Sociologist, China watcher, reformed expat, old-man BJJ blackbelt 🥋 w bum knees. Spurs fan, Grower of 🌶️
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Two thirds of Chinese adults said their country was experiencing involution as of July, up 6 since before reopening. Conviction spreading in almost every income bracket and demo, but especially the young. Workers are feeling the strain. My latest: pro.morningconsult.com/analy…
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So excited to be able to share an excerpt of my book in @TheAtlantic today, ahead of my first reading this afternoon and the official launch Tuesday! theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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While “the competition would strike the public as a test of the merits of each type of automobile—and the limits of human endurance—one thing would matter most of all: which competitor was willing to do whatever it would take to win,” @ELMoskowitz writes: theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
Ahh the Super League. 国安😣 not very 牛.
🚨 The table for the upcoming 2026 Chinese Super League season.
More than half the teams will start on negative points for a variety of corruption-related offenses dating as far back as 2012.
— @DreyerChina
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🚨 The table for the upcoming 2026 Chinese Super League season.
More than half the teams will start on negative points for a variety of corruption-related offenses dating as far back as 2012.
— @DreyerChina
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Chinese slang for a combover is ‘The local authorities provide support for the central government’. (📷: Nesnad)
ALT A photo from above of a man with a combover.
Hmmm, I wonder if they created this specifically w someone in mind...🙄
Gianni Infantino will present the inaugural ‘FIFA Peace Prize’ at the draw for the 2026 World Cup, football’s world governing body has announced.
The award is designed to acknowledge “individuals who have helped to unite people all over the world in peace” with the winner to be crowned at the draw in Washington DC on December 5.
More from @Dan_KP
🔗 nytimes.com/athletic/6780499…
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Let three sets of facts sink in:
1) In the wake of the Sputnik moment, America increased government support of R&D and stepped up education in STEM,
2) We now have another consequential moment, that of DeepSeek and Made in China 2025,
3) But this time around America is cutting deeply research funding, restricting our access to international talents, imposing tax on university endowments, pausing disbursement of approved grants, chipping away the CHIPS Act.
Maybe this is a 3-dimensional chess move that I just do not get. If so, please educate me.
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As @Dimi reports, current CMC Vice Chairman, He Weidong (何卫东), was arrested over the last few weeks.
Demetri consulted with 5 people familiar with the situation, including current and former US officials, so I believe the authoritativeness of his reporting.
A long 🧵 on why this is a big deal for Party-army relations in China and a Taiwan contingency.
ft.com/content/8226e1d9-2e4a…
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According to our analysis, a single Chinese state-owned shipbuilder produced more commercial vessels by tonnage in 2024 than the entire U.S. industry has since World War II.
Read our full @CSIS report: csis.org/analysis/ship-wars-…
