1/ How is China responding strategically to Trump 2.0? In yesterday’s fireside chat, Markus Herrmann Chen outlined five prongs of the strategy he sees unfolding, from accelerating opening up and socialist market reform to diplomacy, derisking and tighter innovation value chain integration.

Our first Tech Leadership Lab of 2025 is on Wednesday 02/05 at 4:45PM: former Etsy CEO Chad Dickerson chats with @digitalarun.bsky.social about guiding Etsy from startup to IPO and beyond, growing revenue 14x 2011-2017, and lessons since imparted to dozens of startups. Sign up: bit.ly/dickersonTLL

I wrote something about the migration from X to Bluesky. (I did not choose the title, and do not like it, but there you go.) www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/o...

This week in The Digest: An AI tool that can interpret any spreadsheet; comparative perspectives on the regulation of LLMs, how government reform starts with data; a survey on attitudes toward the reuse of health data; and participatory seascape mapping. Read more at: bit.ly/3DP52fr

Our next Fireside Chat features Markus Herrmann Chen of the China Macro Group. Join us Monday, January 27th at 12:30PM to discuss the #TikTokBan and what the incoming Trump administration could mean for China's tech sector and US-China tech competition. Register now: bit.ly/mhchen