December 18, 2022
From a Twitter thread I wrote on December 10, 2022: 1. Xi is visiting Saudi Arabia, so I see we’re going to do the “OMG, the Saudis are going to start accepting the RMB for oil and destroy the dollar” thing, so let me explain why I don’t see that as being in anyone’s real […]
December 18, 2022
From a Twitter thread I wrote on 1. I’m going to start over with what I hope will be an informative thread on “What is Phoenix TV?” 2. People in the US started asking this because a Chinese correspondent from Phoenix TV asked President Trump a question yesterday at his briefing, and he questioned her […]
December 18, 2022
From a Twitter thread I wrote on June 2, 2021. 1. As with the NBA/Hong Kong kerfuffle in 2019, John Cena’s apology to Chinese fans over Taiwan has sparked a new round of anxiety over US businesses “kowtowing to China”. I have some thoughts (thread). https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/31/hollywood-just-cant-stop-groveling-china/ 2. The concern often articulated involves the Chinese government/party […]
December 18, 2022
From a Twitter thread I wrote on May 23, 2022: 1. How to evaluate Biden’s recent statements that the US would defend Taiwan in the event of an attack by China? Is this a smart thing, a dumb thing, or does it even matter? A thread. 2. On the one hand, the US has no […]
December 18, 2022
From a Twitter thread I wrote on October 14, 2012: 1. I’m reading “Red Roulette” by Desmond Shum. While it’s fascinating, I’m a bit concerned that people will read it and think that is how all business in China gets done. Some thoughts: 2. Shum describes a business world in China in which connections to […]
December 18, 2022
From a Twitter thread I wrote on July 24, 2020: 1. I’m often asked, if I’m so critical of Trump’s approach to China, what I think the US *should* do … with the assumption I’ll be stumped, because I have nothing to offer. So let me answer that question, perhaps not exhaustively, but in some […]
December 18, 2022
From a thread I posted on Twitter on February 27, 2022: 1. Some thoughts on the strategic relationship between Russia and China. A thread. The current closeness between the two is basically driven by two factors: 2. First, and this predates Xi, is China’s concern about the vulnerability of its supply lines, particularly oil, to […]
December 18, 2022
Today in Microsoft Flight Simulator, I’m flying the de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth, the airplane that trained thousands of pilots from across the British Empire to take to the air in World War II. Born in 1882, Geoffrey de Havilland was the second son of a village pastor. At an early age, he displayed a […]
December 17, 2022
Welcome to Berlin’s Tempelhof Airport, where today in Microsoft Flight Sim I will be flying the Junkers Ju 52, one of the world’s first modern airliners, which became an icon of the Nazi regime. Tempelhof was Berlin’s main airport from 1927 to the 1970s, and was a main site of the 1948 Berlin Airlift. I […]
December 17, 2022
Welcome to Munda, in the Solomon Islands, where I’ll be checking out the iconic the F4U-1 Corsair in its natural WW2 habitat, in Microsoft Flight Simulator. As some of you may recall, I’ve actually been to Munda, where I did an extensive post on the World War II campaign there and at nearby Guadalcanal. Now […]