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It's a wrap: Taiwan concludes its annual military exercises today. @adam_b_adada and I were running around this week to cover the drills, which were larger, louder and more coordinated than ever before. This drives home a clear message: War could happen. on.wsj.com/3DRxIRT
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A busy Saturday in Taiwan. In a speech marking her seventh year on the job, President Tsai Ing-wen vows to maintain the peace and stability of the Taiwan Strait.
"Although Taiwan is surrounded by risks, it is by no means a risk creator," @iingwen said. "War is not an option."
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Taiwan's military, inspired by Ukraine's willingness to fight, has expanded its reserve training program this year to include female veterans.
This week, about a dozen women reservists joined a five-day refresher training for the first time, brushing up on their combat skills.
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New scoop: Jack Ma was orchestrating from overseas the corporate breakup of the e-commerce empire he built Alibaba. In recent months, he held calls with top $baba execs, including current chairman & CEO Daniel Zhang, urging them to split up the company wsj.com/articles/jack-ma-eng…
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Q: Can the U.S. government ban TikTok?
A: Possibly. The government has a range of powers it could use against TikTok’s core business interests, but efforts to restrict Americans’ access to its content would be vulnerable to legal challenges.
@ByronTau
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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew says his company is offering the U.S. government more concessions and oversight than any business in history. His background may now help him connect with a skeptical American Congress. on.wsj.com/3z2qd89
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Alongside the diplomacy, Mr. Xi has promoted three new initiatives expanding his vision for the world and seeking to position China as a country with which nations that are wary of U.S. hegemony can do business, seek security guarantees and find respect.
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China has relied on older technology, primarily so-called inactivated virus vaccines. But as Covid mutated, China’s vaccines proved less effective than the West's mRNA ones. mRNA technology also offers a platform to develop vaccines against other diseases.
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"Asked what Mr. Chew could say during Thursday’s hearing to change lawmakers’ minds, aides said there was basically nothing."
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew can expect a chilly reception when he testifies before the powerful House Energy and Commerce committee this week, Republican aides said on.wsj.com/3FDhgFM
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Messrs. Putin and Xi enjoy a personal bond that is unusual in global diplomacy—what some call a “strategic bromance.” Mr. Xi has been undeterred by International Criminal Court accusations that Mr. Putin committed war crimes and faces arrest in 123 states.
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I met TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew in Washington last week. We brought our podcast team, so hear him make his case for why TikTok shouldn't be banned in the U.S.
His points:
1) TikTok has a plan to safeguard Americans.
2) A ban would be bad for Americans.
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For the past month, the 52-year-old banker has been held incommunicado in a detention system run by the Party’s anticorruption agency—vanishing just as hopes were building in China’s battered technology sector that a long-running crackdown was ending.
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.@shenlulushen: "They probably are not going to produce something as accessible as ChatGPT, but there will be other applications…that people…may find…helpful. And we don't know what they are yet. They're just going to be very different from ChatGPT."
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Foxconn, one of Apple’s biggest suppliers, said it would rely less on China as a source of revenue as it diversifies production sites to strengthen supply-chain resilience.
@joyuwang @Kubota_Yoko
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Beijing has helped Riyadh build ballistic missiles, consulted on a nuclear program and begun investing in MBS's projects, such as Neom, a futuristic new city. China has also pitched to Saudi officials on setting up a local defense-manufacturing industry.
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Early in his tenure, Mr. Xi celebrated the reforms started by Deng. He started switching gears in the wake of a 2015 stock-market crash, growing more suspicious of market forces and embarking on a gradual return to absolute party control.
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After Mr. Xi's rise, U.S. officials didn’t realize the degree to which he would break from the past. They “found it very hard to believe that China would do something so coercive and so brazen, and by the time they understood…it was too late.”
@GregPoling
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Beijing is becoming the dominant force in the South China Sea. With incremental moves that stay below the threshold of provoking conflict, China has gradually changed both the geography and the balance of power in the area.
@NiharikaSM
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