@RobinBHarding

Asia Editor for the Financial Times. Former Tokyo bureau chief, Fed correspondent and leader writer. I don't tweet much these days.

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Zijing Wu@zijing_wuJan 31
How has China systematically built a vast pipeline of AI talent? My debut feature in FT Magazine explores the pivotal education program behind this achievement, weaving in some personal reflections. China’s Genius Plan as.ft.com/r/c8abb097-a2c5-4b…

China’s genius plan to win the AI race is already paying off

A network of ultra-competitive high-school talent streams has been turning out the leading lights of science and tech

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John Reed
@JohnReedwrites10 Dec 2024
India newsletter klaxon 🇮🇳 📥🙏 Behold the first edition of the @FT's India Business Briefing, edited by @veenavenugopal and publishing biweekly. In this issue: India’s IPO fever, a new face at the RBI, and the trouble with Indian CFAs (and CFA exams)ft.com/content/3613cdc7-cf15…

The India IPO party floats into 2025

In this newsletter’s first edition, the CFA’s decline and advice from Uday Kotak

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Anantha@AnanthalakshmiA22 Mar 2024
I'm delighted to have started a new role this year as Jakarta Correspondent at @FT, which has opened a new Indonesia bureau. I'll also be covering Vietnam and the Philippines. Pls send tips, hellos and Jakarta recommendations!
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@FTPressOffice22 Mar 2024
.@FT announces the opening of a new bureau in Jakarta, Indonesia, and the appointment of @AnanthalakshmiA as Jakarta correspondent. on.ft.com/3TIhYZX
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Applications open for the FT's trainee scheme. Please tell budding reporters. Some tragic cases join the FT this way and never leave. ft.com/content/314ff7f3-0464…

Paul McClean graduate trainee programme

Applications now open for our 2026 intake

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Calling aspiring economics journalists: Applications are open for the Sir Samuel Brittan Fellowship, deadline 11 May on.ft.com/3p5z6Mq

Sir Samuel Brittan Fellowship

Journalism fellowship for economics journalists

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FT World News@ftworldnews28 Apr 2023
Kazuo Ueda embarks on Bank of Japan policy review in first meeting as governor on.ft.com/3Hl2jcv

Bank of Japan drops part of forward guidance on rates and starts policy review

Yen weakens to lowest point in six weeks after new governor Kazuo Ueda’s first meeting

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India is overtaking China as the world’s most populous country. Will it be able to take advantage of its growing population? Our latest visual story: FT.com/india-population
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Angel Ubide@AngelUbide20 Mar 2023
If you want to learn how ChatGPT works, read this. Long, but clear and comprehensive. writings.stephenwolfram.com/…
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Benjamin Parkin@b_parkyn26 Jan 2023
“If we just comply with the IMF… there will be riots in the streets” enterprise-sharing.ft.com/re…
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Ryan McMorrow
@rwmcmorrow16 Dec 2022
China has reported zero covid deaths since Dec 3 but toll is actually mounting in capital We exited zero Covid with little plan or preparation for what would follow ft.com/content/73eba78a-1bdb…

Beijing death toll mounts as Covid sweeps through Chinese capital

Official count shows no fatalities in weeks but bodies have been seen at hospitals and crematoria

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Demetri
@AsiaLens15 Dec 2022
Check out my book review of #SpiesAndLies, a really interesting look at the #MSS, the closest Chinese equivalent to the CIA or MI6. Brave and clever open source reporting by Australia’s @alexjoske.
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@ftchina15 Dec 2022
Spies and Lies by Alex Joske — inside China’s intelligence operation on.ft.com/3FT6goo

Spies and Lies by Alex Joske — inside China’s intelligence operation

A new book distils huge amounts of open-source information on Beijing’s Ministry of State Security

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Demetri
@AsiaLens14 Dec 2022
Export controls hit China’s access to Arm’s leading-edge chip designs ft.com/content/257b39c4-f146… SCOOP by @QianerLiu @AnnaSophieGross & me

Export controls hit China’s access to Arm’s leading-edge chip designs

Alibaba among groups unable to purchase top designs

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SEC CHARGES SAM BANKMAN-FRIED Here's the filing: documentcloud.org/documents/…
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“Analysts believe the risk is greatest in Arunachal Pradesh, where India’s troops are more thinly spread, its infrastructure less developed, and which China considers part of Tibet” A great long read by @JohnReedwrites and @ChloeNCornish on 🇨🇳🇮🇳 tensions. ft.com/content/333aa07e-93ff…
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Nick Hawker@FLF_Nick11 Dec 2022
It's out, NIF has shown gain, Q > 1. If confirmed on Tues this is a profound and very important result. It shows that inertial fusion can work in a device suitable for a power plant 🧵#fusion #ClimateEmergency ft.com/content/4b6f0fab-66ef…

Fusion energy breakthrough by US scientists boosts clean power hopes

Net energy gain indicates technology could provide an abundant zero-carbon alternative to fossil fuels

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🚨Temasek-backed Amber Group has raised just half of a planned $100m funding round & 🛑halted expansion plans as it fights concerns swirling post FTX. It's also making lay offs, & its China staff are threatening legal action over missed payments ft.com/content/5dca5327-124a… @mjruehl

Temasek-backed crypto shop Amber halts expansion plans in rocky market

Group says it has secured half of planned $100mn fundraising round

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As exchanges collapse in the wake of the #FTXScandal, investors such as those w funds on Hong Kong-based AAX are getting desperate and banding together to conduct their own investigations and search for top executives🕵️ ft.com/content/7f115a0e-65dd… @ThomasHHChan

Crypto exchange AAX’s freeze on withdrawals sparks desperate search for funds

Users are looking for exchange’s senior executives in an effort to recover their investment

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Thomas Hale@TomHale_28 Nov 2022
Protests in China are usually local and based on a single issue. But the zero-Covid gatherings over the weekend were part of a rare nationwide coalition of interests. By @YuanfenYang ft.com/content/9fd310a3-cc3f…

China’s zero-Covid protests create a rare nationwide coalition of interests

Both factory workers and urban elites oppose a policy that the Communist party has no easy way to abandon

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The close up video of former Chinese president Hu Jintao being escorted out of the party congress is even more strange via @AFP youtube.com/watch?v=TFaG3EpF…
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Xi tightens his hold on power as China’s party congress comes to a dramatic close on.ft.com/3Tl3T1Y
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