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"King Donald is Dethroning the Dollar" nytimes.com/2026/08/28/opini…
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The Great Transshipment Scam – The White House whitehouse.gov/releases/2026…
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Marc, please tell us why this troubles you:
The Exploratorium will require N95 or KF94/KN95 masks from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Aug. 22, **to provide immunocompromised visitors a “safer experience,” **
** which falls outside the Exploratorium’s normal Saturday hours **
If you're feeling nostalgic about the COVID era, go to the San Francisco Exploratorim at 9am on the 22nd.
For 2 hours the museum will require everyone to wear a mask.
sfchronicle.com/entertainmen…
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“When tariffs were relatively stable, prices for durable goods such as appliances, electronics, and furniture were declining by as much as 3% year-over-year. But in 2025, the effective tariff rate surged to over 11% and durable goods prices began increasing by 2% to 3%.”
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Being a Muslim Republican at the Texas GOP Convention — @RobertDownen_ @TexasMonthly texasmonthly.com/news-politi…
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Can African countries mimic Asia’s economic success? With Joe Studwell ift.tt/3hfmPWJ
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"I think Taiwan is a crisis Xi Jinping also wants to avoid, not an opportunity he wants to seize," non-resident scholar @JohnCulver689 is interviewed by @washingtonpost. Read the full interview: washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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(23) How Silicon Valley sold Washington an AI race
Have been saying this for some time...great piece
No doubt some advocates of this story are true believers with legitimate concerns. There are also others chasing government contracts, looser regulation and investment returns. But whatever the motivations, there is evidence that the China AI race narrative may be based on fundamental misconceptions and misrepresentations of China’s actual AI priorities and actions.
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[Reposted to fix typos!] Internship Alert!
For those interested in working with me (or who have deep policy interests in Chinese economics and technology—and can bear with me), I’m looking for a great colleague to join our team this summer!
We will have a lot of exciting projects ahead as we dig into the nitty gritty of Chinese innovation, the macro economy, and the evolving landscape of U.S.-China competition! This is a hands on role at Asia Society @AsiaPolicy Center for China Analysis, where you’ll be working closely with me on research, writing, data, and building out real analytical frameworks around China’s economic and technological trajectory! If you’re someone deeply curious about how China’s system works from the inside out (and want to do serious, policy-relevant work) would love to hear from you. Feel free to reach out or apply!
Bonus: you’ll also have the opportunity to stargaze at my brilliant office neighbors, Neil
@neilthomas123
and Lyle @LyleJMorris and work alongside them (we have a lot of cross-pillar collaborations!)
JD + How to Apply in the next post 👇
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china might control the pipeline for a cancer cure? in 2023 i wrote that US–PRC collab on clinical trials reduces the time it takes for new drugs to go frm labs to US cancer patients by 7-10 years, according to Dr Bob Li, an oncologist & Sr Fellow w Asia Society’s Cure4Cancer
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hey @StateDept will processing of non-immigrant visas (tourism, business, students) continue in all of these countries?
The State Department will pause immigrant visa processing from 75 countries whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates. The freeze will remain active until the U.S. can ensure that new immigrants will not extract wealth from the American people.
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A beautiful sunset in Point Reyes tonight. This one is for Bobby.
“River gonna take me
Sing me sweet and sleepy
Sing me sweet and sleepy
All the way back home”
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New from @rothmanandy on the @SinicaPodcast newsletter: "Return of the Chinese Consumer." Xi made boosting consumption a top priority in Dec 2025. The policy pendulum is swinging back toward pragmatism after 2020-24 reg crackdowns. CN households have added $11.6 trillion in savings since 2020—fuel for a rebound. Real estate remains the biggest obstacle to consumer recovery. sinicapodcast.com/p/the-retu…
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Exclusive | Why US economist Nicholas Lardy thinks the ‘peak China’ theory has peaked scmp.com/economy/china-econo…
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Bourla urged the U.S. to shift focus from trying to slow China’s progress toward improving its own productivity and innovation.
“We spend more time trying to think about how to slow down China rather than think how we can become better than them,” Bourla said.
CEOs of Wells Fargo and Pfizer caution the U.S. could lose its edge to China without innovation cnbc.com/2025/10/15/wells-fa…
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“A Mackinac Center for Public Policy report has found that over 20 years, jobs subsidies failed 91% of the time.”
Michigan gives this company a $200M deal to create 2,112 jobs. It pays the company $70M. The company announces that it's not going to work and lays off most of its workers.
Administrators will wait til 2029 before it asks for the money back, if at all. michigancapitolconfidential.…
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great conversation about an excellent paper dispelling myths about beijing’s foreign policy intentions
Listen wherever you get your podcasts or at the 'stack page below. Please consider supporting my work by becoming a paying subscriber. Transcripts and lots of premium content! sinicapodcast.com/p/what-doe…
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