The world is in play

U.S. allies reel at Trump's National Security Strategy, and a Chinese jet locks radar on Japanese aircraft.

Hello lovely reader,

I’ve stretched the definition of “weekly” in The China Week this time, but I’ll keep writing the newsletter for the duration of the holiday season. I am still playing with the format for this newsletter, and this week is a little different again: there’s a brief essay at the top, and I’ve combined the recommended links and news summaries in one section. I love feedback and have thick skin, so email me if you have anything to say by replying to this or to jeremy -at- goldkorn.net.

Last week I published a China-related episode of my Rhyming Chaos podcast: The end of a Mongolian-language newspaper, an interview with journalist Soyonbo Borjgin on growing up in Hohhot, and his “re-education” after protests against the suppression of Mongolian language.

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—Jeremy Goldkorn