The Disciplined Performance Expected of East Asian Children
When parents become directors and Confucian ethics the script, when can children finally leave a production written by others—and write their own?
XINGZHOU
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A Chinese content creator starting over after thirty. Through essays and podcasts, I document a public experiment—from China’s classical traditions and Yiwu’s foreign-trade world to the global journey of Chinese culture—exploring how content can cross borders and how people gain real choice.
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View the full archiveMax Weber’s Capital Is Not the Capital You Think It Is
Two accounts of capital: one begins with greed, the other with fear. How did the Reformation unexpectedly help shape the spirit of capitalism?
The Black Peach
A peach turns from red to yellow and then black—ripening and decaying through time, leaving behind the scent of a yesterday that was never ours.