Humbled to be in such amazing company.

I spent my flight back from Paris last night reading my friend Larry Ingrassia's new book, A Fatal Inheritance. It is remarkably riveting and moving. a.co/d/isv3JQI

In March, Texas generated more power from solar than from coal for the first time.

Chart by John Burn-Murdoch

MAGA crazy Peter Navarro, Trump’s China-obsessed trade adviser, does a jailhouse interview. (He was jailed for stiffing Congress.) No fresh fruit or My Pillow, he complains. More tariffs and bluster to come in a Trump ll. ⁦Alex Leary⁩ wsj.com/us-news/law/pe…

The future of work in an AI-powdered economy need not be bleak. Social skills matter. ⁦Jon Hilsenrath⁩ on.ft.com/4bIhEAD

EXCLUSIVE: Putin skipped tacking on Pyongyang to his China visit, but growing ties between Russia&North Korea worry Beijing. Behind the pomp and circumstance, it’s an increasingly complicated trilateral dance. W/⁦Ann M. Simmons⁩ ⁦Timothy W. Martin⁩ wsj.com/world/behind-p…

In this week's Q&A with bob davis, former Commerce Secretary and ambassador to China Gary Locke talks about how his background shaped his approach to dealing with Beijing, the pivot to Asia and negotiating Chen Guangcheng's release. buff.ly/4apvfLX

'How China’s New Left Embraced the State'
China’s leftist intellectuals, once regime critics in the 1990s, have shifted from their socialist origins to support statism and the China model. Where does that leave their thinking now?
Read David Ownby's essay:
chinabooksreview.com/2024/05/16/how…

wsjchina.cmail19.com/t/d-e-etrhrhk-…

Gary Locke to bob davis: 'People were hoping that exposure to the West and more trade would lead to the introduction of more Western ideas and ideals, and that China…would adopt many of these principles and policies. But China has not.'
thewirechina.com/2024/05/12/gar…

China Goes Global — Again. Some of the hottest U.S. apps on mobile are Made in China. Fascinating piece by Yi Liu. thewirechina.com/2024/05/12/chi…

“In the midst of Moscow’s unprecedented aggression, the Russians and the Ukrainians almost finalized an agreement that would have ended the war and provided Ukraine with multilateral security guarantees, paving the way to its eventual membership in the EU.”trib.al/lHPOopl

Yi Liu Katrina Northrop Aaron Mc Nicholas Plus, bob davis's interview with former ambassador Gary Locke on family and #trade ties with China, and an op-ed by Nancy Qian about what TikTok got wrong about America.

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The controversy over TikTok hasn’t frightened off many Chinese companies —including producers of entertainment videos—from trying to expand to the US and elsewhere. thewirechina.com/2024/05/12/chi…

A beautiful though tragic account of the cancer gene that has killed far too many in the Ingrassia family far too young—and the scientific sleuthing to figure out what happened. ⁦Larry Ingrassia⁩ wsj.com/health/solving…

Mark Rudd led antiwar students in '68. He says today's Gaza protests repeat his mistakes haaretz.com/us-news/2024-0…

.Brody Mullins & Luke Mullins got quite the response when they reached out for comment to Jim Courtovich, the high-flying lobbyist/spin doctor for the Saudis, Qataris, etc.

Read this whole excerpt from “The Wolves of K St,” the Mullins’ great new book. politico.com/news/magazine/…