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A story about China that celebrates difference, rebukes authoritarianism, and exults in complexity. Part IV of The Annals of Bronze Age Fusion
Andrew Leonard
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February 2023

While waiting for my coffee to brew this morning I was skimming through Frontier Taiwan, a collection of translated Taiwanese poetry, and was delighted…
Andrew Leonard
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January 2023

From Neolithic dinner parties to the "vast, existential inequality" of the Shang, as told by culinary ware. Part III of The Annals of Bronze Age Fusion
Andrew Leonard
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This is how the new year begins: with flowers, new pens, and the cleanest of slates
Andrew Leonard
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December 2022

Big dings, mortuary selfishness, and the mandate of heaven: Part II of The Annals of Bronze Age Fusion
Andrew Leonard
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November 2022

Assuaging pre-election jitters with a sharp knife and some exuberant poetry
Andrew Leonard
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October 2022

What does a 3000-year-old lightshow on the streets of Chengdu really mean? Part I of the Annals of Bronze Age Fusion
Andrew Leonard
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In honor of the newsletter's third anniversary, here's some data to chew on and couple of amazing vegetarian Sichuan recipes.
Andrew Leonard
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The Cross-Stitched Pig, Part V
Andrew Leonard
From North Carolina to Berkeley to Chengdu, a price-point sensitive love affair to die for. (The Cross-Stitched Pig, Part IV)
Andrew Leonard
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July 2022

Regular production of this newsletter was delayed over the last two weeks by the extensive preparations involved in putting together a feast for about…
Andrew Leonard
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A 50-year-old handwritten note weaves ancient Chinese numerology into a 1970s minicomputer
Andrew Leonard
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