Thanks for joining me this week.
Recommendations
China Stories
James T. Areddy, “U.S. Court Ruling Keeps Mao Documents Out of China”
Amy Hawkins, with photographs by Ding Gang, “The ‘Third Front’: China resurrects Mao’s military capabilities”
Andrew Higgins, with visuals by Qilai Shen, “‘City of Parasites’ or ‘Glamorous Metropolis’? China’s Cosmopolitan Contradiction.”
Tyler Quillen & Isobel, “Making Made in China w/ Elizabeth Ingleson”
John Ruwitch, “China’s AI chatbots are advanced and versatile — and begging for more users”
The Wire China, “Eleven Days,” Part I and Part II
Li Yuan, “China Mourned an Education Influencer. The Grief Was a Quiet Revolt.”
Wanderings Around the World
Zayd Ayers Dohrn, “My Childhood in the Weather Underground”
Reshmi Chakraborty, “India’s Digital Health Push Is Overworking Its Front-Line Women”
Madison Malone Kircher, with visuals by Mary Beth Koeth, “They’re Plus-Size and Kind of Famous at Disney World”
Ian Thomas, “The PWHL is growing, and the success of women’s hockey in the Olympics may be just what it needed”
Kim Willsher, “Warsaw’s Neon Museum sparks revival of interest in cold war signs and aesthetic”
Featured photo: Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA, April 5, 2026.
Maura Elizabeth Cunningham 
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