanding urbanization, urban planning, and all things Sinocities!

- Kaiser Y Kuo

China Translated

By Robert Wu

Where China starts to make some sense to you

High Capacity

By Kyle Chan

China's tech and industrial policy: manufacturing, global supply chains, AI, clean tech, EVs, trade, economic competition.

The Asia Cable

By Nick Ayrton (尼克)

The Asia Cable offers a panoramic view of Asia's political dynamics, economic developments, and cultural fabric.

Ginger River Review

By Jiang Jiang

Covering the priorities of both the leadership and the general public in China and views you do not normally see from mainstream English-language media

RealTime Mandarin

By Andrew

A weekly resource to help you improve your Mandarin every week, stay informed about China, and communicate with confidence in Chinese.

RealTime Mandarin is just the best resource I know of for learning modern Chinese in context: you not only learn new vocab and the mechanics of the language, but get a deeply-informed guide to how it's used in real life. Great way to keep up on new usages, and to keep your finger on the pulse of contemporary China!

- Kaiser Y Kuo

Baiguan - China Insights, Data, Context

Actionable insights for anyone who has a real stake in China

Wu Fei's Music Daily

By Wu Fei 吴非

An original piece of music every weekday from genre-bending composer, guzheng virtuoso, and vocalist Wu Fei. For booking and more information: wufeimusic.com.

Tracking People's Daily

By Manoj Kewalramani

This blog primarily offers a breakdown of the weekday editions of the People's Daily.

Sinification

By Thomas des Garets Geddes

The world as viewed from China.

The East is Read

By Zichen Wang and Yuxuan Jia

China's opinion page B

Interconnected

By Kevin Xu

On the intersections of tech, investing, geopolitics, and US-Asia relations

The Monitor

By China Focus

The Monitor is a newsletter produced by the U.S.-China Perception Monitor, a publication operated by The Carter Center's China Focus initiative.

Chinese Cooking Demystified Substack

Recipes and other stuff maybe.

Hello China Tech

By Poe Zhao

Decoding China tech for global minds

An excellent, well-written insider view of the Chinese technology scene. Highly recommended!

- Kaiser Y Kuo

What's Happening in China

By PC

A weekly China brief, delivered straight to your inbox every Saturday. Since 2019.

Inside China

By Fred Gao

A newsletter about Chinese politics, youth culture, economy, and society

Civic Forum

By Rory Truex

Writing on authoritarian politics and democratic erosion from Rory Truex. Home of Civic Forum podcast.

Rory Truex of Princeton is principled and morally grounded, and he's tackling some of the most important issues of our times.

- Kaiser Y Kuo

The Global Jigsaw

By Pallavi Aiyar

Global travel, culture and politics

Pallavi Ayar is an outstanding writer whose voice has verve and musicality, and whose perspectives are truly global. Support her work!

- Kaiser Y Kuo

Geopolitechs

a geopolitics and technology policy watcher

I only recently discovered this and it's excellent. Translations of policy documents, good news analysis at the intersection of tech and politics with a China focus.

- Kaiser Y Kuo

Pekingnology

By Zichen Wang

China's opinion page A

I Just Kant

By Iza Ding

Kan you?

Iza's Substack is new but it promises to be terrific. She's just one of the most interesting writers working on China — and much else — today.

- Kaiser Y Kuo

The Status Kuo

By Jay Kuo

The Status Kuo provides accessible political and legal analysis with a dose of humor. In crazy times, a little clarity goes a long way! Subscribe to receive my email in your inbox. All paid support is voluntary but deeply appreciated

The China-MENA Newsletter

By Jonathan Fulton

Analysis on China - Middle East relations.

The China Week

The China Week is the essential weekly analysis and summary of China news for investors, policymakers, business people, and journalists, written by veteran China editor and media entrepreneur Jeremy Goldkorn. Get caught up in just 10 minutes a week.

A must-read weekly news roundup with a great range of sources, created by Jeremy Goldkorn of Danwei, Sinica, and SupChina/The China Project!

- Kaiser Y Kuo

ChinAI Newsletter

By Jeffrey Ding

Jeff Ding's weekly translations of writings from Chinese thinkers on China's AI landscape

Rhyming Chaos

By Jeremy Goldkorn

A podcast about living in authoritarian times. Jeremy Goldkorn and Maria Repnikova interview people who've lived through or studied periods of upheaval or tyranny, or thrived under strongman rule.

Global Dispatches

By Mark Leon Goldberg

Smart, deeply reported analysis on international affairs, global crises, and the UN — trusted by diplomats, journalists, and policy experts.

Chartbook

By Adam Tooze

A newsletter on economics, geopolitics and history from Adam Tooze. More substantial than the twitter feed. More freewheeling than what you might read from me in FT, Foreign Policy, New Statesman.

NonZero Newsletter

By Robert Wright

Politics, psychology, and tips on averting the apocalypse.

Tech Buzz China Insider

Deep dives into the most interesting companies and trends in China Tech, including internet, (cross-border) e-commerce, EVs, and more. In cooperation with Six Degrees Intelligence.