They’re so incompetent. I think it’d be wonderful if Ford and other U.S. companies could do tech transfer from some of the best EV manufacturers out there. I guess that makes me Xi Jinping

The foolishness at the House special committee on the CCP continues

Silicon Valley Goes To War | NOEMA The tech industry’s whiz kids once promised convenience at your fingertips. Now they’re embracing the military-industrial complex to defend the West.

"The tech industry’s whiz kids once promised convenience at your fingertips. Now they’re embracing the military-industrial complex to defend the West."

— @tfa.ng in @noemamag.com

www.noemamag.com/silicon-vall...

Silicon Valley Goes To War | NOEMA The tech industry’s whiz kids once promised convenience at your fingertips. Now they’re embracing the military-industrial complex to defend the West.

The tech industry’s whiz kids once promised convenience at your fingertips. Now they’re embracing the military-industrial complex to defend the West, @tfa.ng writes.

#defensetech #siliconvalley #defense

So you are Chinese and you didn’t know TikTok video by Chao Ban

As is often the case with Western narratives about China, these memes are not really meant to paint an accurate picture of life in the country. Instead, they function as a projection of “all of the undesirable aspects of American life—or the decay of the American dream,” says Tianyu Fang @tfa.ng

Sudden vivid memory of the night we launched, hitting 888 followers @tfa.ng. Miss chaoyang trap, miss everyone ❤️❤️

Scam Cities—Asterisk Criminal networks throughout Southeast Asia are demonstrating the dangers of making “the ultimate exit.”

Who doesn’t love a good scam story - a mix of geopolitics, statecraft, crypto and public relations by @tfa.ng asteriskmag.com/issues/11/sc...

Scam Cities—Asterisk Criminal networks throughout Southeast Asia are demonstrating the dangers of making “the ultimate exit.”

important read on startup cities, criminal networks and the growth of special economic zones from @tfa.ng

asteriskmag.com/issues/11/sc...

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Lilian Kong and Shiqi Lin, “Hello My Chinese Spy, Take My Data”: Welcome to the Playground of the Digital Cold War On January 12, 2025, just days before the short video platform TikTok was pressured to shut down in the U.S., a sensational “migration” began. Millions of American internet users flocked to the Chines...

excellent essay on xiaohongshu’s recent popularity and the “digital cold war” positionspolitics.org/lilian-kong-...

Still waiting for the “secret evidence” that supposedly justifies the TikTok ban. Can’t blame your constituents when your case is “trust me bro”

Engaging with #Xiaohongshu ( #RED / #REDnote / #LittleRedBook): A Reading List. @qianhuang.bsky.social and I curated this crowdsourced reading list on Xiaohongshu - qianxeniahuang.super.site/resources/xi... We're happy to add more suggestions! Hosted by Qian to make it accessible in China.

no one in china ever calls mao’s quotations “little red book.” the common nickname is hongbaoshu (红宝书, “red treasure book”) and not xiaohongshu (小红书, “little red book”) 📕

people talk about how xiaohongshu literally translates to “little red book” (and therefore communist) but they don’t know that the original little red book isn’t even called the “little red book” in chinese

according to this 2019 interview, the red in xiaohongshu/rednote was a reference to the color of stanford graduate school of business and bain capital, where the founder studied and worked, not chairman mao m.36kr.com/p/1724258762...

追憶林洸耀：一位外媒記者的駐華生涯，和與他一同逝去的時代 | 端傳媒 Initium Media 他秉持新聞專業主義的客觀，帶着善意向世界展示中國，但隨着中國威權主義崛起、中西對抗與日俱增，他的立場越發顯得不合時宜。

Remembering Benjamin Kang Lim @initiummedia.bsky.social
theinitium.com/article/2024...

Justin Smith on Semafor’s (so far failed) attempt to engage with China www.semafor.com/article/12/2...

How My China Tech Beat Fell Apart Why founders gave up on cross-border

important read by former techcrunch china writer rita liao: open.substack.com/pub/chinatal...

Yes!

Yes, it’s Half Moon Bay!

Trying to keep a thread of questions arising from the end of birthright citizenship in the US.

1. Is a US passport definitive proof of citizenship?

2. Is an expired passport proof of citizenship when that passport was valid?

3. Is birth in the US legal entry for adjustment of status?

by the fashion police

always wear a tie with colors that match the weird jail you’ll stumble upon that day

tsunami warning canceled? the woke mob has gone too far…

Theoretical mathematicians could never

The plan: Post your dissertation abstract online to rekindle a decades-long controversy about the utility of the humanities, turning your paper into the most-read publication in the history of your field

it’s great to be back in washington dc

how the turntables

shocking