Jim Laurie
@jimlaurie.bsky.social
Writer, Speaker, Broadcaster. Travelling the world. A believer in learning from history. Author: The Last Helicopter: Two Lives in Indochina - a story of war, love and survival in the 1970's https://shorturl.at/oB6K7
PM Takaichi Sanae draws criticism for requiring staff to work in the wee hours in a country scarred by “death from overwork.” #Japan’s Leader Starts a Meeting at 3 A.M. Then Came the Backlash. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...
Japan’s Leader Started a Meeting at 3 A.M. Then Came the Backlash.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
PM Takaichi Sanae draws criticism for requiring staff to work in the wee hours in a country scarred by “death from overwork.” #Japan’s Leader Starts a Meeting at 3 A.M. Then Came the Backlash. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/w...
As more of #China becomes ‘moderately aged’, how will its economy change? Much of China has passed a key demographic threshold as the population ages, making adaptations necessary for policymakers and businesses. ( #HongKong South China Morning Post) - www.scmp.com/economy/chin...?
As more of China becomes ‘moderately aged’, how will its economy change?
Much of China has passed a key demographic threshold as the population ages, making adaptations necessary for policymakers and businesses.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:38 PM
As more of #China becomes ‘moderately aged’, how will its economy change? Much of China has passed a key demographic threshold as the population ages, making adaptations necessary for policymakers and businesses. ( #HongKong South China Morning Post) - www.scmp.com/economy/chin...?
VIDEO: #Tariffs force #Chinese companies to move their operations to #Vietnam. Alexandra Stevenson visits factory in Ho Chi Minh City to see how one of the biggest challenges isn’t relocating machinery and tools, but overcoming language barriers. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
Video: What It Takes to Move a Factory From China to Vietnam
Tariffs have forced Chinese companies to move their operations to Vietnam. Alexandra Stevenson, our Shanghai bureau chief, visits a factory in Ho Chi Minh City to see how one of the biggest challenges...
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November 12, 2025 at 1:32 PM
VIDEO: #Tariffs force #Chinese companies to move their operations to #Vietnam. Alexandra Stevenson visits factory in Ho Chi Minh City to see how one of the biggest challenges isn’t relocating machinery and tools, but overcoming language barriers. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
#Vietnam output rose by 8.2% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025... Yet Communist Party chief To Lam is not sitting back. He sees an #economy whose export model may have had its day, and he is barrelling ahead with radical reforms. www.economist.com/the-world-ah...
Vietnam is rushing ahead with ambitious domestic reforms
Vietnam’s economy is roaring ahead. To Lam, the Communist Party chief, is barrelling ahead with radical reforms. But will progress be waylaid by Donald Trump?
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November 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
#Vietnam output rose by 8.2% year-on-year in the third quarter of 2025... Yet Communist Party chief To Lam is not sitting back. He sees an #economy whose export model may have had its day, and he is barrelling ahead with radical reforms. www.economist.com/the-world-ah...
In US #Trump reverses efforts to protect climate... meanwhile
#Brazil, #India, & #Vietnam are rapidly expanding solar and wind power. Ethiopia, Nepal, Nigeria, Morocco, Chile are moving rapidly to sustainable energy. Making that possible is #CHINA - www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
#Brazil, #India, & #Vietnam are rapidly expanding solar and wind power. Ethiopia, Nepal, Nigeria, Morocco, Chile are moving rapidly to sustainable energy. Making that possible is #CHINA - www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
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November 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
#China has installed nearly 2x solar-power capacity of US and Europe combined. It is developing cheap, abundant clean energy. Promises to improve billions of lives in developing countries. The world needs what China has to offer. It should take it. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
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November 7, 2025 at 12:07 AM
#China has installed nearly 2x solar-power capacity of US and Europe combined. It is developing cheap, abundant clean energy. Promises to improve billions of lives in developing countries. The world needs what China has to offer. It should take it. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
What Trade War? China’s Export Juggernaut Marches On As #Trump has imposed steep tariffs on #China, American importers are buying much less.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/11/03/world/asia/china-exports-trump-tariffs.html?smid=bs-share
China’s Global Exports Continue to Grow Despite Trump Tariffs
As Trump has imposed steep tariffs on China, American importers are buying much less. But China has offset the decline from the United States with breathtaking speed.
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November 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
#SouthChinaSea US Navy Loses Warplanes. Growing alarm about state of battle fleet. Current fleet numbers just under 300 ships, far cry from Cold War heights. Result of decades of budgetary cuts even as ships increasingly age... open.substack.com/pub/asiasent... open.substack.com/pub/asiasent...
US Navy Loses More Warplanes in South China Sea
Foul play or sign of US naval power fraying at the seams?
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November 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
#SouthChinaSea US Navy Loses Warplanes. Growing alarm about state of battle fleet. Current fleet numbers just under 300 ships, far cry from Cold War heights. Result of decades of budgetary cuts even as ships increasingly age... open.substack.com/pub/asiasent... open.substack.com/pub/asiasent...
Xi-Trump meeting ‘a historic moment’ that will help avoid missteps, China’s top envoy says As China prepares for Apec summit next year, top China diplomat Wang Yi says advances in host city Shenzhen showcase extent of China’s reforms www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
Xi-Trump meeting ‘a historic moment’ that will help avoid missteps: Wang Yi
As China prepares for Apec summit next year, Wang Yi says advances in host city Shenzhen showcase extent of China’s reforms.
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November 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Xi-Trump meeting ‘a historic moment’ that will help avoid missteps, China’s top envoy says As China prepares for Apec summit next year, top China diplomat Wang Yi says advances in host city Shenzhen showcase extent of China’s reforms www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
Nvidia Uncertain if Return to #China Is Closer. After Trump-Xi Meeting Amid skyrocketing demand for artificial intelligence systems, the chip-making giant has been thrust into the economic feud between Beijing and Washington. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
Nvidia Uncertain if Return to China Is Closer After Trump-Xi Meeting
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November 3, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Nvidia Uncertain if Return to #China Is Closer. After Trump-Xi Meeting Amid skyrocketing demand for artificial intelligence systems, the chip-making giant has been thrust into the economic feud between Beijing and Washington. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/b...
#WEEKEND READING TIME AGAIN @booksky.club @neglectedbooks.com @bookshelfie.bsky.social #books #history #Vietnam #Cambodia 'THE LAST HELICOPTER': stories of war, love and survival in the 1970's and 80's check it out on AMAZON paperback, digital, audiobook. 50-year anniversary:
November 1, 2025 at 5:13 AM
#WEEKEND READING TIME AGAIN @booksky.club @neglectedbooks.com @bookshelfie.bsky.social #books #history #Vietnam #Cambodia 'THE LAST HELICOPTER': stories of war, love and survival in the 1970's and 80's check it out on AMAZON paperback, digital, audiobook. 50-year anniversary:
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Patrick Wintour writes of the #Xijinping #Trump meeting in South Korea: America discovers that bullies can be bullied back. US #China outcome appears closer to a truce than durable peace but outline of broader diplomatic relationship is visible @theguardian.com - www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Xi-Trump meeting: America has discovered that bullies can be bullied back
Outcome appears closer to truce than durable peace but outline of broader diplomatic relationship is visible
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October 31, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Patrick Wintour writes of the #Xijinping #Trump meeting in South Korea: America discovers that bullies can be bullied back. US #China outcome appears closer to a truce than durable peace but outline of broader diplomatic relationship is visible @theguardian.com - www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Trump pulls gun and points at China.
China pulls gun and points at Trump.
Trump and China eye each other, then put guns down.
Headline: "Trump makes trade deal with China"
China pulls gun and points at Trump.
Trump and China eye each other, then put guns down.
Headline: "Trump makes trade deal with China"
October 28, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Trump pulls gun and points at China.
China pulls gun and points at Trump.
Trump and China eye each other, then put guns down.
Headline: "Trump makes trade deal with China"
China pulls gun and points at Trump.
Trump and China eye each other, then put guns down.
Headline: "Trump makes trade deal with China"
I am in #Japan watching events unfold next door in South Korea: #Trump Says #China Will Ease Limits on Rare Earths U.S. Will Reduce Tariffs. After meeting w/ Xi Jinping, Trump said China agreed to postpone new controls on critical rare earth metals. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...?
Trump Administration Live Updates: Trump Says China Will Ease Limits on Rare Earths
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October 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I am in #Japan watching events unfold next door in South Korea: #Trump Says #China Will Ease Limits on Rare Earths U.S. Will Reduce Tariffs. After meeting w/ Xi Jinping, Trump said China agreed to postpone new controls on critical rare earth metals. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...?
#Japan’s New Prime Minister Has an Advantage in Winning Over Trump. As Sanae Takaichi seeks reassurance from President Trump on trade and security, she will likely play up her ties to Shinzo Abe, a mutual friend. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
Japan’s New Prime Minister Has an Advantage in Winning Over Trump
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October 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
#Japan’s New Prime Minister Has an Advantage in Winning Over Trump. As Sanae Takaichi seeks reassurance from President Trump on trade and security, she will likely play up her ties to Shinzo Abe, a mutual friend. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/w...
#Books A weekend reminder of some suggested reading - history - memoir - @booksky.club @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com A story of WAR, LOVE, and SURVIVAL in 1970's-80's #Cambodia and #Vietnam available thru Amazon, e-book, audiobook, paperback.
October 25, 2025 at 12:13 AM
#Books A weekend reminder of some suggested reading - history - memoir - @booksky.club @bookshelfie.bsky.social @neglectedbooks.com A story of WAR, LOVE, and SURVIVAL in 1970's-80's #Cambodia and #Vietnam available thru Amazon, e-book, audiobook, paperback.
#China winning the #tradewar. China has learned to escalate & retaliate as effectively as America. It experiments with its own extraterritorial trade rules, changing path of world economy. In meeting between Xi Jinping & Trump next week in Seoul = many questions. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...?
Why China is winning the trade war
It has rebuffed America and rewritten the norms of global commerce
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October 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
#China winning the #tradewar. China has learned to escalate & retaliate as effectively as America. It experiments with its own extraterritorial trade rules, changing path of world economy. In meeting between Xi Jinping & Trump next week in Seoul = many questions. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...?
#China's Donald Trump: Example Ryan Chen humor "The GREAT WALL says Trump/Chen “is a lot better than our wall” It kept out the “Mexi-golians/.” Told that “Mexi-golians” don’t exist, Trump recovers his clueless stride, asking if the Mongolians paid for the Great Wall. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/w...
He’s Never Been to America. But in China, He’s Trump.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
#China's Donald Trump: Example Ryan Chen humor "The GREAT WALL says Trump/Chen “is a lot better than our wall” It kept out the “Mexi-golians/.” Told that “Mexi-golians” don’t exist, Trump recovers his clueless stride, asking if the Mongolians paid for the Great Wall. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/w...
Here in #Japan, we shall be watching as Donald Trump comes to Tokyo to meet new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and goes on to Seoul Korea for a meeting with global leaders including #China Xi Jinping. Trade, tariffs, Taiwan - the three big T's top of the complicated agenda.
October 24, 2025 at 1:03 AM
#China #Taiwan Island remains most sensitive & important US-China issue. In Korea next week #Xinjinping likely to ask Donald Trump to reduce US support for Taiwan. Beijing believes this would help achieve goal: bringing Taiwan more firmly under China control www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/taiwa...
Taiwan Is Not for Sale
America can make a good deal with China without abandoning the island.
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October 24, 2025 at 1:01 AM
#China #Taiwan Island remains most sensitive & important US-China issue. In Korea next week #Xinjinping likely to ask Donald Trump to reduce US support for Taiwan. Beijing believes this would help achieve goal: bringing Taiwan more firmly under China control www.foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/taiwa...
How Cold War era echoes across #China’s next 5-year plan. External challenges today have similarities to those the country faced in the 1950s – export controls, restricted access to technology and a complex security environment...
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How the Cold War era is echoing across China’s next 5-year plan
Growing geopolitical challenges of today resemble those faced in the 1950s as Beijing seeks to navigate a complex new security landscape.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
How Cold War era echoes across #China’s next 5-year plan. External challenges today have similarities to those the country faced in the 1950s – export controls, restricted access to technology and a complex security environment...
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In #China, a Forbidden Question Looms: Who Leads After Xi?
#XiJinping seems to believe that only his continued rule can secure China’s rise. But as he ages, choosing a successor will become riskier and more difficult. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...
#XiJinping seems to believe that only his continued rule can secure China’s rise. But as he ages, choosing a successor will become riskier and more difficult. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...
In China, a Forbidden Question Looms: Who Leads After Xi?
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October 22, 2025 at 5:05 AM
In #China, a Forbidden Question Looms: Who Leads After Xi?
#XiJinping seems to believe that only his continued rule can secure China’s rise. But as he ages, choosing a successor will become riskier and more difficult. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...
#XiJinping seems to believe that only his continued rule can secure China’s rise. But as he ages, choosing a successor will become riskier and more difficult. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/w...
#China Has Another Lever to Pull in Showdown With #Trump: Factory Lines In Washington, China hawks say its economy is too weak to withstand a tariff shock. In the city of Yiwu, factories are showing why, for now, that may be a miscalculation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/b...
China Has Another Lever to Pull in Showdown With Trump: Factory Lines
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October 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
#China Has Another Lever to Pull in Showdown With #Trump: Factory Lines In Washington, China hawks say its economy is too weak to withstand a tariff shock. In the city of Yiwu, factories are showing why, for now, that may be a miscalculation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/b...