'Under Trump, we had a bad experience.' Now Beijing is preparing for a potential Trump return and for drama to ramp up. Of the issues: Trade War 2.0, Taiwan, and yes, 'reverse Nixon.' Much will depend on who would be in Trump’s inner circle. 🧵 wsj.com/world/china/tr… via The Wall Street Journal

Yet more grim news in Russia, where journalists Konstantin Gabov and Sergey Karelin – onetime Reuters and AP stringers respectively – were arrested late last week.

They're being charged with working for Alexei Navalny's team.

Polina Ivanova reports:

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New York Is Passing a Big Housing Deal. Everyone Is Grumbling.

The package includes ‘good cause’ eviction protections in exchange for more new developer tax breaks

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It’s Sunday, April 14, 2024.

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the FSB Mar 29, 2023.

One year and 16 days ago

JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME!

FREE EVAN NOW!

#IStandWithEvan

Hire Nelly. She is a wonderful colleague.

Consumer prices are growing faster than the wages employers advertise in job postings on a year-over-year basis for the first time since last January.

Another sign that a wage-price spiral is unlikely, but also a sign that real wage growth could be crimped moving forward.

America's most troubled office district isn't in San Francisco or Seattle. It's in St. Louis. And it offers a warning to the rest of the country. wsj.com/real-estate/co…

Today in Berlin. Evan’s friends and colleagues 🤍

A year of Evan Gershkovich's life has been stolen

A year of weddings, of spikeball on the beach, of beers in Berlin, of New Year w/ mayo-filled salad; of reporting on monumental Russian changes

Today I had the honor to write about my friend Evan in WSJ:

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Evan Gershkovich, a reporter who was only doing his job, has been wrongfully detained by Russia for a year. Russia should stop arbitrarily detaining individuals like him and Paul Whelan for political leverage. People are not bargaining chips. Evan, Paul – we will bring you home.

It’s Friday March 29, 2024.

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the FSB Mar 29, 2023.

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY

JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME

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FREE EVAN NOW!

#IStandWithEvan

Friday will mark a year since Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich was taken hostage. Free Evan! #IStandwithEvan

The secret power behind New York Community Bank’s real-estate lending is in its own hot water. Fannie and Freddie have blacklisted broker Meridian Capital, which delivered many of NYCB’s loans.
⁦Rachel Louise Ensign⁩ ⁦Konrad Putzier⁩ wsj.com/finance/bankin…

Ligue 1 will be renamed ‘Ligue 1 McDonald’s’, replacing Uber Eats in a naming-rights deal worth over $65M across three seasons, per Daniel Riolo 🍔

Follow updates on Evan Gershkovich, including the latest news of his wrongful imprisonment on.wsj.com/48Ess0x

NEW: Vice will no longer publish new original content as the company lays off hundreds more in staff. That and more in our story w/Alexandra Bruell
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On the eve of the anniversary of the full-scale and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, I have summarized the political platform of mine and, hopefully, of many other decent people.
15 theses of a Russian citizen who desires the best for their country.

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.'

Arbor Realty loans funded a Sunbelt apartment boom. Borrowers on a quarter of its mortgage bonds were late on payments as of January. wsj.com/real-estate/la… via The Wall Street Journal

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