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Saw this breathtaking film "Made In Ethiopia" @adam_tooze@qingww. If you are in NYC, go check it out Mon at Asia Society
https://t.co/A7jn6L9iRN
We’re thrilled to be collaborating with @qingww and @adam_tooze to publish PW articles in translation as a new column on Chartbook’s Chinese edition.
First up, @andrewelrod’s essay on Bidenomics and the tectonic forces arranged around US tax and fiscal policy.
Absolutely delighted to be collaborating with @qingww Jack Gross @70sBachchan to bring @phenomenalworld content to a Chinese speaking audience.
https://t.co/hOQFCN1U1S
https://t.co/YK423nW5b4
Starting with @andrewelrod blockbuster article. KUDOS to the translators!
Chartbook newsletter in Mandarin launched today. Weekly translations. Accessible on other side of the firewall. All thanks to vision and determination of @qingww Thrilled beyond words by this exciting experiment. https://t.co/IyPvso6pqU
What happens if you take a Western newsletter, translate it into Mandarin and make it available on Chinese social media? @qingww and I thought it would be interesting to find out. Thanks to her vision & a great translation team, we launched today. https://t.co/q4puWO0fgg
My beautiful grandmother got married at the age of 87 today, and her story is a wonderful one, so I thought I’d take a moment to share it with all of you…
87 years ago, two people were born in Allentown, Pennsylvania…one of them was named Elaine and the other was named Roland. They met in middle school and went through high school together, and unbeknownst to one another, they were each other’s first big crush.
My grandmother was a cheerleader and Roland was a star athlete, but as life would have it, they went their separate ways, and both went on to raise wonderful families and have beautiful children, grandchildren, and even great-grandchildren.
Rollie went on to play professional baseball and be a successful businessman, and Elaine went on to work for our local newspaper until she retired. But again, as life would have it, they both found themselves single in their later years, and were sure they’d spend the rest of their days that way.
But as LUCK, or maybe something else, would have it, they both attended their 50th high school reunion, and spent the night talking and catching up and reminiscing about old times. A few months later, Rollie wrote my grandmother a letter, and asked if she’d like to continue that conversation, and that night they spent 5 hours on the phone until they both fell asleep.
A few months after that, he asked if she’d like to come visit him in Miami, and my grandmother never left.
Now this is undeniably a beautiful story, but it’s even more beautiful if you know my grandmother, who is a remarkable woman. She’s strong and sweet and wise and kind…a pattern-breaker and a trailblazer, and she sacrificed every bit of herself to make sure that our family had what we needed and got where we were supposed to go.
Truthfully, I didn’t think this world had built somebody who truly deserved her, but that all changed the moment I met Rollie and his family. Happy endings are great, but happy beginnings are better, and this is the happiest beginning I’ve ever been witness to. I love you, grandma, and nobody deserves a man like Roland more than you, and I hope every day you spend together is more wonderful than the last.
Navalny's wife Yulia at the Munich security conference:
"If it's true, I want Putin, his entourage, Putin's friends and his government to know they will be held responsible for what they have done to our country, my family, and my husband. And that day will come very soon."