Ian Williams

Author of 'Vampire State. The rise and fall of the Chinese Economy'. Longtime foreign correspondent in Moscow, the Indo-Pacific and China @NBCNews @Channel4News

[Ian Williams @ianwill]

China's troubled but predatory economy remains addictive to some, but also coercive, corrupt and at times surreal. My new book, published by @BirlinnBooks on 5 Sept, shows how CCP ruthlessly bends business to its will - but is fast running out of options https://t.co/nceGvBVTy2

[Ian Williams @ianwill]

A pleasure to join @JSHeappey on @TimesRadio excellent superpowers podcast, talking the Iran conflict, Russia, China and much more
#china #russia #ukrainewar @iranwar #trump #putin
https://t.co/rWBUrp6aoi

[Ian Williams @ianwill]

@Ed_Miliband Which means what exactly? @Ed_Miliband track record inspires zero confidence that he is able or willing to stand up to China’s vampire state

[Ian Williams @ianwill]

@lukedepulford It is. Though what has been world class is the corruption and waste. It’s a cautionary tale for those who think Xi Jinping can build a genuine innovation economy by top down means. This was my recent take for the @DailyMail

https://t.co/SmShQrzKjA

[Ian Williams @ianwill]

There's no #China at #WorldCup. A country of 1.4 billion has been unable to find 11 players capable of hitting the back of the net. But the Communist Party has produced world class corruption and waste in a failed bid to become a football superpower
https://t.co/Z0dTEDAuWB

[Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 @benedictrogers]

This is utterly and totally outrageous

@Chloe_chc_25 is a truly remarkable, courageous young activist with a bounty on her head. She is someone 🇬🇧 should be proud to grant citizenship to.

@ShabanaMahmood @MikeTappTweets @YvetteCooperMP @Keir_Starmer - what on earth is the @ukhomeoffice thinking? Please fix this urgently.

Home Office ‘sided with Beijing against Hong Kong dissident’ https://t.co/xhsV5dZ3VX

[Sam Dunning @samdunningo]

🚨🚨🚨Why are Chinese diplomats in the UK close to To Ming Lam, who owns @RoyalChinaGroup & who Hong Kong’s former chief of criminal intelligence said was known as a 14K triad member?

What's it got to do with a spy trial that just finished in London?

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[Ian Williams @ianwill]

There have long been links between triads and the Chinese Communist Party, but as I write in the @dailymailUK there is growing evidence that the CCP - like Russia - sees organised crime as a key asset to undermine its opponents
https://t.co/PpcUXPjNFy

[Ian Williams @ianwill]

Here's my piece for the @DailyMailUK on the growing nexus between organised crime and the Chinese Communist Party #china #triads #crime

[Mail+ @DailyMailUK]

Revealed, how Beijing unleashed Triad gangs to wage war on Britain: Crime groups linked to Chinese Communist Party are flooding our streets with killer synthetic opioids, supplying engines for migrant boats, and even masterminding romance frauds https://t.co/yLOJMx9lR4

[Ian Williams @ianwill]

Government telling shops what to sell and what to charge? I think we've been there before ...

[Financial Times @FT]

Treasury pushes supermarkets to cap food prices https://t.co/WyDXEn9tJm

[Ian Williams @ianwill]

@stephenpollard Breaking news, the new minister for price controls and his vision for Sainsbury’s

[Ian Williams @ianwill]

@BBCNews Breaking news … the new minister for price controls and vision for Sainsbury’s

[The Spectator 🇺🇸 @TheSpectator]

America has a serious Chinese spying problem

By @ianwill

[Ian Williams @ianwill]

#china espionage and influence operations against the US are increasingly brazen - out of control, according to security officials. As I ask in @spectator, is America losing the spying game and does Trump really care? #espionage #cyber #taiwan #trump https://t.co/l2c6dnpfLK

[Ian Williams @ianwill]

A pleasure to join @JSHeappey on @TimesRadio superpowers podcast, talking the China-US summit, Ukraine, Russia and much more
https://t.co/xmrw9YCJNz

[Ian Williams @ianwill]

US-China summit opens with Taiwan warnings from Xi and bland flattery from Trump. Here's my @spectator hot take on why his desperate search for a deal makes this summit perilous of the US president #china #USChinasummit #trump #taiwan
https://t.co/OTRAzUwO9d

[The Spectator 🇺🇸 @TheSpectator]

Despite the hype surrounding China’s artificial intelligence capabilities, progress remains heavily dependent on theft and smuggling. The Chinese Communist party (CCP), meanwhile, is determined to maintain tight control. That has become increasingly clear ahead of this week’s Beijing summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping. The Chinese leader is determined to lead the world in what he terms an “epoch-defining technology.” He appears confident that Trump, preoccupied by his war against Iran, has limited options to counter Beijing’s increasingly brazen activities.

Last month, the White House accused Beijing of “industrial-scale” theft of know-how from American AI labs. Meanwhile, US prosecutors claim to have busted an international smuggling ring that funneled advanced chips worth billions of dollars to China in defiance of sanctions. The CCP is also stepping up efforts to protect China’s own AI innovation, blocking a $2 billion takeover by Meta of a Chinese AI start-up called Manus. For good measure, the authorities prevented Manus’s two founders from leaving the country.

The accusations of theft refer to a process called “distillation,” whereby China is accused of illicitly training its smaller AI models on the output of larger (and expensively developed) US models.

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Article: https://t.co/aN7Iz9hOZj

[Ian Williams @ianwill]

Despite hype surrounding #China #AI capabilities, progress remains heavily dependent on theft and smuggling of American know-how - and as I report for @spectator Beijing has become increasingly brazen ahead of this week’s Trump-Xi summit https://t.co/hCID9ufoM9

[Ian Williams @ianwill]

Days away from @LewesSpeakers festival, where on 9 May I'm speaking about Vampire State, my latest book on #china predatory economy & how Beijing is exploiting the new global disorder. Tickets available! @BirlinnBooks @andrewlownie #tradewar #hacking
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