Lawyer/author. Co-Chair, Asian Affairs Comm of @nycbarassn. @econclubny, Institute of Int'l Bankers. Former board of Shanghai FCC. Bylines in WSJ, Nikkei, etc.
NYC, Bay Area, DC
Joined June 2009
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My opinion piece on Nikkei Asia regarding the recent physical attack on Americans in North China, the handling of such cases by the PRC government including the judiciary, and how it might affect geopolitics.
asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Atta…
Here I fully support the admin. A slicker liar is needed.
Katie Zacharia dethrones @Scaramucci as shortest lived White House comms official. She lasted less than half a Scaramucci.
Everyone with basic knowledge on the unauthorized practice law or legal ethics in the U.S. would know that Katie Zacharia lied, however the White House tries to spin it. She should be held liable. What a start of one's first week of the spin doctor job.
Worth repeating -- Zelensky is a stand-up guy. nytimes.com/2026/10/15/world…
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Ukrainian soldiers and people associated with the military are reporting restrictions on Starlink service. Likely on the direct orders of Elon Musk. Despite the fact that Ukraine pays him for these services.
How this will help Russia, which is currently losing occupied Ukrainian territories, is for the military to comment on. I will speak to the impact on the civilian population.
Starlink is also used by the interceptors that protect Ukrainian cities from Russian jet-powered Shaheds. Without that protection, Russian drones will strike residential buildings, hospitals, and schools like targets in a shooting gallery.
Let me be blunt: the blood of Ukrainian children will be on the hands of the owner and the entire team of this American company.
- Oleksandra Matviichuk, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
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🕯️Today, political prisoner Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 spends his 30th birthday unjustly imprisoned in Hong Kong.
No one should spend time in prison for defending democracy.
We wish him a happy birthday and call for his immediate release, along with all political prisoners in Hong Kong.
Send him a message of support!👇freejoshuawong.uk/en/solidar…
Mr. Luckey should absolutely be drafted to perform the execution, given the enthusiasm and especially that he heads a military contractor.
motherjones.com/politics/202…
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Joshua Wong turns 30 today, his sixth birthday behind bars, and now faces possible life imprisonment under Hong Kong’s National Security Law.
In any normal society this young man would be applauded.
#FreeJoshuaWong
今日是黃之鋒30歲生日，亦是他身陷囹圄的第六個生日。他現時面對《國安法》控罪，最高可判終身監禁。
在任何一個正常社會，這位年輕人都會獲得讚揚。
#釋放黃之鋒
xitter.cf/joshuawongcf/status/13…
Not to mention it's blatant violation of federal law -- Congress banned Russian energy imports through the Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act (H.R. 6968), which was enacted as Public Law 117-109 on April 8, 2022.
Russia will earn $4.5 billion from the deal with Trump.
With this money, they will be able to produce around 100,000 Shahed-type attack drones or 2,000 Iskander ballistic missiles.
That will result in thousands of Ukrainian deaths.
Paid by Trump and his supporters.
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🎯 Has Trump blamed Zelenskyy for forcing him to attack Iran yet?
The FT with a very helpful graph on understanding why diesel prices are high. Trump's got the wrong war in mind. ft.com/content/445b2856-a276…
Rather than addressing China’s demand imbalance, industrial subsidies, or monetary policy, the EU bureaucracy struck deal over hybrid cars and buried its head in the sand again. reuters.com/world/china/chin…
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Trump’s deal with Putin is illegal.
In 2022, the US Congresses passed the Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act, explicitly prohibiting the import of russian energy resources into the United States.
Legally, Trump is not allowed to make a deal with Putin. But I guess MAGA have passed the point of no return a long time ago. So, I have no hope that anyone will oppose the Fuerer.
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Trump has spent years blaming Zelenskyy for the results of Putin's actions, and now he's moved on to blaming him for his own.
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Putin is desperate, but no deals will rescue him from the fact that his country is losing its imperialist war on the Ukrainian people. This weak Russia is a burden to China; Xi must pay for helping Putin kill innocent Ukrainians and assaulting a sovereign land.
The junior partner of Putin, who’s a junior partner of Xi. Is this not “peak China”?
BREAKING: Donald Trump has thanked Vladimir Putin for providing "the American and global marketplace" with '300,000 tons of diesel'.
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Scott Bessent, at his confirmation hearing in Jan/2025 to be Treasury Secretary: "the tragedy going on in Ukraine is one of the greatest tragedies of my adult life ... I believe that the sanctions [on Russia] were not fulsome enough. I believe that the previous administration was worried about raising US energy prices during an election season... if I'm confirmed and if President Trump requests ...I will be 100% on board for taking sanctions up."
Mark Warner (D-VA): "I very much appreciate your willingness and I hope you will be an advocate for keeping those sanctions on and actually advancing them even further."
rev.com/transcripts/scott-be…
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Kinmen, a cluster of rocky islands belonging to Taiwan but lying just off China's coast, was once the site of fierce fighting between the PLA and KMT. Today, it is seen as a potential flashpoint in any future conflict.
But the former military frontline is also home to a fertility clinic offering treatments restricted in mainland China. Single Chinese women seeking to freeze their eggs must travel abroad, with Thailand and the US among the popular destinations.
I was surprised to discover that women from neighbouring Fujian province are also making the short journey to Kinmen to freeze their eggs.
I travelled to Kinmen to report on this unlikely cross-strait business, and what it reveals about the complex relationship between China and Taiwan.
For the @FT weekend magazine
ft.com/content/a6f9e7c6-996e…
"Mr Musk was outraged that the United States Institute of Peace was paying a former member of the Taliban. The man was supplying vital intelligence. After Mr Musk outed him on X, the informant’s family was rounded up and tortured."
economist.com/culture/2026/1…
Jihadist groups would owe thank you notes to the admin for such amazing and free propaganda materials.
BREAKING: The Pentagon says it will livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan. apnews.com/article/fort-hood…
