Peter Alan Dutton
@peteralandutton.bsky.social
Paul Tsai China Center
Yale Law School
Yale Law School
"Many hometown associations have become useful tools of China’s consulate in Midtown Manhattan.... Consulate officials have enlisted them to intimidate politicians who support Taiwan or cross Beijing’s other red lines."
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How China Influences Elections in America’s Biggest City
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August 25, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"Many hometown associations have become useful tools of China’s consulate in Midtown Manhattan.... Consulate officials have enlisted them to intimidate politicians who support Taiwan or cross Beijing’s other red lines."
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/n...
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“The governor of China’s central bank outlined a plan on Wednesday for a global financial system that relies on several major currencies, not just the dollar, as Beijing steps up its campaign to weaken the U.S. dollar’s primacy.”
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Aiming at the Dollar, China Makes a Pitch for Its Currency
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June 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
“The governor of China’s central bank outlined a plan on Wednesday for a global financial system that relies on several major currencies, not just the dollar, as Beijing steps up its campaign to weaken the U.S. dollar’s primacy.”
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Reposted by Peter Alan Dutton
"A good political system is one that places restraints on our darker instincts, while a despotic totalitarian regime deliberately cultivates them. For the evil in human nature is the sustenance of all authoritarian rule."
June 13, 2025 at 8:48 AM
"A good political system is one that places restraints on our darker instincts, while a despotic totalitarian regime deliberately cultivates them. For the evil in human nature is the sustenance of all authoritarian rule."
China’s Chokehold on This Obscure Mineral Threatens the West’s Militaries
… “For more than a decade, the United States has failed to develop an alternative to China’s supply of a specific kind of rare earth crucial for the manufacture of magnets [and] military gear.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
… “For more than a decade, the United States has failed to develop an alternative to China’s supply of a specific kind of rare earth crucial for the manufacture of magnets [and] military gear.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
China’s Chokehold on This Obscure Mineral Threatens the West’s Militaries
www.nytimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
China’s Chokehold on This Obscure Mineral Threatens the West’s Militaries
… “For more than a decade, the United States has failed to develop an alternative to China’s supply of a specific kind of rare earth crucial for the manufacture of magnets [and] military gear.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
… “For more than a decade, the United States has failed to develop an alternative to China’s supply of a specific kind of rare earth crucial for the manufacture of magnets [and] military gear.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
A 🧵 on 🔱 PLA Navy watching:
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The frigate Binzhou‘s motto is 勇武至诚，精武制胜 which is translated in its English Wikipedia entry as „Be brave and sincere, elitely achieve victory“.
That’s a valiant effort, but not quite correct - so let me record here what it really means, as I learned at the source…
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The frigate Binzhou‘s motto is 勇武至诚，精武制胜 which is translated in its English Wikipedia entry as „Be brave and sincere, elitely achieve victory“.
That’s a valiant effort, but not quite correct - so let me record here what it really means, as I learned at the source…
Chinese frigate Binzhou - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
June 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Reposted by Peter Alan Dutton
China accused Australia of deliberately provoking it with a maritime patrol in the disputed South China Sea this week, saying the latter was spreading ‘false narratives,’ though Australia maintained its action adhered to international law reut.rs/3CZ1Spa
China accuses Australia of deliberate provocation in South China Sea
China accused Australia on Friday of deliberately provoking it with a maritime patrol in the disputed South China Sea this week, saying the latter was spreading "false narratives", though Australia maintained its action adhered to international law.
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February 14, 2025 at 8:09 AM
China accused Australia of deliberately provoking it with a maritime patrol in the disputed South China Sea this week, saying the latter was spreading ‘false narratives,’ though Australia maintained its action adhered to international law reut.rs/3CZ1Spa
Bad answer, Mr. Secretary.
Hegseth says firing of top military lawyers was about making sure "they don't exist to be roadblocks to anything that happens."
February 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Bad answer, Mr. Secretary.