the meat of the story is a bit grim, but this fact^^^ isn’t: “”Irony is the glory of slaves” is the quotation Seth likes. See also Nüshu, the same story from a very different angle
via jamie kenny, yr go-to source for the chinese underbelly
Tag: China
the map dwarfs the territory
Vast Reuters info-diagram of China and how to understand it: not that I can actually get it to scroll down or anything
(courtesy jamie at blood and treasure, naturally)