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that shed more light and bring less heat to how we think and talk about China. I'm Kaiser-Buo,

coming to you from the wonderful city of Beijing, the place I called home for over 20 years, and if all goes as planned, we'll call home again for half the year beginning next year.

Cynica is supported this year by the Center for East Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a national resource center for the study of East Asia.

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