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Of course regulators worry about Ant's disruptive potential. Its overwhelming success had less to do with its technological innovation and more to do with the fact that a lightly regulated entity will always outperform its highly regulated rivals.
https://t.co/jUsjhcmAT3
Biden campaign spokesperson responds to reports that Trump does not intend to concede if he loses re-election:
"The United States government is perfectly capable of escorting trespassers out of the White House" #Election2020 https://t.co/6yL8xUHYqY
This is an extraordinary recording. Something to reflect on as we watch politicians use violent language so casually
"The culture we boasted so much about is only a very thin lacquer which chips off the very moment we come into contact with cruel things like real war"
This week will also see China sign off its latest 5-year economic plan which will have important global implications w/@LucilleLiu https://t.co/DO6g6cnUss
New Pew polling clarifies the scale of the reputational hit China's taken in 2020:
-- Respondents across 14 surveyed countries held an unfavorable opinion of China
Since February, I have been working on and off on a look at the controversial tenure of Tidjane Thiam as CEO of @creditsuisse. I learned a few things along the way.
Without Jennifer Jacobs, a dogged Bloomberg reporter who broke the story about Hicks's illness, the world might still be in the dark about the sickness sweeping through the West Wing and the highest levels of our government. https://t.co/vksN9KyFaS
With the help of @PeterJ_walker, we are tracking all the contacts known from the White House outbreak. So far:
- 12 positive
- 31 negative
- 29 contacts yet to be tested
Check regularly for updates as they come in.
@CT_Bergstrom @gregggonsalves
https://t.co/oiRKCnaJ0I
Very excited that my book, "China's Civilian Army: The Making of Wolf Warrior Diplomacy," will be published by Oxford University Press in April
I encourage everyone to order early and often:
https://t.co/tSK6eRttSs
@OUPAcademic
China reiterated Taiwan is an inalienable part of China and denied the so-called mid-line in Taiwan Strait, Chinese FM said responding to the claim that the Chinese PLA military exercises carried out near the Taiwan Strait last Fri & Sat crossed the mid-line of the Taiwan Strait
We went to Inner Mongolia this week and found incredible courage - Mongol parents, teachers, students, even police fighting for their own language - but also sweeping security crackdown, w targets as young as middle school. Please read @latimes https://t.co/tsJfIH6VJM
As one who respects both @chinaheritage's & Hessler's work, I find this sad. Both viewpoints have validity--because China is simply too big & complex to be captured in a single story. People experience & respond to life under authoritarianism in hugely varied ways. Thread:
We have just learned some very sad news from @zhifanliu, who visited the village recently. This man drank poison - born out of desperation with his circumstances - and died several weeks after we talked to him.
错错错错错错错错错错错错错错错错错错错错错错错错错错
That's the word "wrong" in Chinese repeated 26 times.
It's also the headline of a 学子大国 Wechat repost of a People's Daily article today taking issue with Mike Pompeo's speech on China last month.
https://t.co/ADkOiI89EH
"We think the executive order applies to WeChat (overseas business), which is different from Weixin (the Chinese business).... Hence we believe Weixin in China should not be impacted," says Bernstein. Would help US companies/individuals in China a lot if right.