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#Japan’s #economy grew faster than #China’s in 2023, for the first time in nearly half a century. The discrepancy would be even larger if one used an accurate figure for China’s economic growth (5% is a CPC fantasy number). asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Japan-…

Hey Speaker Mike Johnson , Navalny like you was also a bible-believing Christian. So too are many Ukrainians being slaughtered by the immoral KGB thug ruling in the Kremlin. Why do you keep rewarding godless evil & not help your fellow Christians? Jesus would not approve.

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First day in the new office with great views. It is good to be back to office, chat with colleagues, and work, hopefully, in a more productive mode. 😂

Sadly, with the legislation of Hong Kong Basic Law article 23 passed today, we see the pearl on the crown fallen again.

Dear friends and colleagues, here is my contribution to the 🇪🇺 debate on #Taiwan post-elections. The clock is ticking and here is a roadmap to pursue 👉 isdp.eu/publication/ta…

Glad to contribute my two cents on Xi’s Hungary visit to AFP News Agency. It is good to step out from my comfort zone and cultivate knowledge on Europe. Thanks for my fellow MERICS colleagues for the suggestion and advice.

Glad to share my two cents with 美国之音中文网 on the future direction of Europe-Taiwan relations. Worthy to observe after Lai’s speech today, whether the “status quo” is adjusted or fine-tuned to lead more fluctuation in the cross-strait relations www-voachinese-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.voachi…

Thanks to my colleague for this lovely gift from home: a reusable♻️ bubble tea🧋cup with MooMoo, the mascot of EU Office in Taiwan. Glad to have a slight contribution to the EU🇪🇺 -Taiwan 🇹🇼relations. I love my job 😎 Happy Friday with bubble tea 😊

Glad to contribute my two cents again with South China Morning Post, SCMP. Economic downturns impact not only China's diplomacy but also the career prospects of future diplomats. See the full article in the link. scmp.com/news/china/dip…

My latest at MERICS with the brilliant Claus Soong . As part of broader work on China's overcapacity and surging exports, we looked at how the "G50" are/aren't imposing trade defense measures on China-made goods, as well as Beijing's response. Key findings in 🧵 1/13

China Shock 2.0 is hitting developing and developed nations alike. A valuable and important piece of work from Jacob Gunter and Claus Soong MERICS

MERICS China Forecast 2025: Economic stress increases risk of domestic instability -- Claus Soong and Andreas Mischer MERICS merics.org/en/comment/mer…

Been saying this for three years now 😒

Glad to share my thoughts with BBC News 中文 on US commitments on Taiwan. Check my take below-

--MY NEW HIGH CAPACITY PIECE-- China and the US are fighting a cold war with double-edged swords. Each action they take causes damage to both sides. I look at the tools/weapons and dynamics of the US-China Cold War.

Insight into China🇨🇳Russia🇷🇺 relations in data 🌐 🔴Together with MERICS, NKK and SCEEUS at UI, we look at key domains of China-Russia relations to better understand their special relationship. ➡️Find all the details in our new interactive dashboard ⤵️ osw.waw.pl/chinarussia

First time on video 😂😉😆 Glad to talk about China-Russia alignment.

Selon Claus Soong, analyste au MERICS et spécialiste de la Chine, l’alignement entre Pékin et Moscou est moins solide qu’ils ne cherchent à le faire croire. ➡️ l.lexpress.fr/yYt ✍️ Baptiste Gauthey

1/ Recent weeks have clarified an underappreciated feature of US-China relations: both countries are reliant on each other and neither country has sufficient leverage to compel the other to capitulate without doing great harm to itself in the process. (short 🧵).