It's Friday. Do you have any #weekend reading plans? Perhaps Thanksgiving Wknd for some give you more time. Perhaps you are looking for a gift. Check out a unique story, a unique book about #Cambodia and #Vietnam in the 1970-80's - a story of war, love and survival. #books @booksky.club

Helen Davidson @heldavidson.bsky.social writes of the combined anger and grief among the people of #HongKong in aftermath of worst residential fire in the city's history. As of this writing at least 128 dead 200 missing in #TaiPoFire - www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

ICE deported a woman who owned a home in the US for 30 years. A judge banned ICE from deporting her to Sierra Leone where she had been tortured, so it deported her to Ghana, which kidnapped her and sent her back Sierra Leone anyway. ICE is part of this illegal conspiracy.

Washington NAT GUARD SHOOTING: Suspect Drove Across Country with a Plan. 29-year-old Afghan man identified by officials as the gunman had worked with C.I.A. units and entered the United States in 2021 www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...

Spat With China Becomes an Asset for #Japan’s New Leader Sanae Takaichi is not backing off from comments about #Taiwan that enraged #China. Many of Japan’s #voters like her stance. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/w...

Hopefully #Zelenskyy will get want in wants. #Ukraine "significantly" amends "US peace plan." European leaders warn no deal can be reached quickly. Ukraine pressing for more European involvement to offset #Trump apparent Putin friendly approach. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

Any objective analysis will conclude that Donald Trump has SOLD OUT #Ukraine as European officials struggle to change a damaging #Trump 28-point peace plan to end the war. A plan designed in Moscow: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/w...

It has been a rough year for weather in #Vietnam A Year of Floods, Mud, Death and the impact of global warming www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/w...

Weekly #weekend reminder - READ IN 2025 IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY - stories of #Cambodia and #Vietnam in the 1970's and 80's #booksky @booksky.club @neglectedbooks.com @bookshelfie.bsky.social

#Japan’s New Leader Mentions #Taiwan, and Tanks Her Relationship With #China Facing reprisals from Beijing for a remark over Taiwan, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi must walk a fine line to prevent escalating the dispute without looking weak at home. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...

This could be one of the very few things I agree with #Trump on "denying visas to Chinese students would put “half” of American colleges “out of business.” and the dangers have been overstated." 600,000 Chinese student visas = OK. Dispute Over Chinese Students www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/w...

[email protected] writes "Much of #China’s foreign policy, rather than exporting its ideology abroad, is aimed at shoring up power of the Communist Party at home. What outside observers take to be aggressive moves are often aimed at solving internal problems." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...

Often we mourn the destructiveness of Trump policies on Latinos- but many others impacted. Mother of four, came to US from #Vietnam deported. Lawyer says, "Melissas case example of cruelty of #Trump regime and the fact that our system is broken beyond explanation..." thebanner.com/community/lo...

Well at least @bsky.app is still with us! Cloudflare outage cuts access to X, ChatGPT and other web platforms for thousands. www.reuters.com/business/elo...

Aiming to Shock #Japan, #China Pushes a Wave of Reprisals Vivian Wang writes that Beijing is flexing its military and economic might to show its displeasure with the Japanese leader’s comments about defending Taiwan. But aggressive approach risks backfiring. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/w...

#China #Japan tensions @anthonykuhn.bsky.social writes "Takaichi's comments have seriously damaged foundations of Japan-China relations, says #China Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning says, adding that Takaichi should retract her "wrongful remarks on Taiwan." www.npr.org/2025/11/17/g...

Where Mao’s Peasants Tilled the Soil, Tourists Now Pay for the View. Decades ago, a Chinese village became an official symbol of revolutionary “self-reliance.” The slogan hasn’t changed, but nearly everything else in #China has. Andrew Higgins writes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/w...

SE #Asia Scam Economy: US/UK mount large law enforcement operations. Take aim at finances of cyber-scamming industry. US Treasury sanctions links to Cambodia’s Prince Group. UK freezes London real estate. Crackdown on online fraud, human trafficking, money laundering. thediplomat.com/2025/11/crac...

Our weekly #weekend promotion of what I am told is a pretty good read about #Cambodia and #Vietnam Our very personal memories of a woman and the places I loved in the 1970's & 80's. Check it out! @booksky.club @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com

Why is today #ILoveToWriteDay ? Every day is I Love To Write Day--except when I'm working on a 1st draft & staring at a blank screen, in which case it's This Is Hopeless Day #BookSky #writingcommunity

#Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly. Tokyo ahead of New York, Los Angeles and London www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...

Helen Gao in #Beijing writes "Behind the orderliness of everyday life, a quiet desperation simmers in #China. On social media and in private conversations, there is a common refrain: worry over joblessness, wage cuts and making ends meet." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/o...

PM Takaichi Sanae draws criticism for requiring staff to work in the wee hours in a country scarred by “death from overwork.” #Japan’s Leader Starts a Meeting at 3 A.M. Then Came the Backlash. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...

As more of #China becomes ‘moderately aged’, how will its economy change? Much of China has passed a key demographic threshold as the population ages, making adaptations necessary for policymakers and businesses. ( #HongKong South China Morning Post) - www.scmp.com/economy/chin...?

VIDEO: #Tariffs force #Chinese companies to move their operations to #Vietnam. Alexandra Stevenson visits factory in Ho Chi Minh City to see how one of the biggest challenges isn’t relocating machinery and tools, but overcoming language barriers. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

#Vietnam output rose by 8.2% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025... Yet Communist Party chief To Lam is not sitting back. He sees an #economy whose export model may have had its day, and he is barrelling ahead with radical reforms. www.economist.com/the-world-ah...

In US #Trump reverses efforts to protect climate... meanwhile #Brazil, #India, & #Vietnam are rapidly expanding solar and wind power. Ethiopia, Nepal, Nigeria, Morocco, Chile are moving rapidly to sustainable energy. Making that possible is #CHINA - www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...

#WEEKEND and time to remind new readers of this @bsky.app account of some worthwhile #Reading A memoir of two people in #Cambodia and #Vietnam in the 1970's and 80's CHECK IT OUT on #Amazon #history #books #memoir @bookshelfie.bsky.social

#China has installed nearly 2x solar-power capacity of US and Europe combined. It is developing cheap, abundant clean energy. Promises to improve billions of lives in developing countries. The world needs what China has to offer. It should take it. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

What Trade War? China’s Export Juggernaut Marches On As #Trump has imposed steep tariffs on #China, American importers are buying much less.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/03/world/asia/china-exports-trump-tariffs.html?smid=bs-share

#SouthChinaSea US Navy Loses Warplanes. Growing alarm about state of battle fleet. Current fleet numbers just under 300 ships, far cry from Cold War heights. Result of decades of budgetary cuts even as ships increasingly age... open.substack.com/pub/asiasent... open.substack.com/pub/asiasent...

Xi-Trump meeting ‘a historic moment’ that will help avoid missteps, China’s top envoy says As China prepares for Apec summit next year, top China diplomat Wang Yi says advances in host city Shenzhen showcase extent of China’s reforms www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

Nvidia Uncertain if Return to #China Is Closer. After Trump-Xi Meeting Amid skyrocketing demand for artificial intelligence systems, the chip-making giant has been thrust into the economic feud between Beijing and Washington. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...

#WEEKEND READING TIME AGAIN @booksky.club @neglectedbooks.com @bookshelfie.bsky.social #books #history #Vietnam #Cambodia 'THE LAST HELICOPTER': stories of war, love and survival in the 1970's and 80's check it out on AMAZON paperback, digital, audiobook. 50-year anniversary:

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Patrick Wintour writes of the #Xijinping #Trump meeting in South Korea: America discovers that bullies can be bullied back. US #China outcome appears closer to a truce than durable peace but outline of broader diplomatic relationship is visible @theguardian.com - www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump pulls gun and points at China. China pulls gun and points at Trump. Trump and China eye each other, then put guns down. Headline: "Trump makes trade deal with China"

I am in #Japan watching events unfold next door in South Korea: #Trump Says #China Will Ease Limits on Rare Earths U.S. Will Reduce Tariffs. After meeting w/ Xi Jinping, Trump said China agreed to postpone new controls on critical rare earth metals. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...?

#Japan’s New Prime Minister Has an Advantage in Winning Over Trump. As Sanae Takaichi seeks reassurance from President Trump on trade and security, she will likely play up her ties to Shinzo Abe, a mutual friend. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...

#Books A weekend reminder of some suggested reading - history - memoir - @booksky.club @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com A story of WAR, LOVE, and SURVIVAL in 1970's-80's #Cambodia and #Vietnam available thru Amazon, e-book, audiobook, paperback.

#China winning the #tradewar. China has learned to escalate & retaliate as effectively as America. It experiments with its own extraterritorial trade rules, changing path of world economy. In meeting between Xi Jinping & Trump next week in Seoul = many questions. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...?

#China's Donald Trump: Example Ryan Chen humor "The GREAT WALL says Trump/Chen “is a lot better than our wall” It kept out the “Mexi-golians/.” Told that “Mexi-golians” don’t exist, Trump recovers his clueless stride, asking if the Mongolians paid for the Great Wall. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/w...

Here in #Japan, we shall be watching as Donald Trump comes to Tokyo to meet new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and goes on to Seoul Korea for a meeting with global leaders including #China Xi Jinping. Trade, tariffs, Taiwan - the three big T's top of the complicated agenda.

#China #Taiwan Island remains most sensitive & important US-China issue. In Korea next week #Xinjinping likely to ask Donald Trump to reduce US support for Taiwan. Beijing believes this would help achieve goal: bringing Taiwan more firmly under China control www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/taiwa...

How Cold War era echoes across #China’s next 5-year plan. External challenges today have similarities to those the country faced in the 1950s – export controls, restricted access to technology and a complex security environment... sc.mp/t0ir6?utm_so...

In #China, a Forbidden Question Looms: Who Leads After Xi? #XiJinping seems to believe that only his continued rule can secure China’s rise. But as he ages, choosing a successor will become riskier and more difficult. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...

#China Has Another Lever to Pull in Showdown With #Trump: Factory Lines In Washington, China hawks say its economy is too weak to withstand a tariff shock. In the city of Yiwu, factories are showing why, for now, that may be a miscalculation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/b...

Here in #Japan = first female #PrimeMinister Election ends a three-month political vacuum and wrangling since the Liberal Democratic Party’s disastrous election loss last July. www.euronews.com/2025/10/21/j...

Here in #Japan coalition deal nearing completion. Woman Is nearly confirmed to Lead Japan. Will That Help Japanese Women? Sanae Takaichi is poised to break Japan’s political glass ceiling. Some worry she will maintain policies that have held women back. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/w...

#Weekend #Reading time again to remind about remarkable story of #Cambodia and #Vietnam - war, love, survival in the 1970's. Available through Amazon or Barnes and Noble @booksky.club #booksky Check out the video below for more = 'The LAST HELICOPTER: Two lives...'