Zichen Wang

Substack @pekingnology ↓ & part of NON-GOVT @CCG_org. @xhnews alum, Master in Public Policy @PrincetonSPIA. Self-anointed journalist posing as "thinktanker" lol

[Austin Statesman @statesman]

Austin-based podcaster Joe Rogan reportedly being considered for 60 Minutes role. https://t.co/Q3SOtB6qra

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

At the end of the day, it’s a relationship business.

[Jinghan (Michael) Zeng @Jinghan_Zeng]

📢 Hiring! My home department of Public and International Affairs is recruiting at all levels—from Assistant to Chair Professor—in:
• Comparative politics
• International relations
• Political economy & governance
• Philosophy
• Urban studies

Hong Kong is a lovely city to live in, and the salary package is internationally competitive.

For details, see: https://t.co/3VViYdMjeL

[Kaiser Kuo @KaiserKuo]

This is depressing news from the American Mandarin Society. I really hope that Nat Ahrens and his team will emerge from this period of dormancy quickly after finding the support they need to keep doing their great work.

[Michael Anti @mranti]

看到这个关于产能过剩评论，我真的看了几次作者是不是真的前瑞典外长。

[Michael Anti @mranti]

看看这个报道，就知道目前欧洲媒体对中国的报道是多么神经病。这个报道仿佛中国是夺走德国专利的敌人，但是仔细看研究原文，德国专利被外国买下的部分，前三是美国控制31.7%、瑞士 11.1%、法国 7.5%，而新闻批评的中国在报告中是排在美、瑞、法、日、英的后面，排第六。要么你欧洲直接排华吧？

[Evelyn Cheng @chengevelyn]

US-China Board of Trade opens to public comment (deadline July 10)
https://t.co/JX2yUSgxRA

[Zichen Wang @ZichenWanghere]

Zhang Weiying is hopelessly out of touch with ordinary people.
告别妒忌？
还是先告别 脱离群众 吧。

[jasmine sun @jasminewsun]

My full talk on the future of AI & media is up!

I used @alexolegimas's prompt of "What will be scarce?" to propose 4 ways that media is changing, and how writers can still win in the AI age:

1) Secrets > summaries

Reporting is the act of taking private knowledge and making it public: when you get a source to tell you about corporate malfeasance, or venture to a remote town that few people have been to, or sneak your way into an underground party, you are working in a space where there is no training data.

2) Live interaction > static content

We’re not far from a world where AI can replicate any prose style. But readers want to know there's a real person generating the text—not just the final presentation, but the proof of work behind it. For creators, doing live events, podcasts, and meetups reveal the life behind the voice. And if I care about my ideas, I want people to know about them, no matter the format.

3) Founders > bureaucracies

AI is already allowing startups to run leaner by helping founders act as their own marketer, data scientist, engineer, etc. It's the same in media — AI is a boon to jacks-of-all-trades. There’s a lot of stuff AI does that I don't want to: verifying cites, reading contracts, negotiating speaking fees. It's an amazing time for independent creatives who want to direct their own vision.

4) Personal style > polish

The house style in most newsrooms is extremely LLMable. What stands out (besides reporting) is a distinct and authentic first-person voice, even if that means the occasional typo / provocation / admitting "I'm not really sure." After all, trust isn't about the perfect sentence: it’s about the track record of who says it. And the stronger your brand, the more trusted you’ll be.

I spend a lot of time covering the real disruptions AI brings. But I also believe, for those with the gumption to seize the opportunity, there's never been a better time to be a writer 🧡

[Kaiser Kuo @KaiserKuo]

Absolutely worth a read — @chinalawtransl8's piece comparing the panic over Japan with the more recent (and ongoing) panic over China. It was, and remains, about the U.S. itself, not the Asian Other.

[The Diplomat @Diplomat_APAC]

It’s almost eerie how easily contemporary China discourse parallels U.S. rhetoric about Japan in the 1980s – especially given the huge differences between the two countries.

https://t.co/xuOebm3u4x

[Zichen Wang @ZichenWanghere]

disgusting

[Fred Gao （Gao Yingshi） @GaoYingshi]

China sends EU a direct warning over the overcapacity Tool. Beijing signals anti-discrimination and supply chain security investigations as its countermeasures, with EU cosmetics, wine, meat, and luxury exports as the likely targets
https://t.co/dpUkuGOsBe

[Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham]

Donald Trump personally urged Xi Jinping to help end the Ukraine war, as he sought to lean on Beijing’s sway over Moscow to resolve a conflict that is now in its fifth year, multiple sources have said.

Top scoop by my great colleague @deweysim

https://t.co/T13jXbtGTZ

[Zichen Wang @ZichenWanghere]

https://t.co/m3ulob53Jt

[Tianyu Fang @tianyuf]

Not sure how the author managed to ID a Chinese name equivalent to “John Smith” based on “name, nationality, and financial capacity,” but according to my conservative estimate the probability of the ex vice chairman of the CPPCC donating to Hoover in his own name is zero

[Zichen Wang @ZichenWanghere]

witchhunt到了Hoover
也算是大水冲了龙王庙了吧

[Paul Triolo @pstAsiatech]

‘Seasoned China hand’ to lead National Committee on US-China Relations
Sarah Beran, a former deputy chief of mission at US embassy in Beijing, will succeed non-profit group’s long-time president, Stephen Orlins
https://t.co/PGp8T2MCoD via @scmpnews

[Boooo波妞! @Biantaiboooo]

小区骂人最脏的竟是一位美女——亦菲😅

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

Good morning Hong Kong. @tracyalloway and I will be in town next week. And there are still some tickets for the Odd Lots pub quiz on June 11. They're just 400$HKD (I don't know how much this is). https://t.co/lL5oEgD6l0

[Yanzhong Huang @YanzhongHuang]

By 2040, China is expected to account for 35% of new drugs approved by the U.S. FDA. However, senior Chinese pharmaceutical expert Song Ruilin warns that China’s current successes in innovative drug out-licensing stem mainly from faster clinical trials, rapid patient enrollment, and lower labor costs—not yet from any exclusive proprietary R&D technology advantages. https://t.co/KG2A2nuxcf