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This is a belated post, because I left it too late to do a DecRec yesterday. For the prompt Letter writing, I'm going to tell you about some email newsletters I like.

  • Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones is written by David Fishman, who works in the energy sector in China and writes about his travels about the country, visiting small towns and rural tourist spots. I really enjoy his view on everyday China.
  • Concrete Avalanche is a newsletter about independent music from China. I only recently subscribed to it and it's great!
  • Chaoyang Trap is a groupchat-style newsletter about trends, memes and subcultures on the Chinese internet. They post fascinating, illustrated deep-dives—currently they're on hiatus, but there's a good archive to dig into.

I do subscribe to some non-China-related newsletters too, but three recs on a loose theme seemed like a nice set. 📨


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