Xin Sun

Senior Lecturer, Political Economist and China Specialist at King's College London

[Xin Sun @sunx32]

@vshih2 @SusanShirk1 @21CenturyChina Congratulations Victor!

[CNBC International @CNBCi]

Chinese tech giants are launching products to rival artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT. But these chatbots in China will be subject to Beijing’s strict censorship regime and regulations governing the development of AI. Will they prevail?

[Xin Sun @sunx32]

@YuhuaWang5 Congratulations Yuhua! You are such a model academic!

[Xin Sun @sunx32]

This will be a dominant issue on the Party's economic agenda during Xi's third term, and will continue to have profound implications for Chinese economy and business in the decade(s) to come.

[Xin Sun @sunx32]

In this article, I clarified the myths around China's common prosperity drive and argued that it is to serve the political purpose of cementing the Party's comprehensive control over the economy and capital, a most important imperative of political survival for Xi.

[LSE IDEAS @lseideas]

The term “common prosperity” has quickly risen to prominence in Chinese domestic politics amid an intense regulatory crackdown on China’s leading tech companies. 🇨🇳

Read our newest Strategic Update from @sunx32 ⬇️
https://t.co/TR10GI4MBX

[Xin Sun @sunx32]

Happy to share my two cents with the Economist on government guidence funds 政府引导基金 - mounting evidence suggests they are more responsive to political incentives than market signals, let alone the prevalent direct intervention by their supervising agencies.

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Fear by state-capitalists of falling foul of ideological diktats could lower investment returns and throttle corporate dynamism https://t.co/sBMdyjzse5

[Linda Yueh @lindayueh]

House prices increased significantly for detached/semi-detached houses 12-25 miles from centre of London.
Price of flats fell everywhere
Rents fell most strongly central areas of cities, but in the outer areas, they grew substantially
@CEP_LSE report (PDF)
https://t.co/Hpvn6Gzv7Y

[Xin Sun @sunx32]

@lindayueh @CEP_LSE Great piece. Thanks for sharing, Linda!

[Xin Sun @sunx32]

Even more ironic is that customers are panic shopping for Nike and Adidas. Shall this be called "hedging for being a patriot"? 为爱国而囤货

[Xin Sun @sunx32]

The funny thing is while h&m became immediately unsearchable on Taobao, Nike didn't. Nor did official Chinese Football Association suspend the contract with Nike. 嘴上说不要，身体总是很诚实！

[NBC News World @NBCNewsWorld]

Western fashion brands, including Nike and H&M, are facing growing calls for boycotts in China, as Beijing pushes back against allegations of human rights abuses against the country's Uyghur Muslim minority. https://t.co/w1m1CW9Lqg

[Xin Sun @sunx32]

Could this be a "if Trump can fake and make it, I can make it too" mentality? :)

[Xin Sun @sunx32]

@vshih2 Still the upper limit of local bonds is set by the MOF right? So as long as the central gov provide guarantee for all these local bonds, this is just to shift the burden of buying from banks to the public?

[Xin Sun @sunx32]

Still, nearly half of voters voted for Trump, and many did so because they, rightly, felt their voice was not heard by the elite and their interests were not taken care of. How can silencing Trump help convince them and reverse the rising trend of populism? Expect backlash.

[Xin Sun @sunx32]

I don't think banning Trump on Twitter does any good for democracy in America. I never liked Trump. But I insist that his speech and behaviour should be judged properly by the judicial system or, in the case of impeachment, be held accountable by the Constitution 1/

[Xin Sun @sunx32]

From authoritarian politics we learnt that surpression of freedom of speech hampers the flow of useful information that is badly needed for effective governance and regime stability. This applies also to today's America. 3/

[Xin Sun @sunx32]

@UselessTree Take care, Sam! Hope we can reunion before too long!

[Xin Sun @sunx32]

@vshih2 For the same reason why immigrants from Cuba and China also support Trump?

[CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies @CSISFreeman]

Check out this recent paper by @CSISFreeman sr. associate @vshih2 - "China’s Leninist Response to COVID-19: From Information Suppression to Total Mobilization" https://t.co/edTwVvlg88