Christian Petersen-Clausen

Documentary Filmmaker, based in China.
25+ year Expat. I won't die on a couch.

[Christian Petersen-Clausen @chris__pc]

I finally created an account on Bluesky.
If you are on there as well I'd like it if we kept in touch.

@memostothefuture.bsky.social

[Christian Petersen-Clausen @chris__pc]

@SteveNomadic United Nigeria Airlines already announced they are acquiring NGs and they are currently flying 145s... it might be ok for you to say that on the pod.

Would definitely be excited to have them on Cockpit Casual. What a fascinating story.

[Edward Lawrence @EP_Lawrence]

A great shame to see @vwang3 expelled from China. I'll miss her brilliant on the ground reporting across so many aspects of China's society. One NYT reporter in country to cover a global superpower of 1.4 billion people doesn't do China justice.

[Christian Petersen-Clausen @chris__pc]

Another day, another flight.

The 11am to Beijing is merely half-full today, a rarity for me.

As I am boarding Chinese Airlines are announcing that fuel charges on all flights will be reduced.

https://t.co/qbXLANsDc5

[Nicholas Burns @RNicholasBurns]

From my time in China, I have the greatest respect for Vivian Wang and her insightful reporting. Her expulsion by Beijing is shameful, illuminating its fear of the truth and freedom
of the press, a universal right. @nytimes https://t.co/KXbZB8hGiz via @NYTimes

[Christian Petersen-Clausen @chris__pc]

Impressive.

[Ananth Krishnan @ananthkrishnan]

A good initiative: India’s new Ambassador to China @VDoraiswami speaking in Mandarin introduces the Indian Embassy and its services. A snippet of the video that’s up on Chinese social media

[Christian Petersen-Clausen @chris__pc]

@HistorianHa that sounds like a coming Bill Buckley.

[Christian Petersen-Clausen @chris__pc]

@NeysunM The answer is to screenshot and anonymize first.

Trolling is done for influence.
Keeping it from them is the worst you can do.

[Christian Petersen-Clausen @chris__pc]

@McReynoldsJoe @NeysunM is there a link to that story?

[Christian Petersen-Clausen @chris__pc]

@McReynoldsJoe @NeysunM I love the Chinese art and literature scene in Tokyo and stop by whenever I am in town (which I am again next month). Chang Che wrote about the Chinese creative exiles well in the New Yorker.

[Christian Petersen-Clausen @chris__pc]

@McReynoldsJoe @NeysunM That does not sound like you have been to these talks?

[Christian Petersen-Clausen @chris__pc]

@McReynoldsJoe @NeysunM I was not barred from saying anything I wanted in my China Crossroads talk. Has Frank changed things there?

[Christian Petersen-Clausen @chris__pc]

As a child, I had posters of the Porsche 911 and Ferrari Testarossa on my bedroom wall.

What kid today will hang up a picture of the Luce?

[Christian Petersen-Clausen @chris__pc]

“I don’t understand why people hate on the Ferrari Luce” is a take I have seen a few times today.

But not understanding is precisely the problem.
Luce is the new album from an old band that wants another hit and is jumping on a trend without sharing the passion for that style.

[Christian Petersen-Clausen @chris__pc]

To me, Luce is another indication that the days of Maranello being ahead are over.

Luce isn’t an F40, it’s no LaFerrari, it isn’t an Enzo or a Testarossa. It is derivative, not singular, created by people who love money more than electric mobility.

Their contempt shows.