James Scullin

Director, Programs - Asia Society Australia. Author - Hotels of Pyongyang, @HotelsofNK Tweets mostly in jest

[James Scullin @jsjsjss]

@maxrushden @JohnBrewin_ @jonawils @NickyBandini Forget singing the anthem, Tuchel proves his English DNA

[James Scullin @jsjsjss]

@hasanthehun @RamonVillalobos Dozy Don

[Joseph Torigian @JosephTorigian]

Xi Jinping will go to Pyongyang next week. There's an interesting family relationship here (thread with pictures).

In 1982, Xi's father Zhongxun visited DPRK after Beijing decided to accept the Kim family succession. Xi went Pyongyang's monument to Zhou Enlai, his former boss:

[Xiao Ma @maxiaoalex]

🚗🔋 Many think Beijing masterfully planned China's EV takeover. Fengming Lu (@ANUBellSchool ) and I spent 3 years and 60+ interviews finding out what actually happened in our latest article @TheChinaJournal. A thread 🧵

[James Scullin @jsjsjss]

@danielflitton No way Trump knows his way around chopsticks

[James Scullin @jsjsjss]

@RushDoshi Do we know if Trump and Xi had any private one on one time like Trump has had with Putin? Best opportunity for Xi to make the big pitch for quid pro quos

[James Scullin @jsjsjss]

Chances looking pretty good that Trump will be embalmed in a mausoleum when he dies

[Steve Hou @stevehou]

This honestly deserves some kind of an award…

[James Scullin @jsjsjss]

It’s like one of those episodes of the Apprentice when the teams didn’t get along

[WarTranslated @wartranslated]

He seems kind of angry.

[James Scullin @jsjsjss]

@JOHNMAUS Australia?!

[James Scullin @jsjsjss]

@cados38 As a spectacle, all night games look the same once the lights are on. The way the sun’s shadow moves across the G in late September during the afternoon creates a unique visual experience unlike at other times during the year. Also, BBQs are better during the day.

[James Scullin @jsjsjss]

@JeremyCliffe Excellent thread!

[James Scullin @jsjsjss]

I would like to see a Trump-Alien Summit purely to watch the aliens react uncomfortably to Trump’s behavior

[Neil Gibbons @neilgibbons]

Absolutely obsessed with this guy and everything in his life that led him to this moment

[James Scullin @jsjsjss]

@DonaldJTrumpJr @SpaceX @realDonaldTrump @elonmusk

[The Onion @TheOnion]

Election Touchscreen Map Takes Deeper Look Inside Key Swing Voter | Onion News Network

ONN political analyst Jason Copeland breaks down the latest presidential polling trends going on inside Pennsylvania resident Nick Camden.

[Neil Thomas 牛犇 @neilthomas123]

Who briefs Xi Jinping?

For @AsiaPolicy me and @HungChingFei analyze a new dataset of Politburo study sessions and speakers from 12/2002–6/2024 (h/t @BrianTHart)

Shows trends like Xi's rising focus on Party control and national security relative to economic development

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[Kaiser Kuo @KaiserKuo]

It's a fight I'll never win, but fuck it: "Beijing" is not pronounced "Bay-zheeng" with that soft, vaguely French consonant. It's pronounced just like aging, paging, raging, and waging, but with a B. The J is like jingle bells, jingoism. Good old hard J.

[Time Capsule Tales @timecaptales]

A thread of ancient wonders of the world virtually reconstructed

1. The Colossus of Rhodes, Greece, destroyed in 226 BC

[Eric Fish @ericfish85]

"If [the Chinese people] had the proper leadership, there are no limits on what they could accomplish. They are such kind, generous, capable people. They just gave and gave and gave to me."

-1990 article on Tim Walz after he returned from teaching in Foshan, China. -Star-Herald