knockoffs Can you tell the difference? Take this superfake designer handbag quiz Mark Frauenfelder

donald trump Trump tariffs could increase laptop prices by $350+, electronics by 40% Ellsworth Toohey

tabloids Testicles in a jar (and China's invasion of America) in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

fast fashion Ultra-fast fashion company Shein is 'even worse than you thought' Jennifer Sandlin

Business Is it possible for America to thrive without Chinese manufacturing? Devin Nealy

china Kevin Kelly on the future of the Internet in China Mark Frauenfelder

Business China virus outbreak may impact Apple iPhone if China extends Foxconn factory halt Xeni Jardin

Business UPDATED: Airlines canceling China flights over Wuhan coronavirus outbreak Xeni Jardin

happy mutants Bunnie Huang's classic "Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen" is now free online Cory Doctorow

machine learning Networked authoritarianism may contain the seeds of its own undoing Cory Doctorow

Business Before you ask your Chinese factory for a discount, make sure you won't be kidnapped and/or have your product cloned Cory Doctorow

grifters Trump's "China muse" advisor has been citing a made-up economist for years Thom Dunn

security China's new cybersecurity rules ban foreign companies from using VPNs to phone home Cory Doctorow

trumpism Wisconsin commissioned an independent report on how to fix the Foxconn deal. Result: it can't be done. Cory Doctorow

Business Trade war: Hasbro is shifting manufacturing to Vietnam and India, drawing down production in China Cory Doctorow

trump Apple considering moving hardware production out of China Séamus Bellamy

Business Study attributes mysterious rise in CFC emissions to eastern Chinese manufacturing Cory Doctorow

Games Chinese censors incinerate entire run of a kickstarted Call of Cthulhu RPG sourcebook Cory Doctorow

gop After $4.1 billion subsidy, Foxconn cancels plan to build Wisconsin "factory," now proposing a small R&D facility Cory Doctorow

class war Chinese students, made to study Communism, are rising up for workers' rights Cory Doctorow