Christopher Nye

Fellow @JamestownTweets
Chinese Political Economy Analyst | AI Geopolitics Researcher | Criminal Justice Enthusiast

[Christopher Nye @chrisnyeeee]

My new piece in @lawfare: When Compliance Becomes the Offense.

https://t.co/Yzgu7YY15m

Three takeaways:
1.Beijing’s new rules convert standard U.S. sanctions and export control compliance into conduct that explicitly triggers Chinese countermeasures.

2.This creates a lose-lose compliance scenario. Proceeding with a restricted transaction violates U.S. law. Conducting routine due diligence or declining that same transaction triggers Chinese penalties for illegal "information collection" or "supply chain interruption."

3.The regulatory trap perversely incentivizes willful blindness. Multinational firms are forced to gamble on unverified supply chains rather than risk documenting a violation that guarantees local prosecution.

[Christopher Nye @chrisnyeeee]

Couldn't agree more.

[Peter Mattis @PLMattis]

I would bet that Han Kuo-yu is not coming to the United States to repair Cheng Li-wun's performance so much as to represent another part of the KMT. The party is not unified. And Han has some different views, as shown by a KMT vice chair threatening to expel him from the party over defense issues.

[Christopher Nye @chrisnyeeee]

@tesla_na If this guy hadn't subscribed to FSD, would he have been a goner?🤨

[Christopher Nye @chrisnyeeee]

😅

[Reuters @Reuters]

Exclusive: The US has held off adding China’s AI startup DeepSeek, memory chipmaker CXMT and more than 100 other companies flagged as national security risks to a trade blacklist, as the Trump administration tries to avoid escalating tensions with Beijing https://t.co/G3jkzZwfwf

[Christopher Nye @chrisnyeeee]

@fredyinhk @macastel3 You're right. Yet the main point is that conducting clinical trials in China incurs almost no costs related to patients.

[Christopher Nye @chrisnyeeee]

Have you ever wondered where this doctor's high income comes from?😂

[Marco Castelli @macastel3]

Went to a public hospital in Shanghai (brand new)

Costs:
- visit with a professor top uni + studied abroad: USD 6
- CT Scan: USD 25
- MRI: USD 50

Booked yesterday; appointment + scan today

Staff super helpful

Latest tech machineries

Lots of public money in healthcare

[Christopher Nye @chrisnyeeee]

@fredyinhk @macastel3 Yes. And because FDA regulations are quite strict, many new drugs are being taken to China for clinical trials.

[Christopher Nye @chrisnyeeee]

@macastel3 Come on, our professor doesn't make penny from that.

To promote a useless drug or therapy, pharmaceutical companies funnel tens of millions to them under the guise of scientific research.

[Christopher Nye @chrisnyeeee]

It’s simply a lack of fiscal funds to support old system.

At least for a university like Renmin University—which focuses primarily on the humanities and social sciences (the cover image shows their graduation ceremony)—the pursuit of AI is driven mainly by the desire to secure more funding.

[Taisu Zhang @ZhangTaisu]

This is not just “restructuring due to AI,” but rather a way to deal with the significant funding cuts that universities have had to deal with since 2024 (which have been, overall, at least as large as those suffered by American universities last year). https://t.co/cry8ujGGGE

[Jamestown Foundation @JamestownTweets]

The new issue of China Brief is out now. Read all the articles through the link below 🇨🇳🔗

https://t.co/PqPm0B6t07

#PRC #Geopolitics #Security #ChinaBrief #JamestownFoundation

[Christopher Nye @chrisnyeeee]

@rena_in_dc まさかこの号に元bossの記事が載ってるなんて。一体どの不運な秘書が代筆させられたのやら

[CSIS @CSIS]

China is winning the critical mineral race long before mines enter production. As Chinese firms acquire strategic mineral assets, the U.S. and its allies need tools to protect and compete for ownership of future supply.

Read more from @GraceBaskaran: https://t.co/HFBA0RbUUK

[Christopher Nye @chrisnyeeee]

Sharing an excellent article by @jonczin.

Here is my question: just how serious are China's fiscal problems? This factor determines how far Xi can actually go, yet perspectives on this issue vary wildly across different fields.

https://t.co/8qzgeKHeO3

[Hoover Institution @HooverInst]

For decades, the story of Mao's rise was wrapped in myth. Historian Frank Dikötter argues the reality was far darker: a marginal movement, Soviet backing, civil war, and a regime built on political paranoia.

Watch a new episode of @UncKnowledge with @P_M_Robinson on X:

[Christopher Nye @chrisnyeeee]

How I wish the young analysts writing about the Taiwan issue had all read this article by @JohnCulver689

https://t.co/sY02YAevu7

[Shiping Tang @ShipingTang]

There’s no chance of real "peace" between US/Israel-Iran. Any deal is a piece of paper that cannot be credibly enforced or observed, esp. with Israel. So, people, stop being fooled by DJT!

[Christopher Nye @chrisnyeeee]

@Noahpinion Maybe I'm stupid. I wonder if they might create a virus and a vaccine, only to give the virus to foreigners while withholding the vaccine?

[Rachel Cheung @rachel_cheung1]

Jupiter, a small California company, has supplied TV walls to U.S. government and military for over 2 decades. But in 2020, the company was quietly sold to Suirui Group, a Chinese company that aspired to build China's Zoom. Now the US wants it back.

[Christopher Nye @chrisnyeeee]

It’s worth keeping an eye on. If this situation spreads, things could get interesting. However, I think it’s unlikely; Party committees elsewhere will likely learn from this and engage in more communication before submitting proposals.

[联合早报 Lianhe Zaobao @zaobaosg]

中国浙江一地的人大代表，以过半的反对票数否决总投资超过10亿元（人民币，下同，1.89亿新元）的政府重大投资项目。中国媒体指出，以往中国各地人大代表较少参与政府重大投资项目决策，否决项目的情况更为罕见。 https://t.co/N8dDmnJ4TS

[安田峰俊 @YSD0118]

【スクープ】本日売り週刊ポスト寄稿。昨年から多い「中国側が全額負担」の青少年向けスタディツアー。某市民団体のツアーは行き先が真っ赤、その理由は団体のバックが親中共系新左翼セクト、始まる勧誘、そして中国側接受先は米国の安保レポートに登場する人民解放軍の工作機関で…。
#本日のホラー

[Christopher Nye @chrisnyeeee]

Is Xi Jinping some sort of Upper Cave Man who just crawled out of the mountains of Beijing? As a matter of routine practice, how could he possibly be unaware of the buying and selling of offices. Himself handed over plenty of money to superiors in the past.

Just a tyrant who messes with people for no damn reason. But I'm lovin' it.

[Daniel Fang @fang_danie121]

中央党校校长陈希已明确退休，待遇降为副厅级。
伟大领袖反腐，结果越反越腐败，早年他一上台就搞反腐，我就怀疑他是借着反腐，清除党内异己力量，