china - by nancy - general zuo's chicken

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i miss you

there's something about china. a parallel universe, a prologue to ancient history that has not been wiped clean1, a pattern of trends on a different timetable. i went to china every summer in high school, and each time it felt like traveling to the future. wechat qr codes, food delivery on bikes, tiktok, years before they were brought to the US. the US makes fun of china for copying, but its them who doesn't trip over copyright laws, file lawsuits that have no answers, jump through loop after loop and glorify the spirit of private money and 'moving fast and breaking things' to innovate.…

china - by nancy - general zuo's chicken

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