Editor’s note for January 30, 2023

A note for Access newsletter readers from Jeremy Goldkorn.

My thoughts today:

Last week Kaiser Kuo and I did a recording of the Sinica Podcast in New York in front of a live audience with veteran China journalist and author Ian Johnson. The ad-free subscribers-only version of it is available today: Write to subscriptions@thechinaproject.com if you need help getting the feed.

Pinduoduo is China’s king of low cost ecommerce. Four months ago it launched Temu, a similar service for the American market. Today on our website we examine: How sustainable is the new startup?