I think one of the tragedies of the state of US-China relations is that Americans and Chinese are so similar in so many ways. Put the average dude from Philly in a room with the average dude from Hebei, add a pitcher of beer, remove the language barrier, and they're best friends.

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This blog post by Steve Inskeep is outstanding. He says Uri Berliner's essay was 'a perfect example of the kind of journalism he says he's against.' The 'errors and omissions all go in one direction, toward confirming the writer's pre-existing opinions.' steveinskeep.substack.com/p/how-my-npr-c…

This recalls a 2020 investigative story we worked on at NPR with Emily Feng 冯哲芸 + Brian Mann that uncovered a web of Chinese companies whose employees were openly marketing fentanyl precursors and selling them to clients in Mexico and the US npr.org/2020/11/17/916…

NPR senior business editor Uri Berliner resigned this morning.

Among the many things that could be said, I will say this: thank you to my colleagues here in the newsroom today for your grace, collegiality and hard work during a challenging period.

And for showing up today,

After Lawrence Wong becomes Singapore's prime minister on 15 May, the only ASEAN leaders* to have assumed office before 2021 will be the Sultan in Brunei and Jokowi in Indonesia—and Jokowi steps down in October. Unprecedented breadth of leadership transition in Southeast Asia.

A smart, nuanced rebuttal from @npr’s CEO that stands in sharp contrast to the myopic essay that provoked it.

#Exclusive : Chinese migrants are now the fastest-growing group at the US southern border. More deaths amid human trafficking surge.

Our report reveals victims, survivors, and backstory of Mexico-based human trafficking aided by local Chinese restaurant owners.
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This is escalating quickly 🤣

Making now very clear what has been evident since at least last summer’s resupply missions that it is the construction supplies China is worried about knowing that, eventually, the sea will defeat the Sierra Madre.

A lot of space given to the Xi-Ma mtg in People's Daily today - one objective for Beijing is to create a bit of political space for itself, by assuring domestic audiences that there are still actors in Taiwan they can work with & the leadership remains in control of the issue

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A representative of a media freedoms group was briefly detained in Hong Kong after they traveled there to attend Jimmy Lai’s trial.
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We should all pay more attention to Indonesia!