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'Artless sincerity' and Hunanese condign power
A recent essay by prominent PRC historian Tang Haoming 唐浩明 explores zhuōchéng, ‘artless sincerity’—a distinctively Hunanese virtue linking classical…
Jan 5
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Daev Keli
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December 2025
Sincerities after Communisms
pluralising Ellen Rutten's fabulous book
Dec 8, 2025
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Daev Keli
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October 2025
Back to the Baseline!
I finally stumbled on the (absurdly simple) solution to this substack’s dysfunction!
Oct 10, 2025
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Daev Keli
September 2024
Observing China: the Chan Method
and the Anxiety of Knowing Without Speaking
Sep 5, 2024
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July 2024
Civilisational dialogue
perils and pratfalls
Jul 20, 2024
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Daev Keli
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April 2024
Realising the San Francisco vision
‘requires the PRC and US to meet each other halfway’
Apr 27, 2024
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Daev Keli
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March 2024
The dilemma of self-deception in Beijing's economic decision-making
...a benchmark not to be ignored
Mar 27, 2024
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Daev Keli
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what are future industries?
A China Policy explainer
Mar 4, 2024
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Daev Keli
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February 2024
the Red Inheritors and the 21st century China Revolution
...'I‘m optimistic, because humanity is experiencing a revolution in historical cognition.'
Feb 14, 2024
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Daev Keli
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January 2024
Metrics of self-deception
elements of comparative sincerity and rationality
Jan 8, 2024
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Daev Keli
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December 2023
How did Europe get out of fratricide?
Sun Liping: ask Max Weber
Dec 17, 2023
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Daev Keli
October 2023
How can poverty alleviation take root?
Answer: really mean it
Oct 20, 2023
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Daev Keli
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