Members of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic Socialists of America have been cultivating ties with officials of the Chinese Communist Party and agreeing to take pro-China positions, according to extensive minutes of internal meetings seen by Newsweek www.newsweek.com/mamdani-chin...

Why haven’t @SenSchumer and @RepJeffries demanded the immediate grounding of all private jets, to relieve pressure on air traffic control?

Ezra Klein should take a lot of blame for this shutdown. He recommended the democrats shut the government in this column in September www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o... and now people are going hungry. Op-Ed’s have consequences, and oped writers should have accountability @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social

outside the paywall conversation w Chris Johnson about the recently concluded Fourth Plenum, and specifically the ongoing purges in the PLA, and US-China relations ahead of next week’s Trump-Xi meeting in South Korea. sinocism.substack.com/p/sinocism-l...

This week's Sharp China: outside the paywall - Xi Welcomes Putin and Modi at the SCO Summit; Perspective on the India and China Buzz; World War II and a 'Memory War' sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

I think I tweet something once an hour that would get me suspended from ABC. That’s one reason why I’m on Substack. substack.com/@decodingfox...

Trump suggested he may have a call w Xi Jinping soon. I do not know if that is under active discussion, or if this is another appeal 4 a call, but Chinese side should harness the momentum & arrange a call. Who knows what else Xi might get in a friendly conversation sinocism.com/p/surprise-u...

This week’s Sharp China is outside the paywall - On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the news that the US and PRC are sending representatives to Switzerland to discuss trade talks this weekend. sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

Indeed, refuting Taiwan's deep #Austronesian connection is a high priority for the CCP, as noted in a recent report highlighting the United Front propaganda work by the party-sponsored #Substack, DeepChina, which has been attempting to masquerade as neutral academia. buttondown.com/collectivest...

The week’s episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall, lots on US-China tariffs and what may be next sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

I am hosting a Sinocism Live conversation at 8 PM tonight, March 20, w Jonathan Czin, now the Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies at Brookings, and before that was for many years at the CIA as one of the US intelligence community’s top China experts sinocism.com/p/320-sinoci...

Another nice shoutout for the kids at Substack! www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Rehabilitating DeepSeek – China Media Project: ‘Chinese propaganda on DeepSeek is subtler than mere censorship.’ ‘some [Western] companies are not even bothering to retrain the model.’

Sharp China: Trump's Memorandum on Foreign Investment; 'Reverse Nixon' Realities; Document #1; PLA Drills in the Tasman Sea sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

The week’s episode of Sharp China - TikTok Fiasco Continues; Breathing Room on Tariffs; The RMB Calculus; Notes on Taiwan and Hollywood open.substack.com/pub/sinocism...

Thread: I found data fraud in multiple clinical trials for generic drugs in China. I've seen limited coverage outside China of the recent controversy over 集采 — centralized procurement of drugs, especially generics. It is a hugely important issue close to my heart.

What is wrong with these politicians. This Dem lawmaker is suggesting the president ignore a law for political reasons. 48 hours before trump becomes president. open.substack.com/pub/lisaremi...

here is a recording of the full conversation - Sharp China: Whither TikTok? sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin... outside the paywall

I am going to do a Substack Live at 330 pm ET with my Sharp China co-host Andrew Sharp to discuss what may be next for TikTok. You can watch and ask questions in the app substack.com/app I am @sinocism over there

NEWS: Donald Trump threatened NBC. I won't back down if he comes after me. I'm not afraid. Read my latest Substack post and please consider subscribing! open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

This week‘s episode of Sharp China is free for everyone - TikTok and Musk and Xiaohongshu; Xi’s Speech To Top Leaders; New PLA Capabilities for Taiwan; Proposed AI Controls and Continued Hacking Concerns sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

Happy New Year! A fun read outside the paywall heading into 2025…a translation of the main part of a speech Xi gave to top Party, State and PLA leaders in February 2023, published in the first issue in 2025 of Qiushi Journal sinocism.com/p/xi-in-qius...

Sharp China Bonus Episode: TikTok Gets a Hearing at the Supreme Court sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin... We decided to do a short, free episode to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to take up TikTok’s case before the January 19th deadline.

Secrets of the Substack algorithm open.substack.com/pub/cb/p/sec... an interesting discussion about the Substack algorithm, still very much a work in progress

I agree wholeheartedly with the headline, but if you own your website, why would you code it to cover the bottom third of the page, including all article text, with a newsletter signup popover form? I see this on my first visit and I close the tab and move on.

Tashi likes his substack blanket

LinkedIn becoming an AI-auto comments infested site. Here’s a profile that does hundreds of LLM comments per day. LinkedIn is clearly happy as they see (on paper) user engagement. Yet it quietly destroys the site. The profile: www.linkedin.com/in/noahswide... (One of many!)

@seanhaines.bsky.social with a very interesting article, especially if you're familiar with the person in question. toosimple.substack.com/p/peter-dukes

This is concerning and wrong. @support.bsky.team @moderation.bsky.app. Sean seanhaines.bsky.social is an experienced journalist and writer. His analysis of the 'Peter Dukes' twitter account - which regularly posts sexist, misogynistic, and homophobic content was a solid piece of journalistic work.

For those who missed it, my Substack has gone live, and I expect to be posting several times a week. Today's entry is (almost) non-political; tomorrow's won't be 1/ open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Drones now over Bowie Maryland. Bowie city hall is 19 miles from the White House. If US government does not know what these are how is this not a hair on fire national security issue? www.fox5dc.com/news/mysteri...

Sharp China: ‘Moderately Loose’ and Cautiously Stimulating; Nvidia Under Investigation; Broadening Export Bans; A TikTok Verdict and a Trump Prayer sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

Interesting appointment. He was one of the more vocal advocates of banning TikTok, and a commissioner on the u.s.-china economic and security review commission

Surround yourself with gurus and nuke your own company through mismanagement while begging for taxpayer money (without guardrails) and then ask for thoughts and prayers.

THREAD: How China is influencing local elections in New York City, mobilizing organizations via a local power broker known as "The King of Brooklyn" (布鲁克林之王）to ensure that candidates who voice sympathy for Taiwan, or for Hong Kong democracy, are either defeated or never get elected. (1/x)

Just published outside the paywall an unofficial translation of today’s Politburo readout. There is some interesting language in it ahead of the Central Economic Work Conference later this week open.substack.com/pub/sinocism...

This episode of Sharp China is free for everyone : Final Updates to the Biden Chip Controls; Peak Tough on China?; PLA and CEWC Speculation; More Trump Questions than Answers in Beijing sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

朱啸虎回应月之暗面仲裁事件：张予彤隐瞒巨大利益被开解雇https://m.163.com/dy/article/JIKSJKM405118HJE.html?spss=adap_pc

This episode of Sharp China is free for everyone : Final Updates to the Biden Chip Controls; Peak Tough on China?; PLA and CEWC Speculation; More Trump Questions than Answers in Beijing sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

An infuriating story. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/u...

www.motherjones.com/politics/202... Before Guo Wengui was charged in a massive fraud scheme, his followers commissioned Karoline Leavitt to byline fawning op-eds.

Good that Politico calling BS on the Raimondo and Biden propaganda around the updated chip controls - Biden unveils scaled down chip curbs www.politico.com/newsletters/...

Imagethief is back williammoss.substack.com/p/imagethief...

and outlets that want to maintain any pretense of a shred of capability should disclose any industry clients/financial ties oped writers on the topic have. remarkable how much industry propaganda is laundered through opeds and "think pieces"

reporters should be very skeptical of dept of commerce claims that the latest update to oct 7 controls has not been toally neutered by industry lobbying.

Nazak Nikakhtar would be an excellent choice to head BIS at the Department of Commerce www.commerce.gov/about/leader... but highly unlikely the semiconductor lobbyists would allow it

" Export controls are a buying event" www.fabricatedknowledge.com/p/happy-than...

Raimondo and the Biden Administration are giving semiconductor firms a Thanksgiving and early Christmas present with the weak October 7 updates they are about to release. The administration is on a propaganda push to argue they are not weak... www.trendforce.com/news/2024/11...

Prepping for sweet potato pie. Baking them at 700 degrees does seem to make them sweeter