Spicy Talk on China

Welcome to "LaPingshuo" — using cold, hard data to puncture heated narratives.

We discuss viewpoints, data, and the distinction between right and wrong.
Here, we use foundational data to engage with grand theories, and brutal facts to dismantle flawless-seeming narratives.
In this era, some conclusions sound stirring and impassioned, yet crumble instantly when confronted with logic; other judgments appear authoritative, but are, in reality, merely a carefully packaged "strategic anesthetic."