Kaiser and Jeremy are joined this week by Mara Hvistendahl, Pulitzer Prize-nominated author and long-standing resident of Shanghai, to discuss her two main works. Along with discussing the twists and turns of her murder novel, And the City Swallowed Them, we also touch upon on law enforcement in China, the global modeling industry, the parallel lives of ex-pats and migrant workers in big Chinese cities, and the different philosophical approaches to punishment. Also, we look into sex-ratio imbalances around the world and its diverse adverse social repercussions, the topic Mara explores in Unnatural Selection.

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 said on
September 29, 2014
Also: Mara's work 'And The City Swallowed Them":

http://www.amazon.com/City-Swallowed-Them-Kindle-Single-ebook/dp/B00KWHZ4LQ
 said on
September 29, 2014
Here's a version of Mac Funk's article on internet addiction that's outside the paywall: http://www.mckenziefunk.com/otherwork/#i-was-a-chinese-internet-addict

 said on
September 30, 2014
Jeremy:

battabox.com

Kaiser

魔幻蓝天 by overload 超载

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Q7po0J_C4

九片棱角的回忆 by overload 超载

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_5_6ygTbSo
 said on
October 8, 2014
Fascinating.
 said on
October 8, 2014
Battabox is a really great recommendation - thanks, Jeremy!
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