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Michael Hirson
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Head of China Strategy at 22V Research, Non-Resident Fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute’s Center for China Analysis. Considerate Citibiker.
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It's not until Sept 11, 1945 that you can detect a shift in tone. Why? That's the date when the the arrests of suspected war criminals began.

This marked a turning point for Japanese newspapers, whose rhetoric underwent a noticeable transformation as they adapted to the postwar environment.
August 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Reposted by Michael Hirson
7/The case opens up a new line of argument against US sanctions/economic coercion. The court argues that the US can only use coercion to directly address the emergency and not to gain leverage over the target. This strategy underpins many of Trump's moves.
www.cit.uscourts.gov/sites/cit/fi...
www.cit.uscourts.gov
May 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM