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I Have Seen The Future and it is a Chinese Vegetable Washing Machine
But I am nonetheless concerned about "black technology" marketing and a possibly fake British kitchen appliance company.
Andrew Leonard
Jan 23, 2022
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In Praise of Taiwan
In a world going crazy with pandemics and authoritarianism, the "beautiful island" is showing the way
Andrew Leonard
Mar 12, 2020
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The Road to Shu is Hard
The road to Shu is hard. Harder than climbing the sky. On a Cathay Pacific flight from Hong Kong to Chengdu, in April 2019, a few weeks into the…
Andrew Leonard
Oct 17, 2019
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Joan of Sichuan
First: an apology. This is the longest I’ve gone without publishing a newsletter post since the inception of The Cleaver and the Butterfly. Shameful…
Andrew Leonard
Feb 21, 2021
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What The Fire Taught Me
The following essay has an interesting provenance. Last fall, the wonderful writer Chris Colin read my newsletter post about chicken wings and…
Andrew Leonard
Jan 16, 2022
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A Unified Theory of Pork Belly
From North Carolina to Berkeley to Chengdu, a price-point sensitive love affair to die for. (The Cross-Stitched Pig, Part IV)
Andrew Leonard
Oct 5, 2022
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Hacking the Huainanzi
A 50-year-old handwritten note weaves ancient Chinese numerology into a 1970s minicomputer
Andrew Leonard
Jul 1, 2022
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Roasted along the Way
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
Jul 26, 2022
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The Impossible Dictionary of Truth
Or: How everything I knew about hogs in Chinese homes was wrong. The Cross-stitched Pig, Part III
Andrew Leonard
Jun 23, 2022
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Xi Jinping and John Cena are Rotten Pieces of Pork Offal
China's newest trade export: the art of humiliating self-criticism
Andrew Leonard
May 25, 2021
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Garlic & Ginger & Friendship
I own a cleaver made from the shrapnel of bombs lobbed by the Chinese Communists at the Taiwanese-controlled island of Jinmen from the late 1950s into…
Andrew Leonard
Aug 29, 2020
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Fried Rice Enlightenment
A tale of madness, pickled mustard greens, and productivity-enhancing Confucian to do lists. Recipe included.
Andrew Leonard
Apr 17, 2020
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