US-China correspondent at FT・Chinese & Japanese speaker・Ex Tokyo, Hong Kong, Beijing & Dublin・Photographer at https://nitter.cf/t.co/S6u3SctM1M
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#Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz: “The #UnitedNations’ prohibition of violence also applies to the #Taiwan Strait.”
I would like to thank @bundeskanzler for these crucial words, which speak volumes.
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James is the best in the business. The team at the @washingtonpost will be so lucky to have him!
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PERSONAL NEWS: I’m moving to the Washington Post on November 30 to be economics editor ! Very excited to join the newsroom and work with the Post’s talented team of reporters covering economic policy in Washington and its impact on households across the country.
📰 💵 New changes to our Economics team:
- @JamesPoliti joins The Post as Economics Editor
- @davidjlynch is now Chief Economic Correspondent and is launching “Forward Guidance,” a new weekly column about how the economy and financial markets work
More details from the team below ⤵️
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There’s a phishing scam going around tonight to DC reporters who cover national security, purportedly inviting them to a briefing with Bridge Colby. Links to a URL not associated with the Pentagon.
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@SeanDNaylor and I uncovered a CIA false flag operation that was run in Sudan.
@TheHighSideNews
thehighside.substack.com/p/i…
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AFP: According to a report yesterday by the Financial Times, Japan is months away from running out of supplies of the critical rare earth yttrium, and has asked the United States for help with encouraging China to ease related export controls. Does the foreign ministry have comments on this?
Mao Ning: China implements export controls on Japan in accordance with the laws and regulations. The aim is to thwart Japan’s remilitarization and attempt to possess nuclear weapons. China’s position of keeping the global industrial and supply chains of critical minerals safe and stable has not changed. All parties have the responsibility to play a constructive role to this end.
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Are you #InterestedInPhotography? Check out my #Instagram account and please give me a follow 📷👇
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Please find my latest policy brief for @JIIA_eng Center for Global Outreach (CGO) on "Manufacturing Ambiguity — How Beijing Weaponizes Okinawan Identity Against the US-Japan Alliance"
It uses Chinese, Japanese and English language sources to analyze how #China attempts to create a wedge between #Japan and the #US to weaken the #alliance.
The tactics used by Beijing are also prevalent in #Canada as China attempts to drive a wedge between Canada and the US.
#IndoPacific #Okinawa #wedgepolitics #foreigninterference
@MLInstitute @AsiaPacificFdn @KAS_Canada @statecraft @ChinaBriefJT @DominoTheoryMag @LowyInstitute @ASPI_org @AsiaLens @ISDP_Sweden @CDAInstitute @CDACanadaACD @RIPS_admin @SPF_PR @ycapsjapan @PISM_Poland @EASCentre
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SCOOP Japan months away from running out of critical rare earth #Yttrium as China squeezes supply
ft.com/content/ebd3244a-9120… (w @harrydemps @Urbandirt @Arjunneilalim)
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US army chief in #IndoPacific wants more visible military muscle in Asia. Read my interview with Gen Ron Clark👇
ft.com/content/4ed89331-df18… via @ft
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What can't drones do in the Pacific?
"Cheap standoff weapons have three primary shortfalls. First, the sheer volume of weapons required to achieve a desired effect is, paradoxically, prohibitively expensive unless they are employed in tandem with other capabilities. Second, even extended-range attack drones cannot reach targets deep inside China. And third, these weapons will not have the capability to destroy hardened or buried targets.
New report from @StaciePettyjohn and @PhilSheers:
cnas.org/publications/report…
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Whoever thought Carney would just be a technocratic prime minister should watch this. Perfect timing…
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Don’t bury the lede. Neera threw the Obama White House under the bus here.
Mehdi Hasan INTERROGATES Neera Tanden for hosting Benjamin Netanyahu
Mehdi: I know there are CAP staff here in the audience. You know at the time CAP staff complained internally that you did a softball interview.
Neera: I think Benjamin Netanyahu is a horrible person. The reason why we hosted him at CAP is because the Obama administration asked us to. I wish we did not host him—100% (mentions Ben Rhodes).
Mehdi: When did you realize that you shouldn't have hosted him?
Neera: I mean like he's been like basically acting as a kind of war criminal... It was not my idea to host him. The Obama administration basically engineered that. But it was very painful to do