Despite Trump hailing last call with Xi as “excellent” where the issue of Taiwan armament was brought up, the U.S. is deploying more advanced missile systems to Philippines per @AP signaling no strategic shift away from increased arming of allies in South China Sea
China is beating us at our own game
China is making a concerted effort to expand its influence throughout the UN, taking advantage of Donald Trump’s disdain for multilateralism to place officials in influential posts and push Beijing’s agenda more aggressively per @FT
@NYPostOpinion This is such a lazy article. There is no credible evidence that Xi is being “edged out.” He has stacked the Politburo Standing Com. with loyalists, chairs the CMC, and abolished term limits. He regularly “vanishes” and delegates tasks and oh yea, Jintao and W. Yang “retired.”
Not to mention the violent Himalayan border clashes with India in 2020…
China’s long peace is a myth: the country is plenty guilty of intimidation, economic coercion, and expansionism backed by increasing military might.
@WenranJ recent @SCMPNews piece praising China’s “long peace” approach is revisionism at its finest.
Sure - Beijing hasn’t waged war since 1979 but let’s be real, coercion isn’t peace.
🧵Let’s unpack…
Economically, the BRI does aid in infrastructure projects around the world. But the opaque terms of such deals have seen countries like Sri Lanka, Kenya, and Zambia fall into debt traps, that are then used as geopolitical leverage in forums like the UN.
@GlobeEyeNews Should Trump fail middle America, the Progressives are bound to capture the nomination and the whole of the party by 2028.
The wealth gaps in this country have shifted Republicans to populism and the Democrats toward disintegration. AOC is most visible Dem, wonder why…
In just three days in Mexico City, I’ve ubered in 4 BYDs, seen more Huawei devices than Apple, and have seen ads for DiDi + SHEIN everywhere.
China is rivaling the U.S in trade AND in everyday Mexican life. Chinese influence continues to grow in MEX🇲🇽 as the U.S. pulls back.
Another man’s trash …
“Int. Unis are likely to capitalize on Harvard’s plight, snatching dozens of Nobel laureates attended or taught at the school. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology has already offered to unconditionally accept Harvard students”
per @business
@JimLaurie_Asia Hi Jim, I actually tracked how major publications framed the narrative from both sides on my Twitter. Would be interested to get your thoughts, should you have the time! Check it out on my page if interested. Thanks - CM
🧵In April, the Trump administration claimed trade talks with China were progressing, but Beijing quickly denied any negotiations were happening, yet another example of the two powers spinning different tales.
Today, a month later, the countries struck a 90 day tariff truce,
@XHNews@PeoplesDailyapp@SCMPNews@CAgovernor@WSJ@FoxNews@business@nytimes framed the truce as no breakthrough. While noting a bid to "defuse" the trade war, the article underscores what didn’t happen: no meaningful concessions, no real “deal,” just a temporary tariff rollback under economic pressure. The talks “did not appear to yield” much.