Rebecca F. Kuang: commitment

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…No. People have told me it’s boring. It is now on YouTube with subtitles, which is not how I would prefer to watch it. There’s a Netflix Americanized version of it coming, which I fear for and probably won’t watch, but I’ll look out for the reviews. What is it you do to follow what’s new and coming out in China that’s interesting to you? This is actually something I need to figure out because I am scaling back significantly from all social media and following people whose opinions I respect. Seeing what’s trending used to be my way of following not just what’s coming out in China, but what’s going on all over the world. I no longer find Twitter a very interesting place to be. I’ve recently read a lot of literature about how it would help us if we slow down. I don’t know. There’s this term, slow news, that I really can’t define for you, but it boils down to being much more careful about the ideas that we’re ingesting and turning them over and reading thorough, comprehensive coverage rather than quick takes. But I have yet to figure out exactly what those sources should be. I’ll take recommendations if you have them. No, I have zero. I count on people like you. Maybe you tweet something, or it’s in one of your talks, one of your interviews, but I have no sources anymore. I don’t go to China anymore. I’m afraid to, frankly.…

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