Jorge Guajardo

The Bookseller Crow Come and see us in Crystal Palace for a well established independent bookshop with a great atmosphere and the widest range of titles south of the river. Popular book club and author events, with t-shi...

Need a book? Bookseller Crow excellent indie bookshop proprietor Jonathan is gravely ill and they need all the business they can get. booksellercrow.co.uk
They’re on bookshop.org too.

Let me posit that, contrary to what people in Washington think, countries don’t just react to US, they have agency and initiative. I’d wager Modi’s trip to China was planned well ahead of Trump’s tariffs announcement. And its outcome will be independent of any US action. It’s not all about the US.

Feeding the Future We don’t just need smarter tech, we need smarter goals. Take the survey so your insight can shape the future of AI in food security.

How can we ensure that #AI is ACTUALLY helpful for the BIG challenges we face, like #ClimateChange and #WorldHunger? We need to listen to the experts who understand these problems best!
That's why @aspendigital.bsky.social is surveying people in #FoodSecurity: www.aspendigital.org/event/food-s...

"From 2020 to 2024, the top five foreign automakers in China — Volkswagen, Toyota, Honda, GM & Nissan — saw their sales in that market plunge from 9.4M to 6.4M annually

Today’s top 5 Chinese automakers saw sales more than double to 9.5M last year from 4.6 million vehicles in 2020"
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China Connections - From China to Southeast Asia: Jeffrey Wasserstrom in Conversation w/ Evans Osnos YouTube video by US-China Education Trust

Last Friday afternoon in DC, I got a chance to share a stage w/ @eosnos.bsky.social (always a pleasure) to talk about my new book on resistance and repression in Asia and many other subjects, from our past collaborations to the challenges of writing about Xi Jinping www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Europe’s Been Negotiating by the Book, but Trump’s Tearing It Up

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For the US to negotiate point-by-point concessions may satisfy those who think of trade mainly as a set of legal issues, but from an economic point of view it makes little sense to focus on highly specific restrictions and policies.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/w...

For those who don't want to order from Amazon — Bleak House Books in New York still has copies of YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION! They take online orders and ship nationwide! 🔗 www.bleakhousebooks.com CC: @badiucao.bsky.social

How super cool! Just amazing.

The Apple TV series “Your Friends and Neighbors” is really good. Very strong recommend.

Standing by

"Saving face is uniquely important with the Chinese, but is unimportant anywhere else."

Reading now and enjoying it very much.

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Chinese exports in March were up much more than expected, by 12.4% year on year, presumably because exporters rushed to deliver before tariffs were implemented. For the first three months of the year, exports in RMB terms were up 6.9%.

english.news.cn/20250414/1ba...

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Unfortunately it is also very hard to discuss tariffs in a non-hysterical way. They are neither the panacea that the Trump administration supposes they are, nor are they the instrument of Satan, as most American economists truly believe them to be.

Always listen when @michaelpettis.bsky.social talks.

There are non-commercial jets flying over DC. 🤔

How Mexico’s president became the Trump whisperer Claudia Sheinbaum’s years of learning how to keep a ‘cool head’ in the face of big personalities is paying off

www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Washington sunset.

Thank you, Melissa!

By far the smartest (and shortest!) read and argument on why some tariffs against China make sense — and why tariffs against Canada and Mexico DO NOT. By former Mexican ambassador to China @jorgeguajardo.bsky.social:

Take a deep breath…

Opinion | Marco Rubio: An Americas First Foreign Policy U.S. diplomats have neglected the Western Hemisphere for too long.

In this OpEd, Secretary Rubio mentions “partners”/“partnerships” four times. Not sure I’ve ever heard President Trump talk about “partnering” with other countries in the hemisphere.
www.wsj.com/opinion/an-a...

There’s a heaviness to the tone/cadence of DCA Tower controllers. I cannot imagine their pain.

Listening to KDCA Tower on LiveATC.net
#liveatc
liveatc.net

I live on the landing path of planes coming into DCA. The silence as the airport remains close makes my heart heavy, thinking of the tragedy.

If confirmed as a commercial airliner in the Potomac, this mid-air collision at DCA would be the worst U.S. air disaster since the Colgan Air Q400 crash near Buffalo in 2009.

Actually, my target audience is the Mexican government, hoping they understand the need for tariffs on Chinese imports.

I’m a former Mexican Ambassador to China who lives in Washington, DC. I’ve seen closely how these three countries interact commercially. My article explains why I am also in favor of tariffs. www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...

The Guy Behind DeepSeek Blurbed My Book in China On Friday, I had never heard of Liang Wenfeng. By Monday, I realized he knew a lot about my work—and I was scrambling to learn about his.

Thisis great! www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-...

The speed at which Chinese disruption happens is mind numbing. One week the USA’s AI industry is on top of the world, the next week they’re having an existencial crisis. Who’s next?