James Mann

author-in-residence @saishopkins. “China Fantasy,”, “Rise of the Vulcans,”and six other books. Nats fan. Former Beijing & Washington crrspndnt for LA Times.

[James Mann @byjamesmann]

@BonnieGlaser @FT This is just Ray Dalio,for years the most gullible worshiper of the Chinese regime in the US business community.

[James Mann @byjamesmann]

@JBKSchlossberg @MicahLasher @AlexBores Gee, I dunno Jack, for months,every time I see a post or tweet from @MicahLasher, it’s about policy or substance, like Medicare for all or abolishing ICE or breaking up monopolies.Not exactly Republican issues.

[James Mann @byjamesmann]

@JBKSchlossberg He brags of having the heart of a lion, but he has a record of experience as short as a newborn cub.

[James Mann @byjamesmann]

@JBKSchlossberg Strike a pose, Jack. Seems to me his point was that we can’t ONLY focus on impeachment when we don’t now have the votes- and that there are other concrete things Dems can accomplish while we wait for it to become possible. It takes political and legislative experience to do this

[James Mann @byjamesmann]

@peterbakernyt @RobbieGramer This excellent story does not address one hidden factor:: some qualified Foreign Service officers do not want to and do not volunteer to serve as ambassadors under Trump. Some are waiting in other jobs at State in hopes of serving as ambassadors in a different administration.

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

Schlossberg has translated fame, charisma and creativity into a narrow lead. But fellow Democrats, family friends and union leaders describe an operation so erratic and plagued by turnover that it raises questions about how he would handle office @npfandos https://t.co/gFU8Kw2KHJ

[Nicholas Burns @RNicholasBurns]

Predictable Xi would fire a shrill blast on Taiwan. It is meant to intimidate the U.S. We shouldn’t let him and should recommit to a strong arms package for Taipei.

[James Mann @byjamesmann]

@Lingling_Wei @dannyrrussel 2) Therefore, I doubt the summit will be cancelled (tho possibly postponed a bit). I could speculate that the delay in announcing it may be due to ongoing secret negotiations about the exact language new formulations Beijing wants.

[James Mann @byjamesmann]

@Lingling_Wei @dannyrrussel Beijing now sees that Trump 1) is willing to abandon past agreements and precedents and 2) is willing to take risks. Therefore, I think Beijing sees this summit as its best shot in many years at getting the US to agree to new language, or even a new communique, on Taiwan. (1)

[James Mann @byjamesmann]

@martyweilwapost @chelsea_janes Marty, you were already at the very heart of the Post’s newsroom operations when I first arrived there well over a half century ago. I thought you’d be there forever and by any right you should have been. Be well…

[James Mann @byjamesmann]

@NorthropKatrina Insane. Your coverage has been excellent. Your career will recover. The Post, my long-ago alma mater, will not.

[James Mann @byjamesmann]

@BillKristol What were the final results of your poll on Cabinet members? Did Bondi come out on top or Hegseth?

[Micah Lasher @MicahLasher]

A reminder why we need to change New York State law to allow state health officials to step into the shoes of the CDC and make vaccine recommendations, for as long as the CDC is under the thumb of the nation’s most notorious anti-vaxxer. https://t.co/4WBhei5lnA

[James Mann @byjamesmann]

Random thought: let’s give a name to our new political system. The old one, now being discarded, had a system of checks and balances. The new one should be called a system of ‘your checks, my balances.’

[Cole McFaul @colemcfaul]

Looks like Trump is considering allowing exports of advanced semis to China.

Nvidia argues that its chips won’t enable PRC military modernization. So @SamBresnick and I dug through hundreds of PLA procurement documents yesterday.

We find evidence of the opposite. 🧵

[James Mann @byjamesmann]

@KariLake @OANN @ChanelRion This is a new low, blaming the war in Ukraine on Biden. The Russian invasion had nothing to do with it? Did Biden start the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, too?

[James Mann @byjamesmann]

@stephenwertheim Thanks for recognizing, Stephen.

[Stephen Wertheim @stephenwertheim]

Two decades later, @byjamesmann's piece about the intellectual origins of the Iraq war holds up. https://t.co/JsdD5zaMPe

[James Mann @byjamesmann]

Is there anything on any network news show more ridiculous than CBS weather reports by @LonnieQuinnTV ? Whirling unreadable graphics, accompanied by fast-talking incomprehensible voiceovers. No one could possibly grasp or repeat back anything he said 15 seconds later.

[James Mann @byjamesmann]

@SophieDRich @RadioFreeAsia @GulchehraHoja I wonder if @KariLake thinks the closing of the Uighur service is a good thing, and whether she will do anything about it. How can this not be a gift to the Chinese Communist Party?

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