Afra Wang

Writer and commentator working between London and the Bay Area, fellow with Gov.AI and former Roots of Progress Institute affiliate, known for writing on China, technology, and the Industrial Party including a WIRED piece on The Morning Star of Lingao.

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Jan 28, 2026 • 1h 25min

Afra Wang on "The Morning Star of Lingao" (临高启明) and the Rise and Reckoning of China's "Industrial Party"

Afra Wang, a writer living between London and the Bay Area who covers China, tech, and the Industrial Party, discusses The Morning Star of Lingao. She unpacks a crowdsourced alternate-history novel about time travelers bootstrapping industry in Ming Hainan. Conversations touch on China’s engineering-minded Industrial Party, techno-culture, crowdsourced worldbuilding, and how competence became a kind of salvation.

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