Be Like Hydrogen

Be formless, Be shapeless. Like Hydrogen
"whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. Paradox: what is soft is strong."

[孤烟暮蝉 @guyanmuchan001]

所以，还是日本人了解日本人

[Legendary Sun Yat-sen @qin210dynasty]

Debunk the dumb Low IQ - Confusion Strategy

Reality check: China is a continuous entity. Taiwan has always been Chinese territory under successive governments — Qing dynasty, then KMT, now PRC as the government of China since 1949. The shareholders are the 1.4 billion + 23 million Chinese people, and they clearly support the PRC more — that’s why the PRC is in power. Matter of fact. Taiwan’s own constitution also affirms One China, by the way — if you don’t know that, study more(that grow IQ).

You can’t say the Iraq War “wasn’t America” just because a Republican started it, or the New Deal “wasn’t America” because a Democrat did it. Both were actions of the United States.

Same with the UK: you can’t say Brexit “wasn’t Britain” because the Conservatives pushed it, or nationalizing the railways “wasn’t Britain” because Labour did it. Governments represent the country at the time.

Pretending otherwise is a dumb confusion strategy and pure low IQ.

[Legendary Sun Yat-sen @qin210dynasty]

Debunk the dumb Low IQ - Confusion Strategy

Reality check: China is a continuous entity. Taiwan has always been Chinese territory under successive governments — Qing dynasty, then KMT, now PRC as the government of China since 1949. The shareholders are the 1.4 billion + 23 million Chinese people, and they clearly support the PRC more — that’s why the PRC is in power. Matter of fact. Taiwan’s own constitution also affirms One China, by the way — if you don’t know that, study more(that grow IQ).

You can’t say the Iraq War “wasn’t America” just because a Republican started it, or the New Deal “wasn’t America” because a Democrat did it. Both were actions of the United States.

Same with the UK: you can’t say Brexit “wasn’t Britain” because the Conservatives pushed it, or nationalizing the railways “wasn’t Britain” because Labour did it. Governments represent the country at the time.

Pretending otherwise is a dumb confusion strategy and pure low IQ.

[The All-In Podcast @theallinpod]

🚨 POD UP! The Core Four are back!

-- Dario Amodei Breaks His Silence: Regulatory Capture or Real Concern?

-- The Anti-Data Center Revolt: Abbott, Shapiro, and the GOP Panic Memo

-- A "DMV for AI"? Sacks Says the Open Source Ban Is Coming

-- Friedberg's RSI Thesis: Why Regulating AI May Be a Fool's Errand

-- a16z Under DOJ Investigation Over a 1914 Law

-- Midterms Toss-Up: 53% of Young Conservatives Want Government Grocery Stores

(00:00) Besties are back!

(00:13) Dario's two-part essay: regulatory capture, doomerism, and the data center backlash

(10:25) FINRA for AI vs. MPAA for AI: SROs, thinking tokens, and the "DMV for AI"

(30:12) Is an open source ban coming? Harnesses, FDI, jobs, and recursive self-improvement

(56:33) a16z under DOJ investigation over "interlocking directorates"

(1:01:15) Midterms: broken polls, the socialism surge, and CATO's DSA price tag

Come hang with the Besties at the All-In Summit | September 13-15:
https://t.co/ctguerI0TE #AllInSummit

[Legendary Sun Yat-sen @qin210dynasty]

Elon is different — and worth extra credit.

2011 was the year China and Chinese people were completely shut out of the international space program by NASA and the US government. Most people saw it as the end of China’s space dream.

Only Elon saw it as the start — the birth of a true competitor and peer for a lifetime.

“End game is all about China.”

He never looked down on China or Chinese people, even in that darkness. That alone earns extra respect.

This video still gives me chills every time:
https://t.co/ie0so5XsWl

[Alvin Foo @alvinfoo]

China owns the EV market, everyone else is competing for scraps.

2025 new BEV + PHEV registrations:
•China: 13.3 million
•USA: 1.53 million
•Germany: 860k
•UK: 700k
•France: 450k

In 2010 the US and Japan were ahead. By 2015 China had already overtaken and never looked back. The gap is not incremental, it is structural. Scale, battery supply chain control, relentless industrial policy, and a domestic market that actually buys the cars.

Western markets are still debating incentives and charging networks while China builds volume that compounds every year, the rest of the world is not closing this.

[上官亂 @shangguanluan]

朱雀三号跟马斯克的距离并没有缩小，反而在拉大——

中国的商业航天人非常清醒、诚恳且踏实啊。

[Brendan Ahern @ahern_brendan]

$BABA management reiterated $100B in @alibaba_cloud revenue by 2030 versus this quarter's ~$7B. If it happens, @AlibabaGroup balance sheet/net income statement change dramatically. Isn't the FCF and capex short term pain worth the long term gain?

[𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐩𝑮𝒐𝒍𝒅 🏆 @PurpGoldLakers]

🚨 Lakers minority owner Patrick Soon-Shiong is NOT selling his 4% stake per Dave McMenamin (ESPN).

His attorney: "Dr. Patrick is absolutely not selling his minority share of the Lakers. Bob Iger and Josh Kushner are good friends, and we will be joining them as supportive, active and engaged partners once they close the transaction with Mr. Walter."

(https://t.co/Q0e7e0Ias9

[Legendary Sun Yat-sen @qin210dynasty]

@SternDrewCrypto It is more alarming to add this news below together to picture if in two years time most of major financial institutions or continents all setup alternative systems

Pandora 🎁 box

[조현 외교부 장관 FM Cho Hyun @FMChoHyun]

어제 회담 및 만찬에 이어 오늘 아침에는 보다 편안한 분위기에서 중국 왕이 외교부장과 친교 일정을 가졌습니다. 아침 식사 후 남산 다산 성곽길을 함께 걸으면서 어제 미처 못다한 이야기도 나누었습니다.

늦여름의 더위가 채 가시지 않았지만, 한양도성 성곽, 남산의 숲, 그리고 서울의 풍경이 한데 어우러진 다산 성곽길 산책은 평소 등산을 즐기는 왕 부장에게 좋은 추억이 되었을 것���로 생각합니다. 저로서도 왕 부장과의 우의를 다지는 의미 있는 시간이었습니다.

내년이면 한중 수교 35주년을 맞습니다. 양국 정상의 상호 국빈 방문을 계기로 되살아난 양국관계 발전의 흐름을 이어가도록 왕 부장과 함께 적극 노력해 나가겠습니다.

Following our meeting and dinner yesterday, I had the pleasure of spending a warm, friendly morning with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi. After breakfast, we walked together along the Dasan Seongguwak-gil trail in Namsan and continued the conversation from yesterday.

Despite the lingering late-summer heat, I hope walking along the trail-where the historical fortress wall, Namsan’s lush forest, and Seoul’s cityscape blend seamlessly-offered Minister Wang, an avid hiker, a memorable experience. For me, it was indeed a meaningful time to deepen our friendship, too.

With the 35th anniversary of our diplomatic ties coming up next year, I will work closely with Minister Wang to maintain the momentum in advancing Korea-China relations, built upon the reciprocal state visits by our two leaders.

继昨天的会谈与晚宴后，今天早上在更加轻松融洽的氛围中我与王毅中国外长进行了友好交流。早餐后，我们一同漫步于南山茶山城墙路，延续了昨晚的交流。

虽然晚夏的余热尚未散去，但我相信汉阳都城的城墙、南山的绿荫以及首尔的风景融为一体的此次茶山城墙路之行，给平日喜欢爬山的王毅外长留下了美好回忆。对我而言，这也是一段加深彼此友谊的宝贵时光。

明年我们将迎来韩中建交35周年。我愿同王毅外长���同努力，保持在两国元首互访后恢复的韩中关系发展势头。

🇰🇷🤝🇨🇳
#대한민국 #중화인민공화국 #PeoplesRepublicofChina
#대한민국외교부 #MOFA

[Joseph Wang @josephwang]

Bessent describes his buybacks as a "Treasury Twist" suggesting that it is changing the duration of Treasuries outstanding. The prior Admin swore up and down the buyback program would not be a tool to adjust duration, but many of us knew better :)

[First Squawk @FirstSquawk]

SOUTH KOREA FINMIN TO HOLD MARKET REVIEW MEETING REGARDING FINANCIAL, FX MARKET TRENDS AT 8AM ON FRIDAY

[Reuters @Reuters]

China's Wang Yi in South Korea for talks amid Trump push to revive North Korea diplomacy https://t.co/wXCrZPhMi1 https://t.co/wXCrZPhMi1

[Ankor Inclán @ankorinclan]

En 1944, en plena guerra, un oficial del Ejército Imperial Japonés reunió a soldados en China y empezó a denunciar, en voz alta, las atrocidades que su propio ejército estaba cometiendo. Habló de saqueos, de violaciones, de asesinatos de civiles, de prisioneros usados para practicar ataques con bayoneta. En el Japón de aquellos años, decir eso podía costarte la vida por traición. Aquel oficial tenía una protección que casi nadie más poseía: era el hermano menor del emperador Hirohito.

Se llamaba Takahito, príncipe Mikasa. Entre enero de 1943 y enero de 1944 sirvió como oficial de Estado Mayor en Nankín, dentro del Ejército Expedicionario Japonés en China, usando el nombre en clave "Wakasugi". Allí, un oficial le explicó, sin dramatismo, que una buena forma de endurecer psicológicamente a los reclutas nuevos era hacerles practicar con la bayoneta sobre prisioneros chinos todavía con vida. Mikasa quedó horrorizado. También vio, en una proyección militar, a prisioneros atados a postes mientras los gaseaban y los mataban a tiros. Décadas después lo resumiría así: "Fue una escena verdaderamente horrible que solo puede calificarse de masacre." Conoció además el intento de envenenar con fruta contaminada de cólera a los investigadores de la Comisión Lytton de la Sociedad de Naciones, y llegó a hacer una visita guiada a las instalaciones de la Unidad 731, donde le mostraron películas de experimentos con gas venenoso sobre prisioneros chinos.

No esperó a que Japón perdiera la guerra para hablar. En 1944 escribió un texto durísimo contra la política de agresión de su propio país, en el que señalaba que los saqueos, las violaciones y las matanzas de civiles estaban alimentando el odio hacia Japón en toda China, y cuestionaba abiertamente la narrativa oficial que justificaba la ocupación. Después lo leyó ante soldados japoneses. Años más tarde explicaría por qué se había atrevido: quería, desesperadamente, que la guerra terminara.

Mikasa sabía perfectamente lo excepcional de su posición. Un oficial cualquiera jamás habría podido decir aquello sin acabar fusilado o algo peor. Aun así, el Ejército consideró peligroso lo que había escrito: recogió las copias y las destruyó. Durante cincuenta años, aquel episodio quedó prácticamente enterrado.

En 1994, un profesor de la Universidad de Kobe encontró, por casualidad, una copia superviviente en la biblioteca del Parlamento japonés. El príncipe, que entonces tenía setenta y ocho años, confirmó públicamente que era suyo. Su compromiso con la verdad tampoco terminó con la derrota: el 27 de febrero de 1946 se presentó ante el Consejo Privado y pidió, indirectamente pero sin ambigüedad, que su propio hermano Hirohito asumiera responsabilidad por la catástrofe de la guerra y abandonara el trono. Según el diario de un ministro presente aquel día, el rostro del emperador palideció. No lo consiguió. Hirohito siguió en el trono otros cuarenta y tres años.

Mikasa murió en octubre de 2016, con cien años cumplidos, siendo el último miembro vivo de aquella generación de la familia imperial que había visto la guerra desde dentro.

[Legendary Sun Yat-sen @qin210dynasty]

Four party Peace talk (US/China/North & South Korea) failed in 1999

This time China power has significantly changed and will be most important one to broker a deal

Hope there will be good news and development during November APEC leadership meeting in Shenzhen China when four of them likely to meet again

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: China is “actively considering” a November summit between Xi Jinping & South Korea’s president.

[Legendary Sun Yat-sen @qin210dynasty]

Four party Peace talk (US/China/North & South Korea) failed in 1999

This time China power has significantly changed and will be most important one to broker a deal

Hope there will be good news and development during November APEC leadership meeting in Shenzhen China when four of them likely to meet again

[Clash Report @clashreport]

South Korea Backs Trump’s Drill Cuts as Path to North Korea Talks

President Lee Jae Myung welcomed Donald Trump’s decision to shorten joint military exercises, arguing that reduced tensions could reopen dialogue with Pyongyang while pledging to raise South Korean defense spending to 3.5 percent of GDP.

https://t.co/JG8B3GZghK

[파란달(Bluemoon) @Tsiberia]

전쟁이 끝난 지 70년이 넘었는데, 이제 종전선언하고 상호불가침조약(평화조약) 같은 것도 맺읍시다.

언제까지 전쟁이 끝나지 않은 상태로 살아야 합니까?