Even

The most befuddling thing about this one was the fact that at least half of the people had moved out of Beijing for 5+ years already at the point it was posted. Given the smallness of Beijing in those years, I was always sure I must know whoever wrote it, but could never quite crack it.

“China’s Vulnerability Paradox” | ChinaFile China’s appetite for critical minerals, fossil fuel, timber, and other commodities is the subject of countless news articles and has created anxiety in capital cities around the world. The dominant narrative is one of concern over Beijing’s dominance of global supply chains. Yet while the country clearly exhibits strengths as a commodity superpower, it also suffers from

A new book by political economist Pascale Massot examines how China is heavily import-dependent for many raw metals and minerals despite its market size and power. Author Paul French asked her all about it:

No fighting in the war room, lads.

Throw Kendra a follow if you’re also a huge nerd

Australian Matthew Radalj tells of life in China prison Matthew Radalj tells the BBC of his time in a Beijing prison, revealing what goes on behind bars.

The mental and physical torture inside prison in #China, a piece by me. Click on the link to read…
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The Return of Andor A show about living under a totalitarian regime hits different now

New(ish), from me: Andor returns on April 22. The first season detailed how bureaucracies in a totalitarian regime function, what is the toll of living under such regimes, and what causes people to rebel. Those themes feel more salient than ever. 🧵
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Trump’s tariffs will push Southeast Asia uncomfortably close to China ASEAN countries fear being caught in a US–China trade war – punished by US tariffs while being flooded with Chinese goods. They will need to band together to preserve their impressive economies.

Beijing is seeking to make political capital from Donald Trump’s missteps. China is positioning itself to Southeast Asia as the responsible defender of the global trading system.

The freight guys have really started freaking out over the past 48-72 hours:

Donald J. Trump @realDonald Trump x.com/americapapabear/status/1... 14m Trump is Purposely GRASHING The Market

So I know a lot of people get kind of perturbed when those of us on the academic and research side point out that the Republicans and the techno fascist goal is to purposely crash the market so their friends in venture capital can pick the bones of American government.
But…
Trump just posted this

China to impose tariffs of 34% on all US goods from April 10 China's finance ministry said on Friday it will impose additional tariffs of 34% on all U.S. goods from April 10 as a countermeasure to sweeping tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump.

//[China] also launched an anti-dumping probe into imports of certain medical CT tubes from the U.S. and India, and a wider industry competitiveness investigation into imports of medical CT tubes.//

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One way to think of what’s going on is that Trump & his gang are trust fund kids spending down the reservoir of U.S. power & influence without understanding or caring where the balance in that account came from. They treat it as just a fact of nature that there will always plenty there.

my friend in the IHS in the late 1990s used to see several bubonic plague cases a year because there's a reservoir population of fleas on prairie dogs in Navajo country, and miscarried when she got kicked in the stomach by the son of one of the tribal council while he was on PCP. it's a wild place.

How Trump’s trade war will break global medicine supply chains The supply chains that deliver drugs to patients around the world are surprisingly brittle. Donald Trump’s trade war—with both allies and rivals—could break them. Flynn Murphy reports When hurricane…

Happy Liberation Day. Here's how Trump’s trade war will break global medicine supply chains

How Trump’s trade war will break global medicine supply chains The supply chains that deliver drugs to patients around the world are surprisingly brittle. Donald Trump’s trade war—with both allies and rivals—could break them. Flynn Murphy reports When hurricane ...

The threat to global medicine supply chains from Trump’s trade wars is a real concern.
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USPS suspends acceptance of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong Posts. about.usps.com/newsroom/ser...

@wilsoncenter.org's China Environment Forum is now on Bluesky! Follow us to keep up to date on the latest in US-China energy, climate, and sustainable development Challenges. Check out CEF's column on New Security Beat for more: www.newsecuritybeat.org/category/blo...

Exclusive: Foxconn stops sending Chinese workers to India iPhone factories In addition, equipment shipments are delayed, potentially disrupting next-generation iPhone production in India.

My latest scoop for @restofworld.org working with @violazhou.bsky.social and @joannachiu.bsky.social ! 👠

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Very pleased to share this working paper with @rorytruex.bsky.social, where we examine attitudes towards China among over 500 Washington foreign policy and national security professionals through a survey and interviews.

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We report three major findings: 1/n

"Sandwich or DUMPLING " by Krish Raghav A Downpour game by Krish Raghav

And finally, made two things this year that I'm very proud of:

- My first Downpour game, SANDWICH OR DUMPLING: downpour.games/~krishraghav...

- A collaborative comic about bazaars in central Asia as sites of resilience: www.academia.edu/125080867/Co...

^ precisely

Don't think so. I'd wager the lion's share of this was from Xi's government austerity/anticorruption/anti banqueting rules: www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2016-1...

Monthly exports from China of selected types of gallium, germanium, graphite and antimony between January 2023 and October 2023, compared to the average total monthly exports in 2022. The red line indicates when the initial export controls came into effect, excluding the US-specific controls announced in December 2024. Source: General Administration of Customs China, with analysis by Carbon Brief.

NEW – Q&A: What could a US-China trade war mean for the energy transition? | @_AN_Patel w/ comment from @coryjcombs.bsky.social , Tony Alderson, John Johnson

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“Almost 40 high risk viruses were found on Chinese farms this year, 13 of them new viruses, including one from bats. Scientists from the UK have led calls for fur farms to be considered in the highest risk category for future disease outbreaks, alongside the bushmeat trade and live animal markets”

These are huge in China fwiw

10 HOUR - Free Bird Guitar Solo - Lynyrd Skynyrd

TFW you get on bluesky

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