Shanghai protest shows everything is overpowered by politics in China | Following the yuan

The ones that took it to the streets may only be in the hundreds, but they represent a group of individuals whose life choices are unwillingly and increasingly affected by politics

I didn’t think I’d start the newsletter talking about something that, in a way, completely undermines the subject.

The subject I chose to cover — how and why Chinese people spend their money —feels ironic and out-of-touch in the moment, as protests erupted across campuses and streets against zero-Covid policy after 10 were killed by an apartment fire in …