Washington thought coercion would keep China down. But as @yelingtan.bsky.social @Mark Dallas @himself.bsky.social & @abenewman.bsky.social show, it did the opposite. Dependence became danger — and China learned to turn US pressure into its own power. geoeconomic.substack.com/p/america-th...

Hedged globalization reflects most countries’ desire to have nothing to do with today’s superpower competition, observes @yelingtan.bsky.social.

Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social on #BBCRadio4 today at 4pm BST discussing the UK's relationship with China 👇

'China is ready for this fight.' Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social features in @theatlantic.com's latest piece on the escalating trade war between the US and China. 👇

New article alert! How US shocks provide a focal point for reorganizing China’s domestic tech policies + institutions

Thank you @projectsyndicate.bsky.social for the honor!

'At the end of the day, the fate of the two giant economies will remain intertwined.' Prof @yelingtan.bsky.social shares her insight in @fortune.com's latest on rising trade tensions between China and the US 👇

What are countries like Côte d'Ivoire supposed to do? 90% of their exports to the U.S. are cocoa beans and natural rubber - can you build those behind the tariff wall? No. My latest for @piie.com on the disaster these #tariffs may mean for many resource-dependent developing economies.

‘China now faces a delicate balancing act.’ Professor @yelingtan.bsky.social features in @theguardian.com as #China condemns the new #tariffs placed on them by the US. 👇 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Interesting from NYTimes on US jobs exposed to retaliatory tariffs in Trump:Harris counties: China tariffs ~2.3 to 1; EU ~1.5 to 1; Canada ~1.3 to 1. EU & Canada, >6m US jobs exposed. China, <1.6m. China retaliatory tariffs smaller in jobs magnitude, but more intensely targeting Trump counties.

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