Phil Entwistle
@82hou.bsky.social
Analysing policy for the House of Commons International Affairs Unit. 英国特色小镇做题家. Views and rants my own.
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Phil Entwistle
@82hou.bsky.social
· Sep 19
🌊New Report 🌊
Today the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy @houseofcommons.parliament.uk @houseoflords.parliament.uk publishes its report on Subsea telecommunications cables: resilience and crisis preparedness: publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jt...
Key points: 🧵
Today the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy @houseofcommons.parliament.uk @houseoflords.parliament.uk publishes its report on Subsea telecommunications cables: resilience and crisis preparedness: publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jt...
Key points: 🧵
'Beijing, convinced that America calls the shots, might still miss what matters: Europe’s new anger is its own.'
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
Europe sees China as a rival. China sees Europe as a has-been
Yet China may be underestimating Europe’s willingness to push back
www.economist.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
'Beijing, convinced that America calls the shots, might still miss what matters: Europe’s new anger is its own.'
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
www.economist.com/china/2025/1...
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This is absolutely terrible.
Satellite images show that most of the 260,000 civilians in Sudan’s el-Fasher are likely still trapped, as mass RSF killings continue
Satellite images show most el-Fasher civilians likely still trapped
Latest images suggest that majority of 260,000 civilians still in captured city, as mass RSF killings continue
www.middleeasteye.net
November 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
This is absolutely terrible.
Important JCNSS session today - can be watched live here 4.30pm GMT onwards: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
committees.parliament.uk/event/25363/...
committees.parliament.uk/event/25363/...
27 October 2025 - Espionage cases and the Official Secrets Acts - Oral evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
16:00 - Room 4A, Palace of Westminster
committees.parliament.uk
October 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Important JCNSS session today - can be watched live here 4.30pm GMT onwards: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
committees.parliament.uk/event/25363/...
committees.parliament.uk/event/25363/...
'There was a constructive discussion about the reasons for the recent dropping of charges against two individuals under the Official Secrets Act. Committees will now be considering what further action to take.' committees.parliament.uk/committee/11...
Update on select committee work relating to China spy case - Committees - UK Parliament
The Chairs of the Home Affairs Committee, Justice Committee, Foreign Affairs Committee, Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, and the Chair and Deputy Chair of the Intelligence and Securi...
committees.parliament.uk
October 16, 2025 at 10:32 AM
'There was a constructive discussion about the reasons for the recent dropping of charges against two individuals under the Official Secrets Act. Committees will now be considering what further action to take.' committees.parliament.uk/committee/11...
Further to JCNSS's recent report on UK subsea cables, this from @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
How a catastrophic attack on UK’s undersea cables could unfold
Sir Keir Starmer has been warned he is running out of time to protect vital banking and NHS systems and that civil order could hang by a thread if they went down
www.thetimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Further to JCNSS's recent report on UK subsea cables, this from @thetimes.com: www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Bonjour Priestess. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sarah Mullally named as new Archbishop of Canterbury
Dame Sarah, a former chief nursing officer, was previously the first female Bishop of London.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Bonjour Priestess. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🌊New Report 🌊
Today the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy @houseofcommons.parliament.uk @houseoflords.parliament.uk publishes its report on Subsea telecommunications cables: resilience and crisis preparedness: publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jt...
Key points: 🧵
Today the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy @houseofcommons.parliament.uk @houseoflords.parliament.uk publishes its report on Subsea telecommunications cables: resilience and crisis preparedness: publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jt...
Key points: 🧵
September 19, 2025 at 7:50 AM
🌊New Report 🌊
Today the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy @houseofcommons.parliament.uk @houseoflords.parliament.uk publishes its report on Subsea telecommunications cables: resilience and crisis preparedness: publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jt...
Key points: 🧵
Today the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy @houseofcommons.parliament.uk @houseoflords.parliament.uk publishes its report on Subsea telecommunications cables: resilience and crisis preparedness: publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt5901/jt...
Key points: 🧵
In Our Time is a national treasure ❤️ www.economist.com/britain/2025...
The BBC’s best programme loses its star
Melvyn Bragg is retiring from “In Our Time”
www.economist.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
In Our Time is a national treasure ❤️ www.economist.com/britain/2025...
UK-China relations is now guided by 4 Cs: Challenge, Compete, Cooperate, and Coldplay. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Martin invites fan from China on stage at Hull Coldplay gig
Raymond, 20, is invited onto the stage to sing with Chris Martin at Tuesday's gig in Hull.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 20, 2025 at 5:31 PM
UK-China relations is now guided by 4 Cs: Challenge, Compete, Cooperate, and Coldplay. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Compressed modernity brings high highs and low lows. It promises too much, too fast—and when disenchantment hits, it hits hard.'
Fascinating essay.
izading.substack.com/p/schopenhau...
Fascinating essay.
izading.substack.com/p/schopenhau...
Schopenhauer’s East Asian Renaissance
How a forgotten 19th-Century German philosopher became a TikTok sensation
izading.substack.com
August 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
'Compressed modernity brings high highs and low lows. It promises too much, too fast—and when disenchantment hits, it hits hard.'
Fascinating essay.
izading.substack.com/p/schopenhau...
Fascinating essay.
izading.substack.com/p/schopenhau...
'If somebody asks me to narrow my identity to a single label, I refuse, because it is mine, not to be explained or justified. And if it shifts tomorrow, that is my business.'
Fantastic, moving article from Fergal Keane.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fantastic, moving article from Fergal Keane.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The complex question of what it is to be culturally Irish in 2025
Ed Sheeran grew up in England but described himself as 'culturally Irish,' prompting debate about what that really means
www.bbc.co.uk
August 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
'If somebody asks me to narrow my identity to a single label, I refuse, because it is mine, not to be explained or justified. And if it shifts tomorrow, that is my business.'
Fantastic, moving article from Fergal Keane.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fantastic, moving article from Fergal Keane.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
China is building a new data empire
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
econ.st
July 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Foreign Secretary statement on China Audit now up online. www.gov.uk/government/s...
China audit: Foreign Secretary's statement
The Foreign Secretary made a statement to the House of Commons, updating members on the government’s approach to China following the cross-Whitehall audit.
www.gov.uk
June 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Foreign Secretary statement on China Audit now up online. www.gov.uk/government/s...
China gets three paragraphs on p.39 of National Security Strategy... www.gov.uk/government/p...
June 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
China gets three paragraphs on p.39 of National Security Strategy... www.gov.uk/government/p...
UK Government's China Audit due to form part of the National Security Strategy released today. Unlikely we're going to see a separate document....
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
June 24, 2025 at 7:38 AM
UK Government's China Audit due to form part of the National Security Strategy released today. Unlikely we're going to see a separate document....
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Meanwhile, waiting for the UK's China Audit be like
big bird from sesame street is sitting on the steps of a building .
ALT: big bird from sesame street is sitting on the steps of a building .
media.tenor.com
June 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Meanwhile, waiting for the UK's China Audit be like
'The question “big but not strong” captures a deeper anxiety in China about whether scale alone can secure global leadership without addressing structural and social weaknesses.'
Interesting study of Chinese internet users' views on China's industrial strategy. @merics.bsky.social
Interesting study of Chinese internet users' views on China's industrial strategy. @merics.bsky.social
Can scale alone secure global leadership? The @chinaspektrum.bsky.social team looked at how Chinese netizens have discussed Beijing’s industrial strategy “Made in China 2025” during the past decade and amidst increasing US competition:
EN: merics.org/en/comment/m...
DE: merics.org/de/kommentar...
EN: merics.org/en/comment/m...
DE: merics.org/de/kommentar...
May 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
'The question “big but not strong” captures a deeper anxiety in China about whether scale alone can secure global leadership without addressing structural and social weaknesses.'
Interesting study of Chinese internet users' views on China's industrial strategy. @merics.bsky.social
Interesting study of Chinese internet users' views on China's industrial strategy. @merics.bsky.social
'If you look at how modern manufacturing works these days, it's hard to pinpoint exactly where a thing even becomes a thing because most things are manufactured in many different steps scattered across the world.'
Great episode. #MadeinChina #中国制造
www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1...
Great episode. #MadeinChina #中国制造
www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1...
What "Made in China" actually means : Planet Money
Virtually every product brought into the United States must have a so-called "country of origin." Think of it as the official place it comes from. And this is the country that counts for calculating t...
www.npr.org
May 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
'If you look at how modern manufacturing works these days, it's hard to pinpoint exactly where a thing even becomes a thing because most things are manufactured in many different steps scattered across the world.'
Great episode. #MadeinChina #中国制造
www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1...
Great episode. #MadeinChina #中国制造
www.npr.org/2025/05/07/1...
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On June 4th, 26 years after the Tiananmen massacre, we will be hosting Jeff Wasserstrom to discuss his new book, The Milk Tea Alliance (Columbia Global Reports).
Please share widely!
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@jwassers.bsky.social
@jmulich.bsky.social
Please share widely!
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@jwassers.bsky.social
@jmulich.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
On June 4th, 26 years after the Tiananmen massacre, we will be hosting Jeff Wasserstrom to discuss his new book, The Milk Tea Alliance (Columbia Global Reports).
Please share widely!
forms.gle/CqYnJpgZRSJd...
@jwassers.bsky.social
@jmulich.bsky.social
Please share widely!
forms.gle/CqYnJpgZRSJd...
@jwassers.bsky.social
@jmulich.bsky.social
Epic episode. Starts with discussion of the role of China in US domestic political discourse, before looking at abundance, podcasting, and the role of emotion in political commentary.
Highly recommended listening 🎧
Highly recommended listening 🎧
May 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Epic episode. Starts with discussion of the role of China in US domestic political discourse, before looking at abundance, podcasting, and the role of emotion in political commentary.
Highly recommended listening 🎧
Highly recommended listening 🎧
Reposted by Phil Entwistle
Just signed a contract for Failed State to be published in Korea.
Told my wife and she immediately asked "which one?"
Told my wife and she immediately asked "which one?"
May 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Just signed a contract for Failed State to be published in Korea.
Told my wife and she immediately asked "which one?"
Told my wife and she immediately asked "which one?"
Interesting and valuable new resource 👇
We are thrilled to launch the China-Russia Dashboard today – a joint project with @osweng.bsky.social in Warsaw and the Swedish National China Centre (NKK) and @sceeus-ui.bsky.social at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs (UI). Explore the dashboard here: merics.org/en/china-rus...
merics.org
May 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Interesting and valuable new resource 👇
📣 Calling UK-China experts! 📣 The Foreign Affairs Committee @houseofcommons.parliament.uk has launched an inquiry into the UK Government’s ongoing Audit of UK-China relations.
Please consider submitting evidence via link below.
Topics include 🧵👇
committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
Please consider submitting evidence via link below.
Topics include 🧵👇
committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
Call for Evidence - Committees - UK Parliament
The UK Government’s China Audit
committees.parliament.uk
March 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
📣 Calling UK-China experts! 📣 The Foreign Affairs Committee @houseofcommons.parliament.uk has launched an inquiry into the UK Government’s ongoing Audit of UK-China relations.
Please consider submitting evidence via link below.
Topics include 🧵👇
committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
Please consider submitting evidence via link below.
Topics include 🧵👇
committees.parliament.uk/call-for-evi...
'As birth rates plummet, a parallel trend is emerging: young Chinese are channeling parental instincts and disposable income toward pets, treating them with a devotion once reserved for children.'
Great article on why young Chinese are choosing 🐶 over 👶.
www.baiguan.news/p/china-demo...
Great article on why young Chinese are choosing 🐶 over 👶.
www.baiguan.news/p/china-demo...
China's demographic paradox: empty cribs and full pet beds
Is China's new childbirth subsidy going to work?
www.baiguan.news
March 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
'As birth rates plummet, a parallel trend is emerging: young Chinese are channeling parental instincts and disposable income toward pets, treating them with a devotion once reserved for children.'
Great article on why young Chinese are choosing 🐶 over 👶.
www.baiguan.news/p/china-demo...
Great article on why young Chinese are choosing 🐶 over 👶.
www.baiguan.news/p/china-demo...