Dan Wang: How He Became America’s Favorite China Expert | How I Write
How I Write24 Syys 2025

Dan Wang: How He Became America’s Favorite China Expert | How I Write

I interviewed Dan Wang, a writer and analyst whose annual letters from China have become a first draft of modern Chinese history. We talked about how he blends personal observation with deep analysis, how to skip the cliches and write with texture instead, and how classical music and literature have shaped his writing style. What’s unique about Dan is that he built a name for himself by writing one essay per year (in an age where writers are encouraged to publish consistently). We also talked about his approach to travel writing, the difference between living in Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, how AI is changing the way he thinks (but not how he writes), and why China’s influencer culture is his least favorite thing about the country. 00:1:04 Why Dan writes Annual Letters00:07:53 Dan’s favorite novel00:15:01 Dan’s method for writing00:26:02 Why most travel writing stinks00:30:44 How to travel through China00:33:05 The regions of China, explained00:44:47 Trade books vs. academic books00:53:46 The problem with history books01:01:42 Did Dan write his book with AI?01:10:50 Dan’s least favorite part about China1:15:42 A critique of American elites1:33:08 Dan’s website got blocked in China1:39:52 What China mocks about America1:54:49 A simple way to improve your writing Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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David Whyte: Inside the Mind of A Master Poet | How I Write

David Whyte: Inside the Mind of A Master Poet | How I Write

I interviewed David Whyte, a poet who has mastered the art of turning life's deepest experiences into beautiful writing. We talked about how to write from the place where your inner world meets the ou...

23 Heinä 20251h 35min

Alain de Botton: Writing Is Revenge | How I Write

Alain de Botton: Writing Is Revenge | How I Write

I interviewed Alain de Botton, a philosopher and writer who has turned personal pain into universal wisdom. He's written dozens of books and built The School of Life into a YouTube channel with nearly...

16 Heinä 20251h 28min

Steven Levitan: How Modern Family Rewrote The Rules of Sitcom | How I Write

Steven Levitan: How Modern Family Rewrote The Rules of Sitcom | How I Write

I interviewed Steven Levitan, the co-creator and showrunner of Modern Family, one of the most successful sitcoms of the past two decades. What makes him fascinating isn't just that he wrote hundreds o...

9 Heinä 20251h 40min

David Zucker: Hollywood Director Explains The 15 Rules of Comedy | How I Write

David Zucker: Hollywood Director Explains The 15 Rules of Comedy | How I Write

I interviewed David Zucker, the director behind Airplane!, Naked Gun, and some of the funniest movies ever made. What makes this conversation fascinating isn't just the behind the scenes stories, but ...

2 Heinä 20251h 13min

Bible Project: How Two Guys Changed Bible Education on YouTube | How I Write

Bible Project: How Two Guys Changed Bible Education on YouTube | How I Write

This is not a normal episode. There's two guests, not one. Tim Mackie and Jon Collins, and they're the founders of the Bible project, a YouTube channel with more than half a billion views. It is entir...

25 Kesä 20251h 27min

Robert Macfarlane: The Most Beautiful Conversation About Language | How I Write

Robert Macfarlane: The Most Beautiful Conversation About Language | How I Write

I interviewed Robert Macfarlane, a writer who has mastered the art of nature writing. What makes him fascinating isn’t just that he writes beautifully about landscapes, but how he thinks about languag...

18 Kesä 20251h 29min

Paul Harding: A New Way To Think About Writing | How I Write

Paul Harding: A New Way To Think About Writing | How I Write

I interviewed Paul Harding, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his very first novel Tinkers. Unlike most novelists, he’s not really interested in plots, and only halfway interested in characte...

11 Kesä 20251h 28min

Steven Pinker: Harvard Professor Explains The Rules of Writing | How I Write

Steven Pinker: Harvard Professor Explains The Rules of Writing | How I Write

I’m here at Harvard in the office of Steven Pinker. He’s written nine books and spent his life studying language, cognition, and writing. In this interview, we started with the practical: the rules of...

4 Kesä 202543min

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