And A Hue We Go!

My thoughts on the brutal takedown of Vuong Dinh Hue, who had been the leading candidate to succeed Nguyen Phu Trong as CPV Party Chief at the 14th. I’ve never seen #Vietnamese party politics as this vicious or institutionally damaging. rfa.org/english/commen…

What an FU to the New York Times

The first thoughtful response to my concerns over Hong Kong. Shan’s stress on US over China growth linkages flies in the face of identical decelerations in Chinese and HK growth over the past 12 years that I underscored in my April 7 article in The Wire. ft.com/content/55cb0e…

“There’s this sort of veneer or facade that these two companies are separate,” said Joël Carter, a former US ads policy manager who left in August 2023. “Really, they’re one and the same.”
on.ft.com/3JFB5Ol via Financial Times

BREAKING: Hamas official says group would lay down its weapons if a two-state solution is implemented. apnews.com/article/hamas-…

So this story has been doing the rounds today — thing is, it’s literally nothing new. It also makes it sound like gov’t is going to force this, but it admits actually only 20% have been moved since policy was made because places don’t want them moved.

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The idea of being 'cool' isn't as important to me as it was a decade or two ago. Honestly I can't think of too many people whose coolness impresses me? Then there's Evan Gershkovich. What is there to say? The guy is staying cool. He looks cool. He's cool twitter.com/BenTavener/sta…

Read more about TSMC’s American factory in this Rest of World story.

Edited by Kevin Schoenmakers Michael Zelenko
Fact-checked by Darya Marchenkova
Photography by Cengiz

restofworld.org/2024/tsmc-ariz…

A clear-eyed, non-hagiographic take by Nikkei Asia taking in the big challenges Lawrence Wong will immediately face when he becomes PM on May 15 👇🏾
asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Asia…

Interesting thoughts about the HK of 2024 that are too good not to share. By the person behind the foodie/troll Instagram account 'fuckyeahnoms'.

Cashless payment conundrum for cabs 'emblematic... of a city that can't make the big changes to keep itself moving'.

Saudi Arabia's $500 billion mega-project NEOM just wrapped up a two-day charm offensive in Hong Kong to seek investors and partners—but top executives did not address reports of the initiative being scaled back.

AFP News Agency story with Robbie Corey-Boulet in Riyadh: bit.ly/3UrJZ8E🧵

It's pretty sad when Hong Kong restaurants resort to getting veteran stars to stage performances to bring in diners sc.mp/neidi?utm_sour… via @scmpnews #hongkong #restaurants