As someone who has reported on AI for 7 years and covered China tech as well, I think the biggest lesson to be drawn from DeepSeek is the huge cracks it illustrates with the current dominant paradigm of AI development. A long thread. 1/
THREAD: Those darned Swiss banks.
Anyone closely reading our story yesterday about the ties between Jack Ma and the jailed financier Xiao Jianhua would have noticed the names of 3 Swiss Banks: UBS, Credit Suisse, and one that isn't a household name: J Safra Sarasin (1/x)
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The Amazon Prime series "Expats", set and partly filmed in Hong Kong, is not available on the streaming service in Hong Kong.
https://t.co/vc6vcC7cgm
NEW THREAD on Deutsche Bank. Some big discoveries about Lee Zhang (张红力), who ran the bank's China operations until 2010. He is one of the two main characters (along with longtime CEO Josef Ackermann) in today's story:
https://t.co/Hq0B2NOCoc
Is there a prevailing sense of malaise in China? For those who are consciously feeling and expressing, sure, I do think this article captures a general "China mood" that marks a drastic shift from the 2000s unbridled optimism.
Look who's a new member of the @fcchk!
- Fired at Prudential for unfunny comments about the Diamond Hill murder
- Tried to compare himself to Ricky Gervais, an actual comedian
- Arrested 3 weeks ago in connection with JPEX
- Describes himself as "Hong Kong's Boris Johnson"
I see a lot of noise around this story - I will start with the personal observations before moving to the more professional comments.
The personal is this: Michael Chan of Kroll and I were at undergraduate law school together. (1/14)
https://t.co/jraXq06DiV
Some of the reporting techniques used by reporters covering China nowadays: spotting a “trend” on Xiaohongshu, posting on WeChat something like “any guys know or know someone who knows xxxx( the trend)”
Sigh…My first feature at JMSC is about the politics and culture of Cantonese. I reached out to Andrew and he was super helpful to walk me through this topic( I barely speaks canto back then, he was kind enough to have the interview in Mandarin Chinese, which I appreciated )
Based on a cached version of a @gongjyuhok page that previously listed the writing competition entries, of the 18 essays, only one is no longer available: 《我們的時代》"Our Era"
Cached & archived page: https://t.co/axRamHcLcD
Archived essay: https://t.co/BaFt9OBJfu
Arizona State University will offer a new course this fall titled “Psychology of Taylor Swift - Advanced Topics of Social Psychology.”
The course teaches advanced topics in social psychology that is featured in Swift’s work, life, and fans including romantic relationships, fiction/escapism, revenge, and social development.
This magazine cover image still hits hard years later.
This is what it looked like, this is how it felt, and for a lot of people, not that much has changed since.
Having a lot of conversations lately about early career development in a remote environment, and it's bleak.