The timing of the publishing of this seems coincidentally aligned with YC's very recent backout of a Chinese outpost. https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/21/y-combi

The timing of the publishing of this seems coincidentally aligned with YC's very recent backout of a Chinese outpost. https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/21/y-combinator-abruptly-shutters-yc-china/ https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/21/y-combinator-abruptly-shut... I read this as a coded way for Paul Graham to express his distaste for those opposing the YC China expansion.