china

A fascinating exploration of how Chinese script evolved through centuries of technological challenges—from dictionaries and printing to typewriters and computers. A must-read for anyone interested in the intersection of linguistics and technology.

Ezra Vogel's magisterial 750-page biography reveals how Deng Xiaoping transformed China into a global power through pragmatic reforms and economic experimentation.

Hu Anyan's memoir captures the precarious life of a gig worker in modern China—the invisible pressures, small humiliations, and surprising universality of labor in the digital age.

by Hu Anyan

A memoir of gig-worker precarity in China's delivery economy.

by Ezra Vogel

The colossus of 20th century who transformed China into a world power through pragmatic reforms.

by Jing Tsu

How Chinese script evolved through centuries of technological challenges.