China and Dan Brown

America Against China Against America

Jasmine Sun | Jasmi News | 28th August 2025

Notes on travelling in China, to Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Yuyao and Shanghai. "There’s a saying that 'After one week in China, you feel you could write a book. After one year, you think you could write an article. After ten years, you realize you know nothing.' Expats there are all addicted to the pace of change; everywhere else is slow in comparison.... China is a place where things actually happen" (6,900 words)

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In Defence Of Dan Brown

Brian Klaas | Garden Of Forking Paths | 26th September 2025 | U

The author of The Da Vinci Code is eccentric. He has his computer programmed to freeze for sixty seconds every hour so he can do push-ups and his prose is a paean to the dictum of "tell, don't show". He may not be a good writer but he is an effective one. Millions are entertained and intrigued by his books, which serve as a "gateway drug to untapped joys of the mind for less naturally committed readers" (2,400 words