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[andy rothman @RothmanAndy]

@PaulJHeer @jerometenk @niubi hey @niubi everyone welcomes a debate, but it should be respectful & thoughtful. questioning the motives of a scholar rather than her analysis is neither. claiming you were just “asking simple questions” is weak.

[Soumaya Keynes @SoumayaKeynes]

Can African countries mimic Asia’s economic success? With Joe Studwell https://t.co/Lhk11ACFqW

[Brookings China @BrookingsChina]

"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: https://t.co/k8aEOovdZr

[Paul Triolo @pstAsiatech]

(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.
https://t.co/KmGV3l2q62

[李其 Lizzi @wstv_lizzi]

[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 👇

[andy rothman @RothmanAndy]

@JeffBezos

here’s the latest example of how important @washingtonpost reporting is, especially now

https://t.co/SpTni5822m

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Had the great privilege of working at @washingtonpost for 20 years. It isn't just a newspaper but an indispensable part of America. Its journalists are brave & brilliant, among the best in the world. No paper ever got better by shrinking its ambitions. @JeffBezos #SaveThePost

[Stephen Wertheim @stephenwertheim]

This and more in a new @CarnegieEndow / @YouGov survey: https://t.co/7R2KVDDkgS

[andy rothman @RothmanAndy]

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

[Jordan Schneider @jordanschneider]

@vince_chow1 the full back and forth

[andy rothman @RothmanAndy]

hey @StateDept will processing of non-immigrant visas (tourism, business, students) continue in all of these countries?

[Department of State @StateDept]

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.

[The West Marin Feed @WestMarinFeed]

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”

[Kaiser Kuo @KaiserKuo]

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. https://t.co/ReiYhCwDSO

[South China Morning Post @SCMPNews]

Exclusive | Why US economist Nicholas Lardy thinks the ‘peak China’ theory has peaked https://t.co/dkvYmIaCjH

[andy rothman @RothmanAndy]

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.

[CNBC @CNBC]

CEOs of Wells Fargo and Pfizer caution the U.S. could lose its edge to China without innovation https://t.co/RvJmvWiJnu

[andy rothman @RothmanAndy]

“A Mackinac Center for Public Policy report has found that over 20 years, jobs subsidies failed 91% of the time.”

[James Hohman @JamesHohman]

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. https://t.co/zcqcugNOND

[Jon Taylor @ProfJonTaylor]

Beijing Ups the Ante -- @RothmanAndy @SinicaPodcast https://t.co/zuPWp7M4Jx

[andy rothman @RothmanAndy]

great conversation about an excellent paper dispelling myths about beijing’s foreign policy intentions

[Kaiser Kuo @KaiserKuo]

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! https://t.co/efcjxDwGOK

[andy rothman @RothmanAndy]

5/ could cooperate on several overlooked issue areas. Third, the conventional view of China plays down the economic and diplomatic arenas that a war-fighting approach is unsuited to address.”

[andy rothman @RothmanAndy]

“Drawing on data from 12,000 articles and hundreds of speeches by Xi Jinping, to discern China's intentions we analyze three terms or phrases from Chinese rhetoric: “struggle” (斗争), “rise of the East, decline of the West” (东升西降), and . . .

[Paul Heer @PaulJHeer]

Required reading for China policy makers. Kudos and congratulations to @daveckang @SiuHeiWong2 @ZenobiaChan for this rich and vital article.

[andy rothman @RothmanAndy]

4/ Our argument has three main implications. First, China does not pose the type of military threat that the conventional wisdom claims it does. Thus, a hostile U.S. military posture in the Pacific is unwise and may unnecessarily create tensions. Second, the two countries . . .