Chiang Mai
City in Thailand.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breakneck | Dan Wang | setting | The author spends a month with young Chinese who left after lockdowns, many met earlier in Yunnan. |
Sub-places
Breakneck — Dan Wang (2025)
Source: Readwise highlight
At the end of 2023, I spent a month in Thailand’s Chiang Mai with people who have
- Role: setting
- In the book: The author spends a month with young Chinese who left after lockdowns, many met earlier in Yunnan. They meditate in golden-roofed temples, use psychedelics and cannabis, hide the truth from parents, and meet software developer Yiju who fled after the white paper protests.
- Why it matters: It is the destination of the ‘rùn’ emigration theme, a place of escape from Chinese controls; the section’s reporting setting.