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Jaap Grolleman

Personal blog · jaapgrolleman.comculturecareer

Jaap Grolleman's personal blog at jaapgrolleman.com covers culture and career. Since 2022, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.

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2022–2026first – last linked?
Links on Hacker News per year · peak 2 in 2023

From Hattem to Shanghai and back again

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  1. user_named · 2022-04-09

    Submitted An Account of the Shanghai Lockdown as a story · 419 points

    HN discussion
  2. jaapgrolleman · 2023-12-24

    Submitted How to survive in a Chinese company as a story · 78 points

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  3. jxub · 2024-10-19

    Submitted Shanghai Before the Foreigners as a story · 75 points

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  4. jxub · 2026-08-06

    Submitted Degrees of Wealth as a story · 9 points

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  5. navigate8310 · 2025-09-18

    Submitted My Chinese Learning Journey as a story · 2 points

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  6. 1PlayerOne · 2023-10-27

    Submitted My First Visit to the United States as a story · 2 points

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  7. jaapgrolleman · 2026-01-14

    Submitted In Praise of Writing (and the Case Against AI) as a story · 1 points

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  8. cescnavas · 2025-03-23

    Submitted Life lessons from a foreigner 7 years in China as a story · 1 points

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