Clement Tan 陳永強

Assistant Foreign Editor @straits_times • Ex-Reuters, Bloomberg reporter • Previously in Beijing, HK, DC, NY • Always trying to write a book

[Kyle Chan @kyleichan]

The 2026 @StanfordHAI AI Index Report is out.

Top Chinese AI models continue to narrowly trail behind top US models in overall performance, based on Arena data.

The full report is free to download: https://t.co/Bu4cz7mzxx

[Roan @RohOnChain]

This 2 hour Stanford lecture on AI careers will teach you more about winning in the AI race than every piece of AI content you have scrolled past this year.

Bookmark this & give it 2 hours, no matter what. It'll be the most productive thing you could do this weekend.

[Evan A. Feigenbaum @EvanFeigenbaum]

There is no better time for the countries of Southeast Asia to reconsider their energy security than during this latest crisis. My #CarnegieAsia teammate, Indonesia’s former trade minister @GWirjawan, tackles Southeast Asia’s agency during the current crisis. https://t.co/hrpRX8kt83

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

This is an absolute masterclass from MIT on how to speak

[Kyle Chan @kyleichan]

“China’s relatively high level of investment is not a sign of distortion or imbalance, but rather one of the main reasons the country has sustained rapid long-term growth.”

Provocative piece by @ywang2005b, former World Bank senior economist: https://t.co/hd1mTmbwxO

[Damien Ma @damienics]

Xi places an innovation-driven economy far above a consumption-driven one.

That's why "high quality" was everywhere in the new five year plan. It's no longer a buzzy neologism but akin to a Xi doctrine.

This has several macro implications:

1. The indicator that matters much more now is TFP, not GDP.

2. It's the beginning of the end of China's "deployment super cycle" that defined 5 consecutive FYPs since 2001.

3. The emphasis will be on value creation rather than volume generation by Chinese companies.

4. The pernicious pattern of involution needs to be addressed because involution comes at the expense of innovation.

My latest:

https://t.co/u9GSyYHdJ8

[Demetri @AsiaLens]

Has always amazed me how few US lawmakers travel to Singapore for the Shanghai-La Dialogue (which is excellent) compared to numbers at the Munich Security conference, particularly since the passing of Senator McCain. Flights to Asia are long, sure, but at some point you have to put your money where your mouth is.

[Bloomberg @business]

Japan’s defense minister said plans to deploy missiles to the post were on track as tensions smolder between Tokyo and Beijing over Taiwan https://t.co/51pH3X1kCJ

[Kyle Chan @kyleichan]

In 2012, China’s semiconductor industry was weak & underfunded. A person outside the government wrote a policy memo calling for a national semiconductor fund. That memo reached the head of the NDRC and led to China’s 2014 chip fund.

Fascinating interview: https://t.co/zReODwDlUJ

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

Former Finance Minister Lou Jiwei, known for his bluntness, said China's property contraction will continue for at least another five years. That would mean increased risks of a full-blown meltdown in China’s financial system.

[The Tennis Letter @TheTennisLetter]

CARLOS ALCARAZ HITS THE VOLLEY OF THE TOURNAMENT AGAINST JANNIK SINNER AT THE US OPEN.

So smooth with it. 🧈

🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[US Open Tennis @usopen]

Carlos Alcaraz fake 'n bake 😮‍💨

[Mike Bird @Birdyword]

Useful chart from @andrewbatson here covering one of the most under-discussed and useful macro metrics around. China's capital productivity has been in consistent, marked decline even as panic over Chinese industrial prowess has reached fever pitch

[Clement Tan 陳永強 @clemtan]

“I was born and raised an Indian, and my parents are Indians. And yet, there is this very strong urge that there is also a home somewhere else, a home that I have not seen, a home that I’ve heard so much about.”

@sanitydurast @rohini_mohan

https://t.co/hwUZCrUuSf

[ST Foreign Desk @STForeignDesk]

Coffee without pop music: Cafes and more react to Indonesia’s clampdown over unpaid royalty fees https://t.co/LC8GZp0NH2

[Clement Tan 陳永強 @clemtan]

“We live in a tornado — unable to visit our country or truly settle here.”

A journey to belong: migrants describe ten years in Europe

https://t.co/WUzJbrxTlf

[Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ]

How a Pillar of New York’s Chinese Community Did Beijing’s Dirty Work—A prominent businessman is headed to prison after pressuring a suspected fugitive to surrender to China
@jamestareddy
https://t.co/9ept2YhoXH
https://t.co/9ept2YhoXH

[Bridget Welsh @dririshsea]

Singapore #GE2025 sample counts coming in - decisive victory for PM Lawrence Wong, increased popular vote & victory in Punggol for PAP's DPM Gan Kim Yong (Task Force Man). Wong and Trump effects in polls. WP has held on to its core seats, final results pending.

[Saksith Saiyasombut | ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ ไสยสมบัติ @SaksithCNA]

Only a mountain of rubble is left at collapsed construction site in the Chatuchak area in northern Bangkok. At least 50 construction workers were reportedly working when the earthquake it. Few made out, but majority are feared trapped in there.

[Thai News Reports @ThaiNewsReports]

🇹🇭 THAI NEWS REPORTS: Video showing the moment a building in the Chatuchak area of #Bangkok collapsed. No reports of casualties yet. #แผ่นดินไหว #Thailand