Asia

85 posts

2026

4 JanLuxury is absolutely done in the West but still exists in Asia and the Gulf states 𝕏

2025

23 DecThe oceans are full of plastic exactly because you recycle 𝕏
14 DecWhy Koreans didn't get richer 𝕏
13 DecAmap is my favorite navigation app in China 𝕏
13 DecNIO is another very popular EV brand in China 𝕏
7 DecChina can be very cheap with $300 Chongqing hotel suites and $20 rooms 𝕏
7 DecChinese tourism is 95% domestic making China feel like the only foreigner there 𝕏
4 DecChinese high speed trains are now faster than the Japanese Shinkansen 𝕏
4 DecArriving in Chongqing and China's LED lit skyline versus Europe saving energy 𝕏
4 DecI took the high speed train in China today 𝕏
4 DecWestern double standards on China versus Japan city lights 𝕏
3 DecChina's train security is stricter than TSA 𝕏
3 DecGetting the China flu after arriving and why to wear an N95 on planes 𝕏
3 DecNever bring a knife to China because DHL and customs make shipping impossible 𝕏
29 NovI got the China cough after 4 days in China 𝕏
28 NovWestern people used in Chinese marketing to represent quality 𝕏
27 NovBeijing uses robot arms at toll booths 𝕏
27 NovChina airport confiscated our power banks without CCC certification 𝕏
27 NovThe Russian connection in China doesn't stop 𝕏
27 NovWoke up in Beijing's Summer Palace built in 1750 as a birthday gift 𝕏
26 NovGot Alipay to work in China as proxy for Didi Meituan and Baidu 𝕏
26 NovRussians are traveling to China a lot because they're blocked from most places 𝕏
25 NovChina isn't easy to travel 𝕏
10 NovSingapore too is now compromised by degrowthers 𝕏
15 JunI randomly discovered Dubai has an absolutely massive solar farm 𝕏

2024

24 NovEurope's end game might be to become like Japan a cheap tourist destination 𝕏
5 SepBali broke ground on a subway that will connect the entire island 𝕏
5 AugIn Bali the heat puts your brain into power save idle mode 𝕏
5 AugIf you wanna get rich install AC 𝕏
4 JulJapan is not futuristic it's a fossil stuck in 1990 unlike China Korea and Vietnam 𝕏
2 JulJack Ma met Jerry Yang at the great wall of China in 1997 𝕏

2023

2022

2 DecIndonesia makes sex outside marriage illegal even in Bali while Thailand gets more progressive 𝕏

2020

20 MarAsia had SARS so they test and isolate but the west tries its own thing 𝕏
1 MarAir pollution before and after Corona 𝕏

2019

2018

24 NovIn Beijing you can add your public transit card to Apple Wallet 𝕏
23 NovBeijing air turned into hell on earth this weekend from weekend driving 𝕏
23 NovEvery receipt in Beijing gives you a QR code for digital bookkeeping 𝕏
19 NovBeijing today 𝕏

2017

2016

18 OctVaporwave impression about my month in Shanghai 𝕏
17 OctHong Kong Express - 上海 (Shanghai)
8 OctWorking from a free coworking space in Shanghai 𝕏
7 OctThe Shelter in Shanghai is a cyberpunk Bladerunner club from the year 2150 𝕏

2015

30 NovBeijing air quality hits 543 AQI 𝕏
14 OctVaporwave is the only music that fits the feeling futuristic Asian mega cities give me
14 MayI uploaded 4 terabyte over Korea's 4G, and paid $48
11 JanWhy are you still in Europe 𝕏

2014

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