NPR 前驻京记者 Emily Feng 刚出版了 Let Only Red Flowers Bloom， 第一章写的是前检察官杨斌。柴静之前做了一期和她的对谈，可以拿来一起看看：

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLsJGEMWvhs

https://www.amazon.com/Let-Only-Red-Flowers-Bloom/dp/0593594223

另外一本由 NPR 前驻华记者Rob Schmitz 史明智写的是Street of Eternal Happiness，《长乐路》。

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/239945/street-of-eternal-happiness-by-rob-schmitz/

这回请到了库索：

https://overcast.fm/+ABIAZ-uVZN4

Lenny’s podcast 中嘉宾最常提及的书：

https://x.com/lennysan/status/1947341731575566591

周：談了那麼多，我有點覺得，如何面對死亡，是要
學的。
陳：對。我們每個人，都需要好好學習如何面對死亡。

— 《相遇》 by 周保松

周：我覺得這與人貪新忘舊的心理，有一定關係。因為人抗拒重覆。若一段關係沒有注入一些新的元素，人會很容易厭倦。一如你自己希望不斷有進步，一段關係也需要互相進步，才會有新奇的感覺。

陳：兩個人一起進步，其實是一種鼓勵。所以我覺得愛是動態，而不是靜態的。

— 《相遇》 by 周保松

这篇文章发表于2008年，二十多年后的今天，周老师心中永恒的风景早已不复存在：

從北京回來不夠一年，六四事件便發生了。一九八九年五月，在學校默許下，我在課室率先張貼了支持學生運動的標語，接着參加了幾次大遊行，天天看報紙追新聞，沉浸在大時代的亢奮中。六四那一夜，我一個人坐在漆黑的家中，看着沒有畫面的電視，聽着身在北京的記者電話中傳來的密集槍聲，一夜未眠。六月四日後，學校辦了一場追悼會，我作為學生代表，上台發了言，還噙着淚帶唱了《龍的傳人》。其後十八年，只要人在香港，六四夜我都會去維多利亞公園，和幾萬人一起點亮燭光，悼念那死去的英靈。在香港那麼多年，維園的燭光晚會，是我和其他香港人站得最近的時刻，也是做香港人做得最爽最自豪的時刻。我有時想，管它平反不平反，就讓我們這樣一年一年坐下去吧，讓那浩瀚的燭海，成為香港永恆的風景。

— 《相遇》 by 周保松

《中國和日本》
作者: [美] 傅高义
出版社: 香港中文大學出版社
副标题: 1500年的交流史
原作名: China and Japan: Facing History
译者: 毛升
出版年: 2019-10
页数: 524

中國和日本在文化和政治上的密切連結可追溯至一千五百年前，但如今兩國關係緊張而危險。日本對中國不斷增強的軍事實力深感焦慮，而二戰時日軍暴行給中國留下的創傷至今未癒。近年來對對方國家抱有好感的中日國民比例尚不及10%，他們都認為對方應以更開放的態度正視歷史，否則兩國關係難以改善。

本書以七世紀推古天皇派出遣隋使開篇，述至改革開放前後中國向日本借鑑發展市場經濟的經驗，考察了中日關係史上的多個重要轉捩點，包括朝貢貿易、甲午戰爭、殖民滿洲、中日戰爭、日本對華經濟援助、近年來中日關係的惡化等等。縱觀中日交往的歷史，在最初一千多年，中國憑藉廣博的文明和豐富的資源佔據上風。但到十九世紀，日本成功實現近代化改革，並在甲午戰爭中擊敗中國，從而扭轉局勢，後來居上。近四十年來，雖然各界人士推動貿易往來和觀光交流的努力不斷，二戰創傷之巨仍使兩國合作困難重重。

傅高義認為，如今作為世界第二、第三經濟體的中日兩國間充滿敵意的緊張關係並非兩國關係中的歷史常態。他以歷史社會學的視角，指出中日一千五百年的交流史中更多的是欣賞對方、向對方學習、大海無波、和平共存的歷史場景。

傅高義強調日本應為戰爭中的侵略行為鄭重道歉，同時也力勸中國將日本視為亞洲地區潛在的重要合作夥伴。為了世界秩序的穩定，這兩個大國必須從環境保護、災難管理、全球經濟及科學研究等領域的共同利益出發，重塑彼此間的關係。

#历史 #政治 #经济 #文化 #日本 #港版

之前搜集过一些人的书单，有 a16z 的 Marc Andersson, Gumroad 创始人 Sahil Lavingia 以及 Stripe 的联合创始人 Patrick Collins

在这个页面的底部：https://letters.acacess.com/books/

Chinese and Americans are pragmatic: They have a get-it-done attitude that occasionally produces hurried work. Both countries are full of hustlers peddling shortcuts, especially to health and to wealth. Their peoples have an appreciation for the technological sublime: the awe of grand projects pushing physical limits. American and Chinese elites are often uneasy with the political views of the broader populace. But masses and elites are united in the faith that theirs is a uniquely powerful nation that ought to throw its weight around if smaller countries don't get in line.

— Breakneck by Dan Wang

I came to this view as a Canadian who has spent almost equal amounts of time living in the United States and China. To me, these two countries are thrilling, maddening, and, most of all, deeply bizarre. Canada is tidy. I sometimes find myself relaxing as soon as I cross into its borders. Drive around America and China, on the other hand, and you'll see people and places that are utterly deranged.

— Breakneck by Dan Wang

They are not the only two countries in the world that matter. Far from it. But if we don't understand how the United States and China function and interact, then in large part we won't quite understand many of the biggest changes in the world. The two countries are reconfiguring the international order and each other too. Seeing China more clearly-its dazzling strengths, appalling weaknesses, and everything in between—also helps us to see America more clearly.

— Breakneck by Dan Wang

My parents and I emigrated from China to Canada when I was seven. During high school, we moved to the woodsy suburbs of Philadelphia (where my mom and dad still live). After going to New York for college and Silicon Valley for work, I returned to China to investigate its technology developments. I learned to appreciate something vital: The country is always in motion.

— Breakneck by Dan Wang

By traveling as often as possible to smaller cities-some that are little more than urbanized industrial parks— grasped something that most Americans, and even many Chinese, do not: Going to little-known cities in China is fun. Wherever I went I found amazing food, bizarre sights, and memorable people. I saw that China had greater dynamism than acknowledged by most headlines about the country, which fixate on Beijing's political machinations. Just imagine what the rest of the world would miss if they understood the United States exclusively through developments from Washington, DC.

— Breakneck by Dan Wang

It is almost uncanny how much the United States and China have been complementary of each other. It was no accident that the two countries established, for a few decades, an economic partnership that worked tremendously well for American consumers and Chinese workers. But on a political level, these two systems are a study in contrasts. While the United States reflects the virtues of pluralism and protection of individuals, China revealed the advantages and perils that come from moving quickly to achieve rapid physical improvements.

— Breakneck by Dan Wang