UPDATE: Apologies, we had a bit of launch day glitch so some of you have already received this, some even twice, while many of you have not. Thanks for your patience and support. END UPDATE.

Welcome to the new Sinocism China Newsletter. Thanks for staying with me, the response for day one has been very gratifying. I have some housekeeping items and then we will get to the newsletter.

I have switched publishing systems and email senders and am now working with Substack. I think I have the format down but please have patience for the first few days as some tweaking may be needed.

I am shooting for publishing in the mornings EST time but there will be days when that time slips a bit, like today. As always, check my Twitter feed if you do not see a newsletter when you think you should.

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