Laurel West
@laurelwest.bsky.social
After 35 years in Asia, mostly with The Economist Group, now in Vancouver batting for the home team with the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
What a beautiful illustration of Jerome Cohen.
In a remarkably varied career, Jerome Cohen came to personify the value of deep engagement between China and America—and its frustrations
China’s most optimistic critic
Jerome Cohen kept a liberal vision of China alive
econ.st
October 1, 2025 at 12:19 AM
What a beautiful illustration of Jerome Cohen.
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Law enforcement agents raided a Hyundai factory in Bryan County, Georgia, on Thursday, arresting nearly 500 workers in the largest worksite raid since President Trump retook the White House.
The majority of those arrested are South Korean nationals.
The majority of those arrested are South Korean nationals.
Raid at Hyundai factory in Georgia is Trump administration’s largest yet
Nearly 500 people, the majority from South Korea, were arrested at the Hyundai factory. Officials said the investigation involved allegations of “serious federal crimes.”
www.washingtonpost.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Law enforcement agents raided a Hyundai factory in Bryan County, Georgia, on Thursday, arresting nearly 500 workers in the largest worksite raid since President Trump retook the White House.
The majority of those arrested are South Korean nationals.
The majority of those arrested are South Korean nationals.
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Opinion: On the assumption that a chaotic, incoherent trade war was baked in the cake, FT Alphaville’s main bet for a financial-economic calamity under Trump 2.0 has long been that he launches a full assault on the Fed. Well, it's here now. on.ft.com/3HRQKgo
August 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Opinion: On the assumption that a chaotic, incoherent trade war was baked in the cake, FT Alphaville’s main bet for a financial-economic calamity under Trump 2.0 has long been that he launches a full assault on the Fed. Well, it's here now. on.ft.com/3HRQKgo
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
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Five adorable Victorian fashion accessories to go with your child’s measles
Five adorable Victorian fashion accessories to go with your child’s measles
The 19th century is back in vogue with a recent uptick in measles, mumps and irrational distrust of life saving medical procedures. But it’s not just healthcare that is going back 180 years, it’s also...
www.thebeaverton.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Five adorable Victorian fashion accessories to go with your child’s measles
This is a fascinating read. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
A Rebel Army Is Building a Rare-Earth Empire on China’s Border
The Kachin Independence Organization fought for decades in obscurity. Now it’s supplying essential minerals to manufacturers around the world.
www.bloomberg.com
July 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This is a fascinating read. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
“This is the most self-censored Milken conference I have ever been to.”
(Mission accomplished?!?)
Milken mission: Trump dispatches Bessent to calm the financial elite
US Treasury secretary’s message in Beverly Hills got a mixed review from investors
www.ft.com/content/33f8...
Milken mission: Trump dispatches Bessent to calm the financial elite
US Treasury secretary’s message in Beverly Hills got a mixed review from investors
www.ft.com/content/33f8...
Milken mission: Trump dispatches Bessent to calm the financial elite
US Treasury secretary’s message in Beverly Hills got a mixed review from investors
www.ft.com
May 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
“This is the most self-censored Milken conference I have ever been to.”
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“Mr Trump’s grin mocked the principle that America is a place where the government cannot suspend rights whenever it chooses and where the chief magistrate willingly defers to the highest court. In other words, that America is not El Salvador.” www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
In its pursuit of a policy, Donald Trump’s government is content to destroy a man
What’s at stake in the case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
www.economist.com
April 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
“Mr Trump’s grin mocked the principle that America is a place where the government cannot suspend rights whenever it chooses and where the chief magistrate willingly defers to the highest court. In other words, that America is not El Salvador.” www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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"The bond market is not like the Supreme Court, or Paul Weiss, or Columbia University, or any of the other institutions Trump has conquered, co-opted, or corrupted."
"He cannot scare it into submission. He cannot bribe it."
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fina...
"He cannot scare it into submission. He cannot bribe it."
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fina...
Trump Finally Met an Adversary Totally Immune to His Bullshit
And it’s not the Supreme Court.
www.thebulwark.com
April 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"The bond market is not like the Supreme Court, or Paul Weiss, or Columbia University, or any of the other institutions Trump has conquered, co-opted, or corrupted."
"He cannot scare it into submission. He cannot bribe it."
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fina...
"He cannot scare it into submission. He cannot bribe it."
from @jvl.bsky.social
www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-fina...
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now *this* is the anecdote of the day
April 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
now *this* is the anecdote of the day
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An Australian man with a US work visa was detained upon reentry, called a “retard” and told, “Trump is back in town; we’re doing things the way we should have always been doing them.”
He was held with 100 people including many Canadians.
Posters celebrating equity had DEI scribbled out in marker.
He was held with 100 people including many Canadians.
Posters celebrating equity had DEI scribbled out in marker.
April 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
An Australian man with a US work visa was detained upon reentry, called a “retard” and told, “Trump is back in town; we’re doing things the way we should have always been doing them.”
He was held with 100 people including many Canadians.
Posters celebrating equity had DEI scribbled out in marker.
He was held with 100 people including many Canadians.
Posters celebrating equity had DEI scribbled out in marker.
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Transparency nudges work.
Fabletics is posting a “Tariff Surcharge” on their receipts. I hope other companies follow suit.
April 9, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Transparency nudges work.
CNN is doing a great job with clarity in headlines.
JUST IN: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei index plunged more than 8% on Monday, deepening a global stocks rout triggered by US President Donald Trump’s trade war. cnn.it/42eTF8Z
April 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
CNN is doing a great job with clarity in headlines.
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The president’s son Eric Trump posted this. Chilling.
He deleted it - but here it is
He deleted it - but here it is
April 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The president’s son Eric Trump posted this. Chilling.
He deleted it - but here it is
He deleted it - but here it is
Goosebumps. But as a Hong Konger who took part in the (then legal) protests of 2019, I worry that future events will be infiltrated by groups looking to cause bad trouble, thus giving Trump the excuse to bring in troops. May protesters be vigilant, and may leaders make wise decisions.
The indivisible protest in New York is at least 5x larger than they planned. They originally cordoned off the sidewalk+bus lane on 5th but they've had to close the whole street, and it's not enough.
April 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Goosebumps. But as a Hong Konger who took part in the (then legal) protests of 2019, I worry that future events will be infiltrated by groups looking to cause bad trouble, thus giving Trump the excuse to bring in troops. May protesters be vigilant, and may leaders make wise decisions.
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Global economic meltdown? No worries for Trump Inc. The Trump family, with the help of Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf at Trump Doral & Trump $1 million-a-head fundraising machine at Mar-a-Lago turned the weekend into a Trump money-making bonanza. The NYT was there for doubleheader show nyti.ms/3XPqyIa
Trump Family’s Cash Registers Ring as Financial Meltdown Plays Out (Gift Article)
The party was on at a Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament at the president’s Doral resort in Florida and a fund-raiser at Mar-a-Lago, even as markets tumbled.
nyti.ms
April 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Global economic meltdown? No worries for Trump Inc. The Trump family, with the help of Saudi Arabia-backed LIV Golf at Trump Doral & Trump $1 million-a-head fundraising machine at Mar-a-Lago turned the weekend into a Trump money-making bonanza. The NYT was there for doubleheader show nyti.ms/3XPqyIa
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I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
April 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff
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Hundreds of thousands of Americans around the country are showing up for democracy today and standing against Trump and Musk’s reckless agenda!
April 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hundreds of thousands of Americans around the country are showing up for democracy today and standing against Trump and Musk’s reckless agenda!
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Freshfields only large firm to sign on in support of legal fight with Donald Trump
https://www.ft.com/content/75be8888-64d3-45f0-8d49-3d96f9411c2d
https://www.ft.com/content/75be8888-64d3-45f0-8d49-3d96f9411c2d
Freshfields only large firm to sign on in support of legal fight with Donald Trump
The brief includes more than 500 groups but nearly all are small and medium-sized
www.ft.com
April 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Freshfields only large firm to sign on in support of legal fight with Donald Trump
https://www.ft.com/content/75be8888-64d3-45f0-8d49-3d96f9411c2d
https://www.ft.com/content/75be8888-64d3-45f0-8d49-3d96f9411c2d
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Goldman devotes a report to foreign boycotts of US goods. 🇺🇸
“.. this headwind provides an additional reason why US GDP
growth will likely underperform consensus expectations in 2025.
“.. Foreign Sentiment Towards the US Has Declined Sharply”
“.. this headwind provides an additional reason why US GDP
growth will likely underperform consensus expectations in 2025.
“.. Foreign Sentiment Towards the US Has Declined Sharply”
April 1, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Goldman devotes a report to foreign boycotts of US goods. 🇺🇸
“.. this headwind provides an additional reason why US GDP
growth will likely underperform consensus expectations in 2025.
“.. Foreign Sentiment Towards the US Has Declined Sharply”
“.. this headwind provides an additional reason why US GDP
growth will likely underperform consensus expectations in 2025.
“.. Foreign Sentiment Towards the US Has Declined Sharply”
It's a relief to see at least parts of the American legal profession start to fight back. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Big Law’s Big Lawyer to Fight Trump Is a Conservative Superstar
He is, by most accounts, a LeBron James of lawyers – a master who’s handled more Supreme Court cases than just about anyone else in recent history.
www.bloomberg.com
March 30, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It's a relief to see at least parts of the American legal profession start to fight back. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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🙌🏼 I’m not sure who had the amazing idea to invite this constitutional lawyer to a senate hearing that intended to prove Biden colluded with Meta to censor conservatives, but she took the opportunity to speak truth to power ✊🏼 on the hypocrite 👑 KING OF FREE SPEECH, Donald Trump, himself. 👏🏼 Brava!!
March 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
🙌🏼 I’m not sure who had the amazing idea to invite this constitutional lawyer to a senate hearing that intended to prove Biden colluded with Meta to censor conservatives, but she took the opportunity to speak truth to power ✊🏼 on the hypocrite 👑 KING OF FREE SPEECH, Donald Trump, himself. 👏🏼 Brava!!
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Spiegel reporting that they are way more careless
March 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Spiegel reporting that they are way more careless