Geopolitical analyst and aspiring 担担面馆老板. Former Shanghailander, now based in Washington, DC. In @Slate, @Forbes, @Diplomat_APAC, @qz, @abcnews
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This is a really funny Xi video, which I've never seen before. I just added subtitles in English to it 👇
He explains the art of giving gifts to foreign leaders. The South Korea anecdote is particularly hilarious: he explains that when China had to find a gift for President Park Geun-hye, they went through her autobiography, where she wrote that if she’d ever had a first love (she was unmarried), he would be Zhao Zilong, a legendary general from the Three Kingdoms. So they had Fan Zeng, one of China’s most famous painters, paint her crush 😂
Xi can’t resist adding that Zhao Zilong happens to come from Zhengding, the county he ran in the 1980s, which makes him "very proud too."
Xi’s actual point is that good diplomacy is personal and that you need to do deep research on the people you’re dealing with: reading their biographies, knowing their taste, their history, etc. It signals respect and, as he puts it, is "a very, very effective way of reaching people’s hearts."
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What I like about the Chinese Air Force One is that they didn't even bother to take off the Star Alliance logo.
So I have to assume my United card still gives me miles if I buy some youtiao on that plane
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China’s Humanoid Robot Playbook Is Becoming a Regulatory State Project
...beneath the headlines, Beijing is constructing something potentially more important than any single company robot model: a comprehensive governance, standards, testing, and lifecycle management framework for embodied intelligence.
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Missed this Vox piece last week - many big errors in just one graf
1. Taiwan's status has not always been ambiguous
2. Taiwan modernized under Japanese colonialism before KMT arrival
3. KMT seized Taiwan in 1945
4. ROC was established in China in 1912
vox.com/world-politi...
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Chinese immigrants to the US, increasingly well-educated and affluent, are living their best lives here, free to read what they want, do what they want, and say what they want. They're bringing some of China's avant garde culture here, writes @61LiuYi in this brilliant article.
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some really stark findings in here
I'm immensely proud to share that my new report on semiconductor equipment export controls is out! It's full of new and previously non-public data that I think gives helpful insight.
Please help spread the word!
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Ideological opponent of China, Javier Milei, President of Argentina, describes to The Economist his delight at discovering that the Chinese are fabulous trade partners for a large agricultural exporter like Argentina: “They are fabulous. I mean, I swear to you, they do not ask for anything. Nothing. They want to trade calmly. And you know what? We have economies that are complementary. Therefore, the well-being of Argentines requires that I deepen commercial ties with China. Why? Because they are complementary economies.”
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Miao Hua being purged is a much bigger deal than Dong Jun
Miao is on Xi’s Central Military Commission, unlike Dong
Miao also worked in Fujian when Xi was a local leader there, suggesting that Xi is concerned enough about PLA corruption to take down people he may know well
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Daniel Rechtschaffen retweeted
I hate Halloween in DC. What do you mean you’re the ghost of Chevron deference?
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On July 6, 1998, Hong Kong's Kai Tak airport shut its runways, ending an era of aviation history known for one of the world's trickiest landings.
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The BBC has made me redundant in the latest round of cuts. I will now be leaving my position and China by the end of December after over 5 years. I am looking for new filming, editing and producing opportunities in the region and elsewhere in the world.
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"Hey, American! Come take pictures of this. See how our women pick potatoes!"
At 8am the morning after checking into my Tibetan guesthouse in Jiuzhaigou, I decided to explore the dirt path up the mountain behind the village - the route to the old hamlet I'd heard about.
Daniel Rechtschaffen retweeted
Who are the rising stars of Chinese politics?
Many are leaders of mainland China's 31 provincial-level local governments
We mapped provincial leaders and their connections in a new section of our interactive @AsiaPolicy product Decoding Chinese Politics
Who's on the up?
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Daniel Rechtschaffen @DRechts argued that keeping #SouthKorea’s specific interests front of mind in U.S. policymaking is crucial to ensuring continued alignment on U.S. #technology and #trade goals. nbr.org/publication/aligning…
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Not only is this moment historical, but the photo that @evanvucci took is also perfect.
The level of compositional mastery comes from over two decades of experience in the field and a sharpness that only comes from thousands and thousands of "reps."
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ALT My compositional breakdown.
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Following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, companies should expect an increasingly tense political environment, which will raise security risks around the election and lend itself to a rise in incidental violence.
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#ControlRisks #USelection2024
