Note

Throwing away all the scraps of paper in the apartment, ahead of a frenzied moving-out.

List of 'thematic angles' of something I scribbled down to try to begin writing about China:

• 18th PARTY CONGRESS
• POLLUTION
• TRADE WARS AND ELECTION
• CRACKDOWN ON LAOWEI
• FOOD SAFETY
• CROWDING + ALIENATION
• NOUVEAU RICHE + ENGINEERED CONSUMERISM
• URBAN TRANSFORMATION
• MIND CONTROL: LIVING UNDER AUTOCRACY
• CHEAP PAPER, FOOD