Alec Ash
These are the longform articles I am reading right now (updated automatically via Instapaper):
How the Chinese Language Got Modernized | The New Yorker
The future of liberalism - Prospect Magazine
Kathleen Jamie · Into the Dark: A Winter Solstice · LRB 18 December 2003
Dreaming Of Plentitude - NOEMA
The Truth, by Stanisław Lem | The MIT Press Reader
The Weather in Mongolia | Philip Marsden | Granta
The Flowers Blooming in the Dark | ChinaFile
A BBC Book of the Week
"A talented young observer of today’s China" – Peter Hessler
"Lyrical ... a telling portrait" – Washington Post
"Alive with the full complications of truth" – Evan Osnos
"Compelling and beautifully written" – Prospect