Tom Mitchell

Wandering journalist. Stops along the way Boston, Tehran, Durham NC, Nanjing, Guangzhou, London, Beijing, Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong … [email protected]

[Tom Mitchell @TMitchHK]

When Trump 2.0 met Xi 3.0 … Assessing the Summit - The Wire China https://t.co/jk7opoaPmy

[Tom Mitchell @TMitchHK]

Now outside @thewirechina ‘s paywall: international brinkmanship without “death to your civilization” threats - the 2001 Hainan spy plane crisis, an oral history Part 1. “Next thing I know, I’m in this plane upside down, looking up at the ocean. I thought we were dead for sure.”

[The Wire China @thewirechina]

🗞️Now free to read: The Hainan Spy Plane Crisis, Part I

This time 25 years ago, the U.S. and China were in a tense standoff after a collision off China's southern coast that left one Chinese pilot missing and 24 American crewmen stuck on a PLA military base in Hainan.

As similar tensions persist today, @thewirechina collects eyewitness testimony and accounts of the crisis:
https://t.co/ZqFTpJn1Vg

[Tom Mitchell @TMitchHK]

A Singapore Slinger: “He told investors he bought the watches well below retail prices, sold them to clients and later bought them back at a higher price. Then he sold them at even higher prices, making money for himself too. ‘He came across as someone you could trust,’ …

[Sui-Lee Wee 黄瑞黎 @suilee]

Last year, while reporting on the elections in Singapore, I got a tip about what was described as a potential Ponzi scheme in Singapore. It involved six-figures sums from dozens of investors, luxury watches, and a person we profiled before in our paper. https://t.co/gQInbHxxUk

[Tom Mitchell @TMitchHK]

Now outside @thewirechina ‘s paywall: a geopolitical showdown without “end of civilization” bluster - the 2001 Hainan spy plane crisis, an oral history Part 1

[The Wire China @thewirechina]

🗞️Now free to read: The Hainan Spy Plane Crisis, Part I

This time 25 years ago, the U.S. and China were in a tense standoff after a collision off China's southern coast that left one Chinese pilot missing and 24 American crewmen stuck on a PLA military base in Hainan.

As similar tensions persist today, @thewirechina collects eyewitness testimony and accounts of the crisis:
https://t.co/ZqFTpJn1Vg

[Tom Mitchell @TMitchHK]

“Step back from the precipice” ?? @USCCB

[U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops @USCCB]

@ArchbishopOKC Invites All to Join @pontifex’s Vigil for Peace in Midst of Threats of Increased Military Action in Iran | Read the full release at: https://t.co/xLEsvluzXb

[Tom Mitchell @TMitchHK]

25 years ago this week Joseph Prueher, a former US Navy admiral & aviator, was envoy to China during the Hainan spy plane crisis. “I had an advantage I didn’t usually have - I knew what I was talking about,” he tells ⁦@thewirechina⁩. “I was a pilot.” https://t.co/4yBRbvBFfz

[Tom Mitchell @TMitchHK]

Herbert Hoover

[Acyn @Acyn]

Doocy: You said twice today, that you talked to another former president about the Iran strikes. Was it George W Bush?

Trump: No

Doocy: Was it Bill Clinton?

Trump: I don’t want to say

[Edward Luce @EdwardGLuce]

I called Trump and he picked up..

Has Nato and the UK in his sights again

https://t.co/3e1zBev01g

[Henry Gao @henrysgao]

Don’t call yourself a China expert, unless you can explain to your friends why a deer is making the rounds in New Year greetings for the Year of the Horse — and why the year’s guardian deity ought to be Lord Shang Yang rather than Malfoy.

[bob davis @bobdavis187]

Jeffrey Epstein sought to network his way into China business via princelings, Peter Mandelson, businessman David Stern and others. Great reporting from the @thewirechina crew. https://t.co/Ze7lR9lGud

[Mike Forsythe 傅才德 @PekingMike]

Epstein and China - ⁦@thewirechina⁩ reporters Noah Berman ⁦@eliotcxchen⁩ and ⁦@rachel_cheung1⁩ dig up all sorts of connections that Epstein forged with China’s princelings - the relatives of top leaders of the Communist Party https://t.co/6VcUvsJ876

[Tom Mitchell @TMitchHK]

It’s the dawn of an old day in Thailand … https://t.co/GOvZoj4M6l

[Tom Mitchell @TMitchHK]

“I had handed a demon’s whip to the state to use against my own community.” By @LiYuan6

[Li Yuan袁莉 @LiYuan6]

Ma Ruilin was a loyal CCP official climbing the ranks of China’s religious affairs bureaucracy. He was also a Hui Muslim. As the state intensified its crackdown on Islam, he found it increasingly impossible to reconcile those two identities. My latest: https://t.co/E2JXDY1ZhC

[Yanzhong Huang @YanzhongHuang]

Fascinating read from Drew Thompson (@chinadrew) on the shocking fall of Gen. Zhang Youxia. Drew provides a truly unique, personal angle—having met & respected Zhang as a competent, battle-tested PLA leader who could've offered Xi objective military advice.
'The demise of Zhang Youxia hits different' https://t.co/FrnQsC7qIr

[Tom Mitchell @TMitchHK]

One country one system

[Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hkfp]

[Recap] Beijing's nat. sec office in HK has shown support for local authorities against “anti-China disruptors” allegedly seeking to co-opt the deadly Tai Po fire to incite resentment against the government. https://t.co/ObrXFc7Dx2

[URN a simple peasant boy 🐍🌸 • 红梅点点绣千山 • 🌸🐍 @UnreliableNarr6]

@DesmondShum You dimwit, Jin did not sleep with Summers, he was trying to lure her. And for the record. She is a professor at the London School of Economics and a published author. If you were a little less quick on the trigger you might not make a fool of yourself as you do here.

[Tom Mitchell @TMitchHK]

“Talking to journalists on Thursday, after an event promoting national security education in kindergartens, Secretary for Security Chris Tang …”

[Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hkfp]

[Recap] HK’s security chief has lambasted wanted activist Ted Hui for urging a boycott of the upcoming legislative elections, warning that encouraging blank ballots may violate the city’s national security law. https://t.co/SRuXf93FzS

[Andrew Lynch @andrewtlynch]

Kerry McGlynn was Chris Patten’s spin doctor in Hong Kong. The nicest, funniest, kindest man you might meet. And he left in style. RIP.

[Tom Mitchell @TMitchHK]

I did the math: Xi Jinping, party head, commander in chief and state president (2013 - 2103)

[Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hkfp]

[Recap] Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin discussed life-prolonging organ transplants and immortality as they chatted before Beijing's massive military parade this week, in comments picked up by state media microphones. https://t.co/7CI631VipR

[Tom Mitchell @TMitchHK]

What was the figure in 1942 ?

[Michael Fullilove @mfullilove]

🧵Since President Trump's election, the United States has changed direction. In the forthcoming 2025 @LowyInstitute Poll, only 36% of Australians say they trust the US to act responsibly in the world. This represents a big drop. It's the lowest result we have ever recorded. (1/2)