Feels like a targeted closure to me.
Went there a few times over the years and was nice to have a complete English bookstore.
Bummer.
Beijing expats mourn closure of beloved cafe and bookstore – Inkstone
Category: China
(LINK) Most high-speed railway lines in China are losing money – Inkstone
You read all this stuff about how impressive the Chinese Railways are but yet they lose tons of money.
I get that these are large infrastructure projects that wouldn’t be paid back over years but I also wonder if a lot of it is due to inefficiencies and poor management.
Most high-speed railway lines in China are losing money – Inkstone
(LINK) Free Issue: China aligns deal messaging with the US; LeBron James and the NBA’s China mess; Pig problems
Bummer about LeBron but never really liked him much.
(LINK) Mongolia needs allies to withstand China’s looming threat – Nikkei Asian Review
Solid read.
From the author of one of my favorite books this year :: https://amzn.to/2p25zUQ
Mongolia needs allies to withstand China’s looming threat – Nikkei Asian Review
(LINK) The China Cultural Clash – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
I don’t subscribe anymore to his newsletter so I am thankful this post is one of his public ones.
My beef has always been the simple premise that China is allowed to buy whatever they want overseas but they don’t allow me the same access in China.
They also don’t allow me to build and ship any product I want into China but yet with TikTok they want to build and ship to any country they want.
This NBA thing is the next facet to this issue – China can do whatever they want to control information in China but now they want to control information in other countries. I think they overplayed their hand here.
Let’s hope the global backlash grows and we get more companies and people speaking out like the NBA did.
The China Cultural Clash – Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Interesting how Ben talked about Apple’s special situation and now this:
(LINK) NBA story is trojan horse of our times
Gonna be interesting to watch this play out – for the record I am with Hong Kong but I don’t think it will all end well. China owns HK and they will do as they please – no matter how much I don’t like it.
I talked a little about the NBA thing yesterday :: https://seedvc.blog/2019/10/08/link-how-joe-biden-empowered-chinas-censorship-of-the-nba/
Now on to Kevin:
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