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Members of New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Democratic Socialists of America have been cultivating ties with officials of the Chinese Communist Party and agreeing to take pro-China positions, according to extensive minutes of internal meetings seen by Newsweek www.newsweek.com/mamdani-chin...

Why haven’t @SenSchumer and @RepJeffries demanded the immediate grounding of all private jets, to relieve pressure on air traffic control?

Opinion | Stop Acting Like This Is Normal

Ezra Klein should take a lot of blame for this shutdown. He recommended the democrats shut the government in this column in September www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o... and now people are going hungry. Op-Ed’s have consequences, and oped writers should have accountability @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social

Sinocism Live: The Fourth Plenum and US-China relations with Chris Johnson This is a recording of my October 24, 2025 conversation with Chris Johnson, CEO of China Strategies Group and a former top China analyst at the CIA, about the recently concluded Fourth Plenum, and spe...

outside the paywall conversation w Chris Johnson about the recently concluded Fourth Plenum, and specifically the ongoing purges in the PLA, and US-China relations ahead of next week’s Trump-Xi meeting in South Korea. sinocism.substack.com/p/sinocism-l...

Sharp China: Xi Welcomes Putin and Modi at the SCO Summit; Perspective on the India and China Buzz; World War II and a 'Memory War' Listen now | This episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall.

This week's Sharp China: outside the paywall - Xi Welcomes Putin and Modi at the SCO Summit; Perspective on the India and China Buzz; World War II and a 'Memory War' sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

Decoding Fox News | Substack I watch all the Fox News you'd never want to. Exposing disinformation and misleading stories on the Fox News Network. Hosted by @JulietJeske graduate @Newmarkjschool

I think I tweet something once an hour that would get me suspended from ABC. That’s one reason why I’m on Substack. substack.com/@decodingfox...

Surprise US-China trade de-escalation; Rare earths; National security white paper; China-Latin America Forum in Beijing Both sides looked to have blinked but I think the US side blinked harder. In addition to the significant reduction of tariffs rates on PRC goods imported into the US for ninety days, the establishment...

Trump suggested he may have a call w Xi Jinping soon. I do not know if that is under active discussion, or if this is another appeal 4 a call, but Chinese side should harness the momentum & arrange a call. Who knows what else Xi might get in a friendly conversation sinocism.com/p/surprise-u...

Sharp China: Trade Talks in Switzerland; Continuing Data Opacity Concerns; Xi Heads to Moscow; The CIA Takes to YouTube Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the news that the US and PRC are sending representatives to Switzerland to discuss trade talks this weekend. Topics include: Why expectations sho...

This week’s Sharp China is outside the paywall - On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with the news that the US and PRC are sending representatives to Switzerland to discuss trade talks this weekend. sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

Indeed, refuting Taiwan's deep #Austronesian connection is a high priority for the CCP, as noted in a recent report highlighting the United Front propaganda work by the party-sponsored #Substack, DeepChina, which has been attempting to masquerade as neutral academia. buttondown.com/collectivest...

Sharp China: The Unraveling is Accelerating; Post-Escalation Options for the PRC; Trump Goals and EU Possibilities; Another Maddening TikTok Development On today's show Andrew and Bill return to discuss the intensification of the US-China trade war, including tariffs of 104% beginning on Wednesday, the PRC's options to respond, how companies like Appl...

The week’s episode of Sharp China is outside the paywall, lots on US-China tariffs and what may be next sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

hope so

3.20 Sinocism Live discussion with Jon Czin about US-China, Xi Jinping & other topics Thursday March 20th at 8Pm ET I will host a Sinocism Live conversation with Jonathan Czin, now the Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies at the Brookings Institution, and before that was...

I am hosting a Sinocism Live conversation at 8 PM tonight, March 20, w Jonathan Czin, now the Michael H. Armacost Chair in Foreign Policy Studies at Brookings, and before that was for many years at the CIA as one of the US intelligence community’s top China experts sinocism.com/p/320-sinoci...

Substack Surges Past 5M Subscribers, Thanks to Video and Trump (Exclusive) Substack co-founder Hamish McKenzie says that creators jumping ship from 'mainstream media' like Jim Acosta, Joy Reid and Mehdi Hasan are a big driver of the growth.

Another nice shoutout for the kids at Substack! www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Rehabilitating DeepSeek - China Media Project With DeepSeek-R1 making waves around the world, tech companies are rushing to deploy the model. Some are struggling to remove pro-CCP biases, while others aren’t even bothering.

Rehabilitating DeepSeek – China Media Project: ‘Chinese propaganda on DeepSeek is subtler than mere censorship.’ ‘some [Western] companies are not even bothering to retrain the model.’

Sharp China: Trump's Memorandum on Foreign Investment; 'Reverse Nixon' Realities; Document #1; PLA Drills in the Tasman Sea On today's show Andrew and Bill begin by parsing the White House's memorandum on an America First Investment Policy, President Trump's recent appointees, the latest news from the Commerce Department a...

Sharp China: Trump's Memorandum on Foreign Investment; 'Reverse Nixon' Realities; Document #1; PLA Drills in the Tasman Sea
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Sharp China: TikTok Fiasco Continues; Breathing Room on Tariffs; The RMB Calculus; Notes on Taiwan and Hollywood On today's show Andrew and Bill begin with the fate of TikTok after a wild week of updates. Topics include: A ByteDance investor who says that TikTok may continue in the U.S. without a full divestitur...

The week’s episode of Sharp China - TikTok Fiasco Continues; Breathing Room on Tariffs; The RMB Calculus; Notes on Taiwan and Hollywood open.substack.com/pub/sinocism...

Thread: I found data fraud in multiple clinical trials for generic drugs in China.
I've seen limited coverage outside China of the recent controversy over 集采 — centralized procurement of drugs, especially generics. It is a hugely important issue close to my heart.

Why did Congress REALLY ban TikToK? My FULL LIVE interview with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA)

What is wrong with these politicians. This Dem lawmaker is suggesting the president ignore a law for political reasons. 48 hours before trump becomes president. open.substack.com/pub/lisaremi...

here is a recording of the full conversation - Sharp China: Whither TikTok? sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin... outside the paywall

I am going to do a Substack Live at 330 pm ET with my Sharp China co-host Andrew Sharp to discuss what may be next for TikTok. You can watch and ask questions in the app substack.com/app I am @sinocism over there

Donald Trump threatened NBC. I won't back down if he comes after me. I'm not afraid. As an independent journalist, I'm not afraid.

NEWS: Donald Trump threatened NBC. I won't back down if he comes after me. I'm not afraid. Read my latest Substack post and please consider subscribing! open.substack.com/pub/aaronpar...

Sharp China: TikTok and Musk and Xiaohongshu; Xi’s Speech To Top Leaders; New PLA Capabilities for Taiwan; Proposed AI Controls and Continued Hacking Concerns On today’s show Bill and Andrew begin with multiple reports that Chinese officials have considered working with Elon Musk to find a resolution for TikTok in the U.S., while TikTok‘s users have flocked...

This week‘s episode of Sharp China is free for everyone - TikTok and Musk and Xiaohongshu; Xi’s Speech To Top Leaders; New PLA Capabilities for Taiwan; Proposed AI Controls and Continued Hacking Concerns sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin...

Xi in Qiushi - Comprehensively Advancing the Building of a Strong Country and the Great Cause of National Rejuvenation Through Chinese Modernization The lead essay in the January 1, 2025 issue of the Qiushi Journal is the main part, over 11,000 characters, of a speech Xi Jinping delivered on February 7, 2023, at a study session for new members of ...

Happy New Year! A fun read outside the paywall heading into 2025…a translation of the main part of a speech Xi gave to top Party, State and PLA leaders in February 2023, published in the first issue in 2025 of Qiushi Journal sinocism.com/p/xi-in-qius...

Sharp China Bonus Episode: TikTok Gets a Hearing at the Supreme Court Listen now | We decided to do a short, free episode to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to take up TikTok’s case before the January 19th deadline.

Sharp China Bonus Episode: TikTok Gets a Hearing at the Supreme Court sinocism.com/p/sharp-chin... We decided to do a short, free episode to discuss the Supreme Court’s decision to take up TikTok’s case before the January 19th deadline.

Secrets of the Substack algorithm With our CTO Jairaj

Secrets of the Substack algorithm open.substack.com/pub/cb/p/sec... an interesting discussion about the Substack algorithm, still very much a work in progress

Screenshot of the website Aftermath, with a newsletter signup popover covering the bottom third.

I agree wholeheartedly with the headline, but if you own your website, why would you code it to cover the bottom third of the page, including all article text, with a newsletter signup popover form? I see this on my first visit and I close the tab and move on.

Tashi likes his substack blanket

LinkedIn becoming an AI-auto comments infested site.

Here’s a profile that does hundreds of LLM comments per day.

LinkedIn is clearly happy as they see (on paper) user engagement. Yet it quietly destroys the site.

The profile: www.linkedin.com/in/noahswide...

(One of many!)

Meet "Peter Dukes" — and the man behind the troll Abusing MPs. Harassing journalists. Creepy comments about women. Old habits die hard for one of China's most well-known mouthpieces.

@seanhaines.bsky.social with a very interesting article, especially if you're familiar with the person in question.
toosimple.substack.com/p/peter-dukes

This is concerning and wrong. @support.bsky.team @moderation.bsky.app. Sean seanhaines.bsky.social is an experienced journalist and writer. His analysis of the 'Peter Dukes' twitter account - which regularly posts sexist, misogynistic, and homophobic content was a solid piece of journalistic work.