China's Retaliation and the Upper Hand Revealed youtu.be/KkU-RJhxfTA?...

Beijing Takes the Driver's Seat on Trade youtu.be/k60ZnsflXsg?...

Why Is Beijing Suddenly Bending on TikTok? youtu.be/dbkyjxjQAV4?...

What's Beijing want for a TikTok deal? Advanced Chips and a Softer Taiwan policy youtu.be/iPy1prK4YJ4?... v

Cars with drones, jumping cars, swimming cars! In latest @csis.org "China Field Notes" podcast, I share insights from my recent China trip, including to BYD, with @ilariamazzocco.bsky.social sitting in the interviewer's seat this time. www.csis.org/podcasts/chi...

What's Beijing want for a TikTok deal? Advanced Chips and a Softer Taiwan policy youtu.be/iPy1prK4YJ4?... v

Why Is Beijing Suddenly Bending on TikTok? youtu.be/dbkyjxjQAV4?...

Beijing Takes the Driver's Seat on Trade youtu.be/k60ZnsflXsg?...

China's Retaliation and the Upper Hand Revealed youtu.be/KkU-RJhxfTA?...

𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 274𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙧. 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢’𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴-𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...

Nice to see some of the tacky 90s property development in #Chengdu has survived. #China

Just saw the front page coverage from the Mirror in the #UK yesterday of Donald #Trump’s UN speech. “World’s Most Powerful Man-Baby… Deranged…”. #US #USA.

“And in order to get that sit-down and that ‘deal,’ it seems as if he’s willing to give a lot in return,” Roberts said. >Thanks to @aljazeera.com's John Power for reaching out for my thoughts on why China may be ready to do a TikTok deal now. www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...

On the US side, President Donald Trump seems eager to reach an agreement on TikTok quickly as part of an effort to lock down his first face-to-face meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping since returning to the White House, Roberts said. www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...

“If anything changed on the Chinese side that makes them now more willing to do a deal on TikTok...they sense that they can get a lot more out of the Trump administration than they originally thought, and they may be contemplating using TikTok as a bargaining lever,” said Roberts.

"If China is willing to hand over control of the algorithm, it will expect major concessions on such issues as trade, curbs on Chinese tech, and Taiwan, said Dexter Roberts, a nonresident senior fellow at the @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social Global China Hub. aje.io/qcdoij @ajenglish.bsky.social

"If China is willing to hand over control of the algorithm, it will expect major concessions on such issues as trade, curbs on Chinese tech, and Taiwan, said Dexter Roberts, a nonresident senior fellow at the @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social Global China Hub. aje.io/qcdoij @ajenglish.bsky.social

Wow!

𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧-𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙏𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙬 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙥𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠, 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙧 open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...

𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚/𝙄𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝 ~ • Hangzhou emerges as a hotbed of China’s AI industry • China’s falling birth rate an existential challenge • Trump administration has ‘aggressively rolled back’ efforts to combat human trafficking, reports Guardian open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...

• Chinese economy show more weakness • Youth unemployment grows • Stresses in gig economy could upset social stability • Trump halts Taiwan arms in bid to reach China trade agreement, WP reports • DeepSeek says it spent just $294,000 to train model open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...

• Trump and Xi discuss fentanyl, trade and TikTok and agree to meet next month. White House says TikTok deal reached which will allow US to control the Chinese app’s board and algorithm • And China’s commerce ministry makes clear final deal not set open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...

𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 274𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙧. 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢’𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘴-𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...

According to WH press secr, the US operations of TikTok will be majority-owned and controlled by Americans <will be waiting to see if White House really has Beijing's agreement on this www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Michael Eisner, who served as CEO of Disney for 21 years and acquired ABC while he was in charge, slams his successor Bob Iger for bending the knee.

So just today: - ICE stormtroopers teargas and assault protestors in Chicago - Venezuelan boat bombed, unknown victims murdered - "War" Secretary Hegseth orders journalists to make propaganda - Bureau of Labor Statistics postpones key inflation data report 🧵

"The full terms of the arrangement have not been disclosed, and closing the deal could take weeks, the people said."

Trump is saying there is a TikTok deal, but there is no TikTok deal at all. See the Chinese readout here: www.pekingnology.com/p/chinese-re...

Trump: Taiwan needs to buy more American products and more defense spending… Taiwan: okey, we’ll buy more American weapons Trump: no, that’s going to screw up my big visit with Xi

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

This is how Brendan Carr responded to me in November 2024 after I called out the fact he wrote Project 2025’s chapter on the FCC. He never answered my follow up question. Well, now we have our answer.

This is the playbook, folks. If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away. Do not be quiet in this moment.

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

Nvidia Caught in the US China Power Play youtube.com/shorts/3ErX2...

From Mao to Markets China’s Tech Push and NVIDIA’s Response youtube.com/shorts/msxNG...

China Bans Top Tech Firms from Buying NVIDIA Chips youtube.com/shorts/rtgUj...

China Cuts Off NVIDIA A Decades Long Push for Tech Independence youtube.com/shorts/M2j3j...

China Bans Top Tech Firms from Buying NVIDIA Chips youtube.com/shorts/rtgUj...

China Cuts Off NVIDIA A Decades Long Push for Tech Independence youtube.com/shorts/M2j3j...

From Mao to Markets China’s Tech Push and NVIDIA’s Response youtube.com/shorts/msxNG...

Nvidia Caught in the US China Power Play youtube.com/shorts/3ErX2...

"In this era of AI, the power to diffuse may matter as much as the power to invent. Understanding this distinction may prove essential to maintaining global leadership in the decades ahead.” Link to this and much more inside China newsletter "Trade War": open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...

“For policymakers in the US and allied democracies, the lesson is clear: AI competition with China requires more than breakthroughs in large language models. It requires designing systems ... that make AI usable and valuable across society." open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...

"Model vouchers in Hangzhou, housing incentives in Zhuhai, and AI curriculum reforms in Beijing are all manifestations of a broader national goal: to embed artificial intelligence into the everyday fabric of Chinese economic, social, and political life." open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...

THREAD: “China’s AI strategy is not a single monolith but a dual-track system, where top-down national planning interlocks with bottom-up provincial experimentation," writes @fpri.bsky.social Nonresident Fellow Shannon Vaughn. open.substack.com/pub/dexter/p...

I am actually sad to have to say this since I have admired much about Disney CEO Bob Iger over the years, but what a profoundly quisling move this is by someone who knows better. It’s shameful and he has tarnished his once proud reputation.

Exactly this

A new world where Karl Rove makes sense and Bob Iger is without scruples.

Just so I'm clear: TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft. TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism. Free speech, everyone.