Christian Petersen-Clausen
@memostothefuture.bsky.social
Documentary Filmmaker, based in China.
25+ year Expat. I won't die on a couch.
坚持就是胜利。
25+ year Expat. I won't die on a couch.
坚持就是胜利。
Another day, another flight.
I have five of these scheduled in the coming seven days. This one is taking me back to Shanghai.
Unusually, the pilots are dropping flaps only as they enter the runway today. I wonder if they forgot?
I have five of these scheduled in the coming seven days. This one is taking me back to Shanghai.
Unusually, the pilots are dropping flaps only as they enter the runway today. I wonder if they forgot?
November 23, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Another day, another flight.
I have five of these scheduled in the coming seven days. This one is taking me back to Shanghai.
Unusually, the pilots are dropping flaps only as they enter the runway today. I wonder if they forgot?
I have five of these scheduled in the coming seven days. This one is taking me back to Shanghai.
Unusually, the pilots are dropping flaps only as they enter the runway today. I wonder if they forgot?
Huge congratulations to the awesome @jpak25.bsky.social on joining NPR as China Correspondent.
Happy I could help a little bit with that photo.
www.npr.org/sections/npr...
Happy I could help a little bit with that photo.
www.npr.org/sections/npr...
Jennifer Pak joins NPR as China Correspondent
In a note to newsroom staff, Chief International Editor, Didi Schanche, announced Jennifer Park as NPR's new China Correspondent
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Huge congratulations to the awesome @jpak25.bsky.social on joining NPR as China Correspondent.
Happy I could help a little bit with that photo.
www.npr.org/sections/npr...
Happy I could help a little bit with that photo.
www.npr.org/sections/npr...
Hello again Beijing.
I am in town with Jazz bassist Yoshio Suzuki, who will be performing for the first time in China at DDC Beijing tomorrow (Thursday) and Saturday.
I am in town with Jazz bassist Yoshio Suzuki, who will be performing for the first time in China at DDC Beijing tomorrow (Thursday) and Saturday.
November 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Hello again Beijing.
I am in town with Jazz bassist Yoshio Suzuki, who will be performing for the first time in China at DDC Beijing tomorrow (Thursday) and Saturday.
I am in town with Jazz bassist Yoshio Suzuki, who will be performing for the first time in China at DDC Beijing tomorrow (Thursday) and Saturday.
Hello again Beijing.
I am in town with Jazz bassist Yoshio Suzuki, who will be performing for the first time in China at DDC Beijing tomorrow (Thursday) and Saturday.
I am in town with Jazz bassist Yoshio Suzuki, who will be performing for the first time in China at DDC Beijing tomorrow (Thursday) and Saturday.
November 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Hello again Beijing.
I am in town with Jazz bassist Yoshio Suzuki, who will be performing for the first time in China at DDC Beijing tomorrow (Thursday) and Saturday.
I am in town with Jazz bassist Yoshio Suzuki, who will be performing for the first time in China at DDC Beijing tomorrow (Thursday) and Saturday.
Another day, another flight.
Booked just two hours ago, I'm on a China Eastern 777 to Beijing, where I will be meeting a group of wonderful Japanese Jazz musicians.
I'm curious how many people will come to the concert given the diplomatic spat right now.
We'll see.
Booked just two hours ago, I'm on a China Eastern 777 to Beijing, where I will be meeting a group of wonderful Japanese Jazz musicians.
I'm curious how many people will come to the concert given the diplomatic spat right now.
We'll see.
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Another day, another flight.
Booked just two hours ago, I'm on a China Eastern 777 to Beijing, where I will be meeting a group of wonderful Japanese Jazz musicians.
I'm curious how many people will come to the concert given the diplomatic spat right now.
We'll see.
Booked just two hours ago, I'm on a China Eastern 777 to Beijing, where I will be meeting a group of wonderful Japanese Jazz musicians.
I'm curious how many people will come to the concert given the diplomatic spat right now.
We'll see.
New on Living History: Andy Andreasen and the inside story of the making of Beijing’s first Western five-star hotel — and the Americans and Chinese who dared to build it in the 1980s. youtu.be/33Nho0H2VSQ
Andy Andreasen | Building Beijing's First Western Luxury Hotel
YouTube video by Living History: Stories from the Opening of China
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 7:03 AM
New on Living History: Andy Andreasen and the inside story of the making of Beijing’s first Western five-star hotel — and the Americans and Chinese who dared to build it in the 1980s. youtu.be/33Nho0H2VSQ
Another day, another flight.
I'm last to board this packed China Eastern from Beijing to Shanghai. It seems to be one of the oldest airframes they have, with thickly-padded seats but without personal TVs.
Not that I mind, I don't use those screens anyway.
I'm last to board this packed China Eastern from Beijing to Shanghai. It seems to be one of the oldest airframes they have, with thickly-padded seats but without personal TVs.
Not that I mind, I don't use those screens anyway.
November 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Another day, another flight.
I'm last to board this packed China Eastern from Beijing to Shanghai. It seems to be one of the oldest airframes they have, with thickly-padded seats but without personal TVs.
Not that I mind, I don't use those screens anyway.
I'm last to board this packed China Eastern from Beijing to Shanghai. It seems to be one of the oldest airframes they have, with thickly-padded seats but without personal TVs.
Not that I mind, I don't use those screens anyway.
Coming soon to the Living History Channel: Jörg Wuttke.
This was an incredible conversation that took us down many roads and alleys I had not foreseen but enjoyed greatly.
This was an incredible conversation that took us down many roads and alleys I had not foreseen but enjoyed greatly.
November 13, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Coming soon to the Living History Channel: Jörg Wuttke.
This was an incredible conversation that took us down many roads and alleys I had not foreseen but enjoyed greatly.
This was an incredible conversation that took us down many roads and alleys I had not foreseen but enjoyed greatly.
Another day, another flight.
The China Eastern 330 taking me to Beijing is once again packed but thankfully on time. I was offered an upgrade for RMB500 but decided to stick it out in coach.
I'll be filming Living History in Beijing until Sunday.
The China Eastern 330 taking me to Beijing is once again packed but thankfully on time. I was offered an upgrade for RMB500 but decided to stick it out in coach.
I'll be filming Living History in Beijing until Sunday.
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Another day, another flight.
The China Eastern 330 taking me to Beijing is once again packed but thankfully on time. I was offered an upgrade for RMB500 but decided to stick it out in coach.
I'll be filming Living History in Beijing until Sunday.
The China Eastern 330 taking me to Beijing is once again packed but thankfully on time. I was offered an upgrade for RMB500 but decided to stick it out in coach.
I'll be filming Living History in Beijing until Sunday.
Beijing friends: on Nov 20 and 22 we will be bringing Japanese Jazz bassist Yoshio Suzuki to DDC.
Most bassists work in the background but this 79-year-old legend is a monumental exception.
This is a rare chance to see something very special.
Most bassists work in the background but this 79-year-old legend is a monumental exception.
This is a rare chance to see something very special.
November 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Beijing friends: on Nov 20 and 22 we will be bringing Japanese Jazz bassist Yoshio Suzuki to DDC.
Most bassists work in the background but this 79-year-old legend is a monumental exception.
This is a rare chance to see something very special.
Most bassists work in the background but this 79-year-old legend is a monumental exception.
This is a rare chance to see something very special.
The amazing @towatei.bsky.social is coming to Shanghai and I couldn't be more excited.
Coincidentally, he made one of the few AI music videos I genuinely consider having artistic merit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K_4...
Coincidentally, he made one of the few AI music videos I genuinely consider having artistic merit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K_4...
"APPLE" TOWA TEI feat. SHEENA RINGO ( MV with Gemini )
YouTube video by towatei_channel
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The amazing @towatei.bsky.social is coming to Shanghai and I couldn't be more excited.
Coincidentally, he made one of the few AI music videos I genuinely consider having artistic merit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K_4...
Coincidentally, he made one of the few AI music videos I genuinely consider having artistic merit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K_4...
So there it is: Boyu Capital is a 60% of Starbucks China for $4 billion and will operate its cafes.
I keep reading takes on how this is a win for Starbucks (and getting that much cash certainly isn't bad) but they're in bad shape in China today. I'm curious to see what Boyu will do.
I keep reading takes on how this is a win for Starbucks (and getting that much cash certainly isn't bad) but they're in bad shape in China today. I'm curious to see what Boyu will do.
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
So there it is: Boyu Capital is a 60% of Starbucks China for $4 billion and will operate its cafes.
I keep reading takes on how this is a win for Starbucks (and getting that much cash certainly isn't bad) but they're in bad shape in China today. I'm curious to see what Boyu will do.
I keep reading takes on how this is a win for Starbucks (and getting that much cash certainly isn't bad) but they're in bad shape in China today. I'm curious to see what Boyu will do.
Wonderful writing.
The picture of an iPhone with a keyboard on that desk adds so much patina, too.
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/10...
The picture of an iPhone with a keyboard on that desk adds so much patina, too.
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/10...
My Truck Desk by Bud Smith
October 29, 2025 – “Now that I had my Truck Desk, that vehicle was my very own rolling cubicle.”
www.theparisreview.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Wonderful writing.
The picture of an iPhone with a keyboard on that desk adds so much patina, too.
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/10...
The picture of an iPhone with a keyboard on that desk adds so much patina, too.
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/10...
Riveting reporting on how hard China's Tech Companies are pushing staff by Bloomberg's @simongyy.bsky.social .
What I find intriguing is that when I chat with employees about the pace of work they rarely complain. Most are resigned to it like one is to weather.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
What I find intriguing is that when I chat with employees about the pace of work they rarely complain. Most are resigned to it like one is to weather.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The Human Cost of Xiaomi’s Rapid Pivot From Smartphones to EVs
China’s tech companies are pushing staff to work longer hours as they seek to dominate new markets and compete with US firms.
www.bloomberg.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Riveting reporting on how hard China's Tech Companies are pushing staff by Bloomberg's @simongyy.bsky.social .
What I find intriguing is that when I chat with employees about the pace of work they rarely complain. Most are resigned to it like one is to weather.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
What I find intriguing is that when I chat with employees about the pace of work they rarely complain. Most are resigned to it like one is to weather.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Intriguing.
Our forthcoming volume on the environmental history of China's era of high socialism has a cover.
Paul Pickowicz, who took the photo when he visited China in 1971 as part of a Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars delegation, also contributed the book's epilogue.
Paul Pickowicz, who took the photo when he visited China in 1971 as part of a Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars delegation, also contributed the book's epilogue.
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Intriguing.
For luxury hotel managers in 1990s China, gargantuan weddings were simply part of the job. The elaborate affairs events could earn hotels up to one million euros and in Ep27 of Living History Ilja Poepper shares his stories from this incredible time:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=an1R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=an1R...
Ilja Poepper | Building China's Luxury Hotel Industry
YouTube video by Living History: Stories from the Opening of China
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
For luxury hotel managers in 1990s China, gargantuan weddings were simply part of the job. The elaborate affairs events could earn hotels up to one million euros and in Ep27 of Living History Ilja Poepper shares his stories from this incredible time:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=an1R...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=an1R...
This 4 day-old NIO ES6 has 9709km on the odometer. Whoever made that delivery drive has my respect.
October 23, 2025 at 11:49 PM
This 4 day-old NIO ES6 has 9709km on the odometer. Whoever made that delivery drive has my respect.
It's not every day that I get such a meaningful shoutout from a genuine hero of mine.
Thank you, Toshiki Soejima.
2026 will be amazing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqbP...
Thank you, Toshiki Soejima.
2026 will be amazing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqbP...
無名のギタリストがブルーノートのステージに立つまで【全編英語】
YouTube video by ソエジマトシキ / Toshiki Soejima
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It's not every day that I get such a meaningful shoutout from a genuine hero of mine.
Thank you, Toshiki Soejima.
2026 will be amazing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqbP...
Thank you, Toshiki Soejima.
2026 will be amazing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqbP...
Someone in Shanghai does not like their Volkswagen...
October 22, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Someone in Shanghai does not like their Volkswagen...
If you are writing about the same political event happening North of Beijing this week as everyone else but aren't there, have no special knowledge about what is going on inside or any other special value to add... then what are you really adding?
October 21, 2025 at 8:45 AM
If you are writing about the same political event happening North of Beijing this week as everyone else but aren't there, have no special knowledge about what is going on inside or any other special value to add... then what are you really adding?
Shanghai friends: Toshiki Soejima will be performing tomorrow at the Enya Global Masters Music Night. It's at 7:30pm at MODERN SKY LAB Shanghai.
October 21, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Shanghai friends: Toshiki Soejima will be performing tomorrow at the Enya Global Masters Music Night. It's at 7:30pm at MODERN SKY LAB Shanghai.
Shanghai friends: Toshiki Soejima will be performing tomorrow at the Enya Global Masters Music Night. It's at 7:30pm at MODERN SKY LAB Shanghai
October 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Shanghai friends: Toshiki Soejima will be performing tomorrow at the Enya Global Masters Music Night. It's at 7:30pm at MODERN SKY LAB Shanghai
Good morning from Chongqing West Railway Station, where I am about to board a train to Chengdu with more luggage than I should have to carry. Let's hope there is space onboard.
October 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Good morning from Chongqing West Railway Station, where I am about to board a train to Chengdu with more luggage than I should have to carry. Let's hope there is space onboard.
What an incredible night in Chongqing with Toshiki Soejima- tomorrow (10.17) we will be in Chengdu NuSpace.
October 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
What an incredible night in Chongqing with Toshiki Soejima- tomorrow (10.17) we will be in Chengdu NuSpace.
I'm in Chongqing 重庆, my favorite city in China with
Toshiki Soejima, who is about to perform his first concert in this city tonight at VOX Livehouse.
Toshiki Soejima, who is about to perform his first concert in this city tonight at VOX Livehouse.
October 16, 2025 at 6:58 AM
I'm in Chongqing 重庆, my favorite city in China with
Toshiki Soejima, who is about to perform his first concert in this city tonight at VOX Livehouse.
Toshiki Soejima, who is about to perform his first concert in this city tonight at VOX Livehouse.