We are deeply grateful to @carnegiecorp.bsky.social for its generous renewal grant for this Project, making it possible for us to convene 3 more fellowship cohorts—comprising 45 additional fellows—in the coming years, beginning in Spring 2026. Full announcement at: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...

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...Justice Kagan, no fan of the MQD, will hold their feet to the MQD fire and make Learning Resources their Ramos. It'd be quite the spectacle for justices who struck down Biden’s loan-forgiveness for resting on a thin statutory reed to bless Trump’s tariffs on an even flimsier one.

I actually think the BBC version does a better job of explaining quite how utterly outrageous this whole story is: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Note to the universe of cable news people reporting right now on Trump/Xi Jinping. For last name of PRC leader, just say SHE. As in "he and she." That's close enough for English speakers. (Not "gee" or "ji" or 'zhi' or something seemingly more 'foreign' sounding.)

I would be shocked if this was the case... I just can't see how a hastily negotiated trade truce ends a decade of outright hostility and things go back to the Obama years... Maybe a cooling in tensions. But I can't see it lasting.

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This story is extraordinary even by 2025 standards. Marco Rubio, the nation's top diplomat, made a deal with Bukele and agreed to renege on informant agreements in a years-long DOJ investigation into MS-13, totally undercutting credibility of such agreements. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

MIT, Brown, and now Penn have rejected Trump's nefarious - and unconstitutional - "Compact". www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

New reporting: many apparently fired at CDC in 'error'. This is a failure by design given that the admin does not care about fulfilling agency missions. This is the kind of error that should have political consequences. Unserious people cause real-world harm. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Here's the video of yesterday's great discussion ft @busbyj2.bsky.social, Elizabeth Donkervoort, @neilthomas123.bsky.social & Ali Wyne about the direction of U.S. policy towards China, informed by their fellowship cohort's intensive week of meetings in Washington DC: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1It3...

Along with our Zhengfawei (soundcloud.com/user-8653541...) colleagues, I've enjoyed a fairly constant on and offline conversation with my friend @vicshih.bsky.social since February 2021, and so it was a delight to continue our chat before a terrific live audience at @fpri.bsky.social yesterday:

In September, our current fellows assembled in Washington DC for a week of intensive dialogues with a wide range of policymakers & other relevant actors on U.S. policy toward China. In Friday's webinar, some of those fellows will share their broad insights and general take-aways from these meetings

Warmly welcome @vicshih.bsky.social to @upenn.edu today to meet with student fellows of @penn-us-china.bsky.social and share his insights about pursuing China Studies in these dramatic times

The question journalists need to be asking is: WHY is the government trying this? It’s because they want to control universities in unlawful ways that courts will not allow; it’s not working; so they’re trying to get universities to sign up “voluntarily” for unlawful levels of government control.

4th term for Xi Jinping may be likely, but succession is inevitable. What can we glean from current signals & past practice about how that process might play out? I am looking forward to welcome my friend @vicshih.bsky.social to discuss these Qs @fpri.bsky.social on Tue: www.fpri.org/event/2025/h...

CHOTINER: Until what time? RICHIE: Nearly 4 in the morning! It was absolutely wild and CHOTINER: So not actually all night long. RICHIE: Look, uh, artists take liberties. This is — can we stop for a sec

'How close are China, Russia, and North Korea, really?' This debate is at the heart of geopolitics. It's been going for years and will continue for a long time. In a new essay for @newlinesmag.bsky.social I offer the backlight of Cold War history to help us assess newlinesmag.com/essays/beiji...

First and Second Circuit Courts of Appeals striking birthright citizenship on the merits on the same day.

We are delighted to announce the selection of our second class of undergraduate student fellows, made up of ten outstanding students at the University of Pennsylvania. You can read more about them at our Project website here: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...

No need to be scared of him. The trend is clear - everyone outside of his hard base is abandoning him.

New: European Union leaders still want to collaborate with the United States on China policy – even as Washington’s envoys continue to slam the bloc’s digital laws. My report on a dynamic that could get increasingly awkward

if the Trump Hegseth address had been an email www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...

The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy. www.chosun.com/english/nati...

Congratulations to Lindsey Halligan—former insurance lawyer and third-runner-up in the Miss Colorado USA pageant—on her first indictment, which is almost as long as a Truth Social post.

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Incompetence, laced with malice. This is not a serious way to do anything. And the more of this we get, the less we'll be able to plan and accomplish serious things.

The White House convinced many its focus is “illegal” immigration. Then: —Today’s near-ban on LEGAL high-skill work visas —Ended LEGAL refugee visas —Slashing LEGAL student visas —Ban all/most LEGAL visas for 17 countries —Ending LEGAL parole & TPS for millions Not a “crackdown”. A lawless purge.

For those who missed this lively discussion in-person last week, here is the video of our program at JF Books on "New Perspectives on U.S.-China Policy" featuring @kyleichan.bsky.social, Elsa Kania, Yingyi Ma & @carlminzner.bsky.social from our current cohort of Project Fellows:

Delighted to be part of this important initiative.

Our third cohort fellows have enjoyed a wonderfully productive week in Washington DC! Many thanks to everyone in town who so kindly lent their time, energy & attention to dialogues such as the one below. Stay tuned for the products of all this work and discussion later this Fall.

Great audience (with outstanding questions!) for our third cohort fellows @kyleichan.bsky.social, Yingyi Ma, @carlminzner.bsky.social, & Elsa Kania tonight at JF Books

Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago

This is incorrect: (1) Department of War was just the Army, not the Navy and Marine Corps; and (2) the President does not have the authority, only Congress can make that change in the law. Be better, @npr.org.

Many thanks to JF Books for hosting this event in Washington, DC next week featuring 4 of our current Project Fellows (Yingyi Ma, @kyleichan.bsky.social, Carl Minzner, & Elsa Kania) previewing the U.S.-China policy recommendations they are developing through our Project. Full details below:

I am begging my fellow Dems to emerge from the reflexive “it’s a trap” position on these issues and realize that some things are very simple: the public doesn’t like the federal government turning the military against its own citizens.The public doesn’t like the armed occupation of a city.Period.

The Baha’i faith has deep, humanistic teachings we can all benefit from, @arthurcbrooks.bsky.social writes. He shares five lessons from the religion for a happier life: https://theatln.tc/oxYXBhmt

On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵

The places where Trump has sent troops in DC so far tell part of the story, writes Helene Cooper. Most have been seen near the National Mall, large monuments and other tourist-heavy areas rather than where the most violent crime happens. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...

8/8 We both know critical minerals matter for everything from defense to technology. But one side is locking up supply chains while the other is still figuring out the strategy.

"In your home country bill as an expert on foreign law, in foreign country bill as an expert on home country's law." — comparative law proverb

We’re hiring! Please consider joining the team as we work to build up one of the leading hubs for academically-informed, policy-relevant thinking and analysis about China’s relations with the U.S. and the rest of the world too

We are delighted to invite applications for our new Program Manager position! This is a full-time position, with benefits, @upenn.edu. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis through Friday, August 29. The full job posting is available on our website at: global.upenn.edu/future-of-us...

Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

The Federal Programs Branch (the DOJ unit tasked w/legal defense of policies like birthright citizenship, slashing Harvard funds, etc.) has lost nearly 2/3 of its staff...69 of the roughly 110 lawyers have "voluntarily left since November or have announced plans to leave."

Only when you're denied pierogi you know you've gone too far.

During our @penn-us-china.bsky.social workshop with Tsinghua CISS in Beijing in late June, Peking University Prof Wang Jisi delivered some informal lunchtime keynote remarks which have just been published together with his replies to various questions from our group: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/cIQxV4ge9e...