Coco’s Newsletter

Roughly Three Homes

Musing on what home means to me

Dec 25 • Coco Liu

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You call it dictatorship, I call it efficiency

Utopian cities of the world. Part 3: Stories of Astana, Singapore, and Seoul

Dec 14 • Coco Liu

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November 2025

On the Modern Silk Road

Trade as a different way of life

Nov 9 • Coco Liu

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October 2025

A mini tour of the beautiful patterns of textiles and architecture

Where intricate patterns touch emotions

Oct 2 • Coco Liu

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September 2025

When I bought rice and eggs for a girl on the street of Kathmandu

Where the primary reason for travel is to give

Sep 1 • Coco Liu

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July 2025

My favorite, untranslatable words: English vs Chinese

Value systems from the east and the west

Jul 30 • Coco Liu

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June 2025

My great-grandfather’s statue in China.

In search of my ancestral roots

Jun 24 • Coco Liu

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May 2025

Community is less about the who, and more about the where and how

The times we feel full from a conversation meal

May 30 • Coco Liu

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April 2025

Helsinki, the Midnight Sky

Nordic impressions, embracing the impermanence of experiences

Apr 30 • Coco Liu

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March 2025

A space dedicated to the meeting of strangers

On refinding my why

Mar 31 • Coco Liu

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February 2025

China’s past and future, a celadon cup from the Song dynasty

On unearthing the past to find who we are

Feb 23 • Coco Liu

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The unique spatial patterns of Rio de Janeiro: on topography, spontaneous architecture, and fashion

And why we’d cheat with a Brazilian

Feb 1 • Coco Liu

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