chinese period of my life (a visit to China pt.1)

China's perfected capitalism, the abundance of creation, and the invisible humans who keep it running

chinese period of my life (a visit to China pt.1) China's perfected capitalism, the abundance of creation, and the invisible humans who keep it running Spencer Chang Feb 18, 2026 43 2 6 Share In December and January, I spent over a month in China, across Shanghai, Jingdezhen (the ceramics capital), and Shenzhen (the manufacturing capital). I visited factories and studios, art museums and phone farms, and tiny stalls and bougie stores. I haven’t been in China since 2008, so everything was new and exciting to me. What follows is a condensed breakdown of all the observations I had (of which there

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