Ben
@benjaminqiu.bsky.social
Lawyer, author; co-chair, Asian Affairs Comm, NYC Bar; former board member, Shanghai Foreign Correspondents Club; youth basketball and track coach
No, nobody should adapt to the “age of Trump.”
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
No, nobody should adapt to the “age of Trump.”
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What is the significance of China deploying a new aircraft carrier? youtu.be/2CuP3kst940
ADM STAV ON CNN NEWSROOM 11 9 25
YouTube video by ADM STAV VIDEOS
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
What is the significance of China deploying a new aircraft carrier? youtu.be/2CuP3kst940
The presidential anthem for future appearances should no longer be "Hail to the Chief," but replaced with "Катюша."
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The presidential anthem for future appearances should no longer be "Hail to the Chief," but replaced with "Катюша."
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There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards
Cowards
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
There is zero excuse for police, in a free society, to wear a mask.
Cowards
Cowards
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incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
incredible that these guys have a massive hard on for a country that, if it were a state, would rank behind kansas in terms of wealth and which would be a total backwater if it weren’t economically integrated with more functional countries
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In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
America’s Future Is Hungary
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In honor of Viktor Orban's visit to Washington, here's a reminder that Orban has made his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished:
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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The China bots are very active recently and like to portray China as a benevolent global superpower. So here's a quick reminder that China has become Russia's biggest trading partner since the invasion, which is the only reason Putin's war machine can keep fighting in Ukraine...
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
The China bots are very active recently and like to portray China as a benevolent global superpower. So here's a quick reminder that China has become Russia's biggest trading partner since the invasion, which is the only reason Putin's war machine can keep fighting in Ukraine...
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actual communism
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 11:18 PM
actual communism
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Trump is all talk no walk. Since January he has promised to invade or bomb:
Greenland
Canada
Panama
Nigeria
Venezuela
Mexico
Colombia
Done nothing except give China the advanced Chips they wanted to beat us at AI
Greenland
Canada
Panama
Nigeria
Venezuela
Mexico
Colombia
Done nothing except give China the advanced Chips they wanted to beat us at AI
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Trump is all talk no walk. Since January he has promised to invade or bomb:
Greenland
Canada
Panama
Nigeria
Venezuela
Mexico
Colombia
Done nothing except give China the advanced Chips they wanted to beat us at AI
Greenland
Canada
Panama
Nigeria
Venezuela
Mexico
Colombia
Done nothing except give China the advanced Chips they wanted to beat us at AI
Picture China lounging on its front porch sipping orange juice watching SCOTUS shoot down Trump tarriffs.
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Picture China lounging on its front porch sipping orange juice watching SCOTUS shoot down Trump tarriffs.
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Hong Kong’s plan to prove that a dynamic financial hub and “world city” does not have to hew to Western liberal values. My column, The Telegram, reported from HK
economist.com/internationa...
from The Economist
economist.com/internationa...
from The Economist
China places a Hong Kong-sized bet on Western decline
The territory aims to prove that a non-free society can be a global financial hub
economist.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Hong Kong’s plan to prove that a dynamic financial hub and “world city” does not have to hew to Western liberal values. My column, The Telegram, reported from HK
economist.com/internationa...
from The Economist
economist.com/internationa...
from The Economist
We live in a new world where a guilty-pleading foreign money-launderer gets pardoned AND threatens a U.S. Senator with defamation lawsuit.
finance.yahoo.com/news/cz-vs-s...
finance.yahoo.com/news/cz-vs-s...
CZ Vs Senator Warren: Binance Founder Threatens Lawsuit Over Money Laundering Claim: Report
Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao is threatening to sue U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren for defamation, escalating a political and legal clash sparked by his recent presidential pardon. The move comes...
finance.yahoo.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We live in a new world where a guilty-pleading foreign money-launderer gets pardoned AND threatens a U.S. Senator with defamation lawsuit.
finance.yahoo.com/news/cz-vs-s...
finance.yahoo.com/news/cz-vs-s...
Seen in Washington State.
November 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Seen in Washington State.
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This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
November 2, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.
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China is routinely portrayed as winning the tariff war. The US could certainly improve its negotiating tactics, but there's no escaping the fact that China's exporters are hurting badly. Tariffs are a deflationary shock for China and an existential threat...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/deflationa...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/deflationa...
November 1, 2025 at 2:15 PM
China is routinely portrayed as winning the tariff war. The US could certainly improve its negotiating tactics, but there's no escaping the fact that China's exporters are hurting badly. Tariffs are a deflationary shock for China and an existential threat...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/deflationa...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/deflationa...
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Bloomberg: "It’s clear that Western nations are slowly starting to recognize the need for an embrace of production-oriented — rather than 1990s style consumer-focused — economic strategies."
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Bloomberg: "It’s clear that Western nations are slowly starting to recognize the need for an embrace of production-oriented — rather than 1990s style consumer-focused — economic strategies."
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
China Has Another Trade Weapon Waiting for America
It’s not just rare earths the US has to worry about. It’s pharmaceuticals, too.
www.bloomberg.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Bloomberg: "It’s clear that Western nations are slowly starting to recognize the need for an embrace of production-oriented — rather than 1990s style consumer-focused — economic strategies."
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Bloomberg: "It’s clear that Western nations are slowly starting to recognize the need for an embrace of production-oriented — rather than 1990s style consumer-focused — economic strategies."
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Going forward, NO other countries would need a manufacturing sector. No joke. Happy Halloween!
China is portrayed as the winner in this week's agreement with the US, but the reality is China desperately needed a deal. You just have to look at how Chinese goods are flooding countries around the world to see the damage US tariffs are causing...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/how-not-to...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/how-not-to...
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Going forward, NO other countries would need a manufacturing sector. No joke. Happy Halloween!
Time for the TSA to have a tips jar. If you’re flying today, make sure to thank the TSA agents who are working without pay.
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Time for the TSA to have a tips jar. If you’re flying today, make sure to thank the TSA agents who are working without pay.
Resonates with Putin's war against "Nazis."
When anti-Semites claim to be fighting anti-Semitism they trivialize a very real problem and thereby deliberately make it worse. Attacking universities was always about spreading anti-Semitism, not combatting it.
forward.com/fast-forward...
forward.com/fast-forward...
Trump lawyer who praised ‘Mein Kampf’ is now accusing Harvard of antisemitism, report says
Michael Velchik reportedly praised 'Mein Kampf' after graduating from Harvard, where he also wrote an essay from Hitler's perspective.
forward.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Resonates with Putin's war against "Nazis."
“Kowtow” would be appropriate in today’s headline.
October 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“Kowtow” would be appropriate in today’s headline.
China somehow got the psychological upper hand, even dominance, over Trump.
Following last night's US-China trade deal, there'll be the usual chorus of voices that China has the upper hand vis-à-vis the US. Nonsense. US tariffs are a massive deflationary shock for China. China needed fentanyl tariffs to come down desperately...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/deflationa...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/deflationa...
October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
China somehow got the psychological upper hand, even dominance, over Trump.
Xi knows Trump is the most China-friendly prez he can get, and he will make the most of it.
October 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Xi knows Trump is the most China-friendly prez he can get, and he will make the most of it.
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Americans are on the verge of losing their ability to choose their government. But they don't seem to have realized it yet.
Donald Trumps plan to subvert the midterms is underway
From David Graham, on the cover of the next edition of @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
From David Graham, on the cover of the next edition of @theatlantic.com
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Donald Trump’s Plan to Subvert the Midterms Is Already Under Way
Our election system is reaching a breaking point.
www.theatlantic.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Americans are on the verge of losing their ability to choose their government. But they don't seem to have realized it yet.