4/10 This shows how different the concept of GDP is in China than elsewhere, where GDP growth is an output measure, calculated at the end of the period after the economy has done what it has done. In China, it is an input measure, determined at the beginning of the period.

The heart of the matter

It shouldn’t have taken the highest court to see common sense where a magistrate and First Instance judge did not, but here we are and the CFA has put this right. Don’t accuse people of being foreign agents & then redact the evidence. news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compon…

So fire 13 people, scramble to hire 5. That’s very Doge.

Revenge is a dish best served cold. Ferdinand Marcos Jr vs the Dutertes … nytimes.com/2025/03/12/wor…

How President Marcos got his man … “Philippine officials needed airspace permissions from other nations. Vietnam took three hours to respond. Another delay came because officials in Oman and the UAE had shortened their working hours for Ramadan.” nytimes.com/2025/03/20/wor…

Gwen Robinson, FT foreign correspondent and editor, 1960-2025 ft.com/content/ec0bbb…

Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution, Zero Covid … “In Mr. Xi and China, Trump is squaring off with a leader and a party state that have a long history of single-minded pursuit of policies even when they resulted in economic and human catastrophe.” nytimes.com/2025/04/11/bus…

What was the figure in 1942 ?

I did the math: Xi Jinping, party head, commander in chief and state president (2013 - 2103)

Kerry McGlynn was Chris Patten’s spin doctor in Hong Kong. The nicest, funniest, kindest man you might meet. And he left in style. RIP.

“Talking to journalists on Thursday, after an event promoting national security education in kindergartens, Secretary for Security Chris Tang …”

Desmond Shum You dimwit, Jin did not sleep with Summers, he was trying to lure her. And for the record. She is a professor at the London School of Economics and a published author. If you were a little less quick on the trigger you might not make a fool of yourself as you do here.

One country one system

Fascinating read from Drew Thompson (@chinadrew) on the shocking fall of Gen. Zhang Youxia. Drew provides a truly unique, personal angle—having met & respected Zhang as a competent, battle-tested PLA leader who could've offered Xi objective military advice. 'The demise of Zhang

“I had handed a demon’s whip to the state to use against my own community.” By Li Yuan袁莉

It’s the dawn of an old day in Thailand … nytimes.com/2026/02/08/wor…

Epstein and China - ⁦The Wire China⁩ reporters Noah Berman ⁦Eliot Chen⁩ and ⁦Rachel Cheung⁩ dig up all sorts of connections that Epstein forged with China’s princelings - the relatives of top leaders of the Communist Party thewirechina.com/2026/02/13/eps…

Jeffrey Epstein sought to network his way into China business via princelings, Peter Mandelson, businessman David Stern and others. Great reporting from the The Wire China crew. thewirechina.com/2026/02/13/eps…

Don’t call yourself a China expert, unless you can explain to your friends why a deer is making the rounds in New Year greetings for the Year of the Horse — and why the year’s guardian deity ought to be Lord Shang Yang rather than Malfoy.