Ye Zhang

Labor Economist, Beijing native, DC transplant (tweets are my own, RT not equal to endorsement)

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

Me, my dad, and his dad. I love you, Dad!

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

Thank you Lingling @Lingling_Wei I still remember that early morning Chang’an Ave, broken bricks scattered everywhere. Maybe a 12 years old couldn’t understand the magnitude of what had happened, but the images and emotions of that day have stayed with me. It’s the end of an era.

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

To mark the 37th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, re-sharing my column on memory, history, and shattered expectations: After Tiananmen, a Past That Didn’t Pass and a Future That Didn’t Come. https://t.co/fF3Dcautrw

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

@yisuli2026 赵紫阳有1987年NBC的Tom Brokaw, it’s the most genuine one. Mike Wallace also interviewed 邓小平.

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

@RJDAIGOGO 不年轻的严济慈

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

And fast forward to 2004, Keyu Jin was admitted to Harvard Economics PhD program, when Summers was the president of Harvard. The Epstein file is about Summers’ exchange with Epstein almost 15 years later. Just some timeline to us straight.

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

I’d like to provide a few more data points: Keyu Jin was admitted to Harvard as undergrad in 2000, at that time, Summers was the secretary of treasury and Keyu’s father Jin Liqun was the deputy minister of finance in China, and that’s also when China about to enter WTO.

[The Harvard Crimson @thecrimson]

Former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers will step back from all public commitments in an effort “to rebuild trust and repair relationships with the people closest to me,” he wrote in a statement.

Crimson News Staff report.

https://t.co/eDEckPZFU9

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

A sobering reality check by my dear friend @Lingling_Wei, deciphering the true meaning of socialism under dictatorship with personal experience. This is not cheap talk, once upon a time, like so many of us, her daily life was subject to such a system, so, I’d believe her!

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

What people have in the U.S. is a messy, loud, and often vicious debate about how to allocate resources. What people have in China is the absence of one. https://t.co/hQTfgJDfSE

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

中秋前后是北平最美丽的时候。天气正好不冷不热，昼夜的长短也划分���平均。没有冬季从蒙古吹来的黄风，也没有伏天里挟着冰雹的暴雨。天是那么高，那么蓝，那么亮，好像是含着笑告诉北平的人们：在这些天里，大自然是不会给你们什么威胁与损害的。 - 老舍

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

I overlapped with my dear friend @Lingling_Wei at Fudan as students in the middle of the 90s, and still vividly remember the crowds at 3108. Thank you Lingling for bringing us all back to those eventful years when we were young and hopeful!

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

In the latest WSJ China, I write about the shift from “soft” to “hard” sciences among Chinese universities, including my alma mater. The shift risks overlooking the very human element crucial for the development of high tech. https://t.co/DiNHfZiRNI

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

Thank you for this wonderful piece my friend @Lingling_Wei, it’s deeply personal to me, a 12-year old standing by ChangAn Avenue 1 mile away from the Square the morning after, the pieces of bricks all over the street eulogizing the end of the golden decade of post-1949 China…

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

In this week’s WSJ China, I write about Beijing “trust deficit.” https://t.co/qWrrofFsEM But today, I’d like to re-up the column I wrote a year ago, about my own memories of that era of passion and hope in China. https://t.co/MZfWosSFiz

[Nancy Pelosi @SpeakerPelosi]

36 years ago, the world watched as thousands of ordinary Chinese citizens—unarmed and unafraid—gathered in Tiananmen Square to demand democracy.

While the regime responded with tanks and bullets, it could not crush their courage or silence their call for freedom.

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

For anyone following US-China trade drama, my dear friend @Lingling_Wei’s reporting should be the first piece you read everyday, if not the only one! Looking forward to more stories on the Chinese side from inside the red wall…

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

The surprise trade deal gives both sides breathing space to negotiate and find a way to preserve a trading relationship that was threatening to grind to a halt ⁦@schwartzbWSJ⁩ ⁦@wsj_douglasj⁩ Expect more drama ahead. https://t.co/prugukbT2j

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

This underappreciated story indicated an important deviation from “conventional wisdom” way China engaged with US during standoffs, cracking into the WH through business community not working well now. Excellent reporting from my dear friend @Lingling_Wei . #MorningCoffee

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

The backstory of the upcoming #USCHINA meeting in Switzerland: Beijing’s outreach to Washington over fentanyl created an opening for trade talks between the two nations. With ⁦@schwartzbWSJ⁩ ⁦@learyreports⁩ https://t.co/XqvoVtoAuY

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

This puts a smile on my face, potentially great news to finally open the phone line between Xi and Trump. The cost of a standoff is increasing by the day! Fantastic scoop from inside the red wall by my dear friend @Lingling_Wei!

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

SCOOP: Beijing is considering ways to address the Trump administration’s gripes over China’s role in the fentanyl trade, potentially offering an off-ramp from hostilities to allow for trade talks to start. https://t.co/EiXKzaRKeI

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

While the whole world preoccupied with the anatomy of Q1 US GDP data, April China numbers showed tariffs’ bite into the world 2nd largest economy. Xi’s Mao-like-mentality may make it even worse going forward. Excellent reporting from my dear friend @Lingling_Wei #MorningCoffee

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

Within the Chinese system, the importance of trade to jobs is no secret. In 2020, then-Premier Li Keqiang noted that “the foreign trade sector, directly or indirectly, creates jobs for over 180 million people.” With ⁦@raffaelehuang⁩ https://t.co/bWrwh62lkO

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

This excellent piece by @Lingling_Wei is aging very well!

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

Who’s in a better position to play the long game? Xi doesn’t face elections. Trump will have a big test coming up in next year's mid-terms. So if this is a race over who buckles from the pain first, it would be an awful long time before Xi actually does. https://t.co/NQ5WyNg9Dc

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

What’s the likely next episode in the Trump-Xi standoff? What’s Xi’s next move? There is no one else in the press who can break down these issues surgically like my dear friend @Lingling_Wei did. Her reporting on China is second to none, great work and insights, Lingling!

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

Grateful for @FareedZakaria for the opportunity to share our recent @WSJ reporting on #USCHINA. Despite the economic costs, Xi is digging in. For Beijing, it’s more than a tariffs war, or a trade war, but a strategic battle that will last for a long time.

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

“How will Xi strike back?” “ Negotiations happening?” After a night of radio silence from inside the red wall, my first thing in the morning is to read my dear friend @Lingling_Wei ‘s unparalleled reporting, catching up during the calm before the storm. #MorningCoffee

[Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ]

Trump Transforms Tariff War Into High-Stakes Showdown With China—Clash locks world’s two largest economies in an extraordinary conflict without any immediate exits
@Lingling_Wei @learyreports @jmalsin
https://t.co/QF21LcZTgc
https://t.co/QF21LcZTgc

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

When I woke up to an escalation of a trade war between the two largest economies in the world, I sit down with my coffee and read my dear friend @Lingling_Wei, I highly recommend you do the same. #MorningCoffee

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

China Has Readied a Trade-War Arsenal That Takes Aim at U.S. Companies https://t.co/2q1iFwuNJA via @WSJ

[Ye Zhang @econzhang]

The gloomy weather in Washington today echos the mood in the market, while we didn’t hear much from China other than the retaliatory tariffs, plenty of behind-the-scene stuff to feed the anxiety. My dear friend @Lingling_Wei provides the best reporting on this. #MorningCoffee

[Lingling Wei 魏玲灵 @Lingling_Wei]

Beijing's diplomatic playbook is at odds with Trump's style, and now communication is at a standstill. "Trump and Xi are locked in a paradox of pressure and pride." My latest on #USCHINA, on how we got here. https://t.co/J8lmLLtNYQ