Happy 2024 — and hello, Chinese Rail Briefing

Hardly have I started this year with so little time to prepare for what’s going to be quite a bit of new developments in the year. The most important development is what I call The Chinese Rail Briefing. This is going to be a new, permanent project. The idea is that I’ll be giving weekly …

Going Across Borders, Again

Within 24 hours, I had crossed territorial borders six times (in and out), by air, road (bridge), and sea (hydrofoil), with two more to come within the next 12 hours (rail). The end of Zero Covid in Mainland China and the unconditional opening of its border (no Covid tests except if coming from abroad in …