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Claire Chu

2 years

It's been a lot of fun working with @KathrinHille over the past 6 months on the research that went into this piece. We looked into little-known, privately-backed Chinese companies that have been stealthily pursuing ambitious projects overseas:

The Chinese companies trying to buy strategic islands

Small businesses from China have scoured the globe for important strips of land. Are they trying to make money or are they a front for Beijing?

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Claire Chu

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3 years

Friend just texted me, horrified, after realizing that her ex was a part of the violent mob in the Capitol today. He’s a well-spoken West Point grad w/an MBA who lives in Navy Yard and works as a bizdev exec. We’ve gone on double dates. These terrorists are hiding in plain sight.

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A guy who wears Bonobo suits and played on his Bethesda high school lacrosse team can be a terrorist just as easily as a guy wearing a MAGA hat and building a bunker in the hills. I don’t really have a more eloquent point to make here.

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This is the first time I’ve seen a country’s leader so publicly revoke an existing Chinese security agreement. “Our system of democracy and justice systems are different so we will go back to those that have similar systems with us” - Fiji PM Rabuka

PM terminates MOU

Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka says there is no need for Chinese state security personnel to continue working in the Fiji Police Force. He was referring to […]

www.fijitimes.com.fj

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@PekingMike I don’t feel comfortable releasing his name publicly because I don’t want my friend to be targeted in any way (it doesn’t seem safe, judging by some of the responses I’ve received already) but will look into sharing with relevant authorities.

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Claire Chu

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4 years

Why are some Chinese officials so afraid of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram? Why are they denying ordinary Chinese people the platform for entertainment, inspiration and connection?

Hua Chunying 华春莹

@SpokespersonCHN

4 years

Why are some US politicians so afraid of #TikTok ?Why are they denying ordinary American people the platform for entertainment, inspiration and connection? 🔗

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Claire Chu

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4 years

The @WHO was very unhelpful this morning

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4 years

As celebrity TikTok videos flood my feeds, I think this may be a good time to remind people that TikTok censors free speech, is subject to Beijing’s data appropriation powers, and transfers private user data to Chinese servers

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Claire Chu

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1 year

Rabuka appears to be upholding his campaign promise not to sign any security pacts with China and instead, to return Fiji to its “comfortable niche with Australia” in alignment with “the western style of democracy.” AUS/NZ officers will remain in Fiji.

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Claire Chu

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11 months

This is pretty significant. HKEX is now acting in accordance with Beijing’s rules for IPO applications filed with mainland exchanges, which means negative statements about China’s laws, policies, or business environment are forbidden.

Hong Kong cuts China-risk section in listing rules, but says scrutiny unchanged

Hong Kong stock exchange has removed a China-risk section for mainland-incorporated companies in its listing application rules with effect from Tuesday, which the bourse said was to align disclosure...

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Claire Chu

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4 years

The @WHO chat bot appears to have been programmed to ignore Taiwan, and only Taiwan, as a query

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Claire Chu

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2 years

Just now, Canada's government has ordered three Chinese companies to divest from Canadian lithium mining companies - citing national security concerns following a review of foreign SOEs engaged in the nation's critical minerals sector.

Statement - Government of Canada orders the divestiture of investments by foreign companies in...

/CNW/ - Today, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, issued the following statement regarding the...

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Claire Chu

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4 years

And by the way, China Shipbuilding Industry Corp - the conglomerate that has refurbished and built all three of China’s aircraft carriers - is currently held in the investment portfolios of our country’s largest public pension funds in CA, NY, TX, etc. University endowments too.

Bonnie Glaser / 葛來儀 🇺🇦

@BonnieGlaser

4 years

China’s third aircraft carrier takes shape, with ambitions to challenge U.S. naval dominance. This is the terrific work of my fabulous @ChinaPower team.

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Claire Chu

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1 year

This refers to an MoU signed between the Fiji Police Force and China’s Ministry of Public Security in 2011 for “police to police cooperation.” Since then, Fiji has sent dozens of officers to China for training and received equipment donations like drones and surveillance systems.

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Claire Chu

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5 years

The @nytimes is taking payments from Chinese state media and presenting propaganda as news articles: Chinese Development Aid Helps Put African Countries on Track

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Claire Chu

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4 years

Hearing fellow representation-starved Asian Americans say that they’re going to support the new Mulan live-action movie and cast no matter what and don’t want to “get into the politics”... I don’t have a word for this feeling.

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Claire Chu

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4 years

No you’re white, chewy and bland

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Claire Chu

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4 years

REPORT RELEASE: The new EO prohibits Americans from investing in Chinese military companies, including 31 companies named by the Pentagon. RWR has identified an additional 128 publicly traded companies that will be implicated by the investment ban.

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Claire Chu

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3 years

These are just some of the headlines from Asian American media site NextShark over the past year. I’m distressed but not surprised by what happened in Atlanta yesterday, and I promise that none of your Asian friends or colleagues are surprised either. Just tired.

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Claire Chu

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4 years

Continued unhelpfulness (ROC ≠ PRC)

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Claire Chu

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4 years

I hope all the researchers from Chinese think tanks that don’t exist in real life were able to find some interesting info on my LinkedIn. Sorry I declined your invitations to visit Beijing and discuss “the possibility of cooperation.”

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Claire Chu

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3 years

Xiao Zhen Xie fought back against her attacker, but the physical and emotional scars cut deep. According to her daughter, she cannot see out of her left eye and the other eye is still bleeding. She is “very traumatized, very scared.”

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CNBC

@CNBC

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China risks losing Taiwan 'forever' due to its actions in Hong Kong, says strategist

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Claire Chu

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4 years

If you’re a police officer answering a call with three colleagues, and none of you can figure out how to take a fully cooperative 140lb unarmed man into custody w/o injecting him with a lethal dosage of ketamine and killing him.. You’re in the wrong line of work #JusticeForElijah

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Claire Chu

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4 years

Vancouver is building a major trade center for Chinese imports/exports following the signing of a provincial-level BRI MoU. This piece by @WestcoastWood delves into the importance of updating Canada’s China engagement strategy, with comments from me.

China is paving its 'belt and road' to British Columbia

Surrey warehouse part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, say its proponents

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Claire Chu

@ClaireJChu

4 years

In case it was unclear, my Twitter account is NOT a dating profile. Please never make this mistake.

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Claire Chu

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3 years

I was not emotionally prepared for this many people in my everyday, non-work life to casually ask if I think China is going to invade Taiwan anytime soon.

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Claire Chu

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4 years

Last week, AkademikerPension became the first public pension fund in Denmark to divest from Chinese debt and equity holdings due to China’s systematic violations of human rights: “We can no longer turn a blind eye to it."

AkademikerPension ekskluderer Kina - AkademikerPension

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Claire Chu

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4 years

And if the U.S. were to walk away from our security commitment to Taiwan - handicapping Taiwan’s ability to credibly deter and defend against Chinese aggression - you truly think such a destabilizing policy would reduce and not raise the risk of military conflict?

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Claire Chu

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4 years

It’s a cacophony of joy out here. Motorcycles are revving their engines. Even the garage and delivery trucks are honking. Fireworks in the near distance. Brb - I’m going on a run to 46’s new house.

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Claire Chu

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4 years

This censorship undermines the WHO’s credibility and legitimacy as an objective global authority. Pandemics don’t recognize geopolitics, and the WHO is endangering public health by continuing to exclude Taiwan from the narrative. h/t @jessicadrun

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The @WHO 's Facebook account seems to be blocking the word "Taiwan" from being posted in comments:

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Claire Chu

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4 years

Amused by this elaboration in the stock exchange announcement of the debt/equity swap that gave BOC Aviation majority control of Norwegian Airlines yesterday:

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Claire Chu

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4 years

Found on FB 😂 @ anti maskers

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Claire Chu

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1 year

@KoroiHawkins Thanks for sharing! I hadn’t seen this interview. It seems he’s prepared to take a cautious yet firm approach to reengagement with Australia, NZ, UK, and US - on his own terms and seeking equal partnership.

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Claire Chu

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4 years

The TSP is just the tip of the iceberg. Next, there’s California. New York. Texas. Florida. Call your representatives because CalPERS, CalSTRS, NYSCRF, NYSTRS, Texas ERS, and FRS are all guilty as charged.

CCP Influence In Australia

@ccp_in_aus

4 years

@robert_spalding @realDonaldTrump What do you think is the next top three things that can be done to reduce the amount of amount of cash the ccp have. 1. Revoke HongKong special trade status 2. Require Chinese companies listed on exchanges to be audited 3. ???

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Claire Chu

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3 years

Some drunk guy reaching across the bar to pull down my mask so he could “see my smile” is peak 2021 service industry

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Claire Chu

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4 years

Just saw a viral Facebook post claiming that Soros owns “the Wuhan lab where COVID-19 was created” and that’s enough Internet for tonight

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Claire Chu

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4 years

I won’t be dressing up for Halloween this year, but I will be channeling last year’s costume. Give me strength.

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Claire Chu

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4 years

No, it’s very sane. To politicize something is to make it an issue of public concern. And the risk of millions of federal employees having a vested financial interest in Chinese military contractors should certainly be an issue of public concern.

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White House trying to stop gov’t employee pension fund from investing in int’l index funds with exposure to China. This is INSANE. I’ve lived through a politicized pension fund board. It’s a disaster for the pensioners. Pathetic.

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Claire Chu

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3 years

Those in the China policy sphere who have failed to denounce the use of caustic and irresponsible language characterizing China as dirty, unsanitary, “unleashing the China virus,” etc. are complicit in the rise in hate crimes and the collective trauma of Asian Americans.

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Claire Chu

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3 years

The WH has released a fact sheet on the new Executive Order signed by Biden to clarify and expand EO 13959. It gives Treasury authority to prohibit US investment in Chinese military companies, their direct subsidiaries, and Chinese surveillance companies.

FACT SHEET: Executive Order Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain...

Today, President Biden signed an Executive Order (E.O.) to further address the ongoing national emergency declared in E.O. 13959 of November 12, 2020 with respect to the threat posed by the militar...

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Claire Chu

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4 years

The U.S. Department of Treasury has published an official set of FAQs and list of entities to provide guidance for the implementation of EO 13959, which prohibits U.S. investment in Chinese military companies (as identified by the Department of Defense).

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4 years

For those questioning this move - it’s totally possible to invest in emerging markets on an institutional level without investing in problematic Chinese companies - even using an indexing strategy!

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EXCLUSIVE: @POTUS is moving swiftly to block the federal employees' pension fund @tsp4gov from a planned expansion of its investments into Chinese equities believed to be tied to China's military and intelligence apparatus.

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4 years

A former friend of mine is one of these HK expats. She spent the past month partying on boats and living her best life. I guess it’s easy when nobody in your social circle is invested in HK’s future, like at all

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4 years

Banter in a Hong Kong expat group on Facebook today...

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1 year

@stephendziedzic !

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4 years

Incredible gaslighting

Hu Xijin 胡锡进

@HuXijin_GT

4 years

17 injured Indian soldiers reportedly died due to lack of in-time rescue, which reflects the serious flaws of Indian army to provide emergency treatment to the wounded. This is not an army with real modern combat capabilities at plateau. Indian public opinion needs to stay sober.

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4 years

My dad is one of these grads. Originally from Taiwan, he came to the US for his postgrad education and stayed to develop semiconductor IP core tech in Silicon Valley. Important recs on attracting and retaining international talent to strengthen the US semiconductor workforce:

CSET

@CSETGeorgetown

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"More than 80% of international PhD graduates from semiconductor-related fields at U.S. universities stay in the country after completing their degrees," finds a new issue brief from @r_zwetsloot & Will Hunt.

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11 months

Dentons is taking the same exit strategy as Sequoia Capital and spinning off its China business into a separate legal entity… but its Hong Kong offices will remain a part of the global firm. Curious how long until that’s no longer the case.

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If u follow the global/Chinese law industry you'll know that it was a big deal when Dentons added the Chinese characters "大成" to its global logo in 2015. Now it is delinking with China (and will drop the Chinese characters from its name) 1/3

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Claire Chu

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3 years

This morning, I testified alongside @Samantha_E_Ross , @ELforeignpolicy , and Karen Sutter before the House Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship and Capital Markets on the risks to investors and the U.S. posed by Chinese issuers.

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3 years

Heart is heavy, too tired to experience my full range of emotions right now but I’m certain that it ranges from fear to anger, punctuated by profound sadness. Going to bed now. Will spend tomorrow learning how I can further AAPI advocacy from my little corner of the internet.

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3 years

Friend said that she saw a group of them walking back to Navy Yard. Just a couple of bros headed home to get some rest after a big day of domestic terrorism! It’s absolutely wild.

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i cant really wrap my head around the fact people who violently breached the building, and trashed it were allowed to just...leave the capitol.

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4 years

Phone call with parents, briefly lost connection - Dad: What were you saying, you were talking about China again? Mom: That’s all she talks about

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Claire Chu

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4 years

Oh and remember when the dean told a senior, who had a successful online fitness business selling workout guides and gym clothes, that her IG was too sexual and she had the choice to either take it down or be disenrolled? In her last month of high school? #exposemitty

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4 years

The ambulances are honking. Some guy driving by while his passenger bangs pots and pans out the window. Bicyclists joining in with their very small yet not inconsequential horns.

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5 years

Flagship businesses, including Alibaba, Geely Holding and Wahaha, are among the first to have “government officials” transferred across to them to “coordinate government affairs” and help with “policy solutions and project implementations"

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4 years

CFIUS made a poor decision in 2016 when it approved the EyeVerify acquisition and allowed Ant Group to take full ownership of Zoloz and its biometrics data on U.S. individuals. It’s time to reconsider the export licenses involved.

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4 years

My fiancé, who works in finance, made me a PowerPoint instead of a card for my birthday and I really love it.

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Claire Chu

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6 months

Protests broke out at Taipei Songshan Airport earlier today after a flight to Kinmen island was cancelled, stranding many people trying to fly home to vote. Taiwan’s election laws require voters cast their ballots in person, at the station closest to their registered address.

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Claire Chu

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3 years

This is heartbreaking and infuriating. Randy Park says he tried unsuccessfully to go to the scene of the crime, and he still hasn’t been contacted by local police. He had to call the examiner to “figure out the body retrieval situation” and just wants to put his mom to rest.

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The son of a victim in the Atlanta rampage tells Daily Beast about his mom: — She loved dancing & sushi — She taught elementary school in Korea before coming to the US — “She was a single mother of two kids who dedicated her whole life to raising them."

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6 years

The Associated Press signed an agreement with Xinhua News Agency earlier this week to increase exchanges and expand cooperation in areas like AI and economic information. Reminder that Xinhua is a state-run censorship and disinformation platform (!!)

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Claire Chu

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4 years

So I was playing around with FaceApp and noticed that the new “weight change” filter seems a little... racist? The weight gain function visibly darkens my skin and makes my features look South Asian. The weight loss function lightens my skin and makes me look more East Asian.

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Claire Chu

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4 years

Credit to Taiwanese illustrator 土豆

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Claire Chu

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4 years

Russia is red, China is blue. This map is dumb, I’m embarrassed for you.

Donald Trump Jr.

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4 years

Okay, finally got around to making my electoral map prediction. #2020Election #VOTE

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3 years

On the flip side, people know where Taiwan is and it’s not Thailand!

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3 years

Well, which is it?!

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4 years

@MelissaEJordan @mariancw “Would you say that you were sexually harassed in your career?" "Oh, yeah! Oh, sure. Yeah. Every day. I mean, a lot. Especially when I started out.” (2018 interview)

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4 years

As an amateur genealogist equipped with free time and an Ancestry account, I’m prepared to offer my services to anyone who thinks immigration is bad. I will literally tell you the name of the ship that carried your poor Lithuanian great greats to America.

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4 years

One sec, updating my Linkedin

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4 years

Because $$$. Saudi Arabia is a part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, and the UAE have all set up joint investment funds with the Chinese government.

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Why is the Muslim world almost completely silent on the CCP🇨🇳 government's cruel treatment of China's Uighur people?

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4 years

The CCP killed my great-grandparents

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Tell me why you went into your field in 5 words or less.

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1 year

Ah those pesky Asian women from DC

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1 year

Something something NBA financial interests in China

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@SamuelBickett

1 year

Orwellian image of China foreign minister and concentration camp apologist Qin Gang gazing over a @WashWizards NBA game. Wonder how @CapitalOne feels about this?

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I spent five hours today training to process ballots as a ballot clerk and will be working very hard, early voting through November 3, to ensure that the ballots at my precinct are under control.

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3 years

Spotted at the corner store: boba in a can. Obviously bought one, for research. Will report back.

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1 year

Shoutout to all the active listeners at events who smile and nod along. The subtle affirmation is appreciated.

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4 years

My dad just held a roasted chestnut over his head and said, completely deadpan, that he’s giving me an example (舉例子/栗子). Dad jokes are universally bad!

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Claire Chu

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4 years

Just had two more packages stolen from my building today and it doesn’t sound like a big deal but I want to cry, I’m tired. We’ve had near daily break-ins for the past 2 weeks. Someone was banging on my door the other night trying to get in. People are getting really desperate.

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Section 4 of the EO specifies that the investment ban applies to any entity that is “publicly [listed] as a subsidiary of an entity already determined to be a Communist Chinese military company” - implicating all 129 companies that we identified.

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3 years

I can’t believe I’ve become one of those people who tweets at airlines.

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4 years

Has anyone ever seen Bannon and BBQ, Beer, Freedom in the same room? No? Just something to think about.

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Steve Bannon calls for beheading Dr. Fauci and FBI Director Wray: @FBI #Bannon

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Trying to understand the full scope of Chinese companies’ operations is wild. Like this company makes refrigerators and air conditioners, but also electronic warfare and radar systems. And this company leases commercial yachts, but also supplies enemy identification equipment.

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4 years

I don’t even need to open this, thank u next

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3 years

Two canceled flights later (thanks American)… he’s graduated! And we’re done with the Chicago long-distance chapter of our lives. Back to DC for good.

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3 years

They put my baby niece in jeans and I can’t stop laughing

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4 years

I would bet a lot of money that the majority of this 78% would renege on this pledge if faced with a minor inconvenience

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78% percent are willing to pay more for products if the company that made them moved manufacturing out of China via @business

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@nytimes This is not new, by the way. China Daily has been taking out paid ads in U.S. newspapers for at least a decade to push various CCP narratives

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4 years

I’m on a FaceTime call with a group of girlfriends from high school. One just mentioned that she has a new phone from her PR client, Huawei. Someone else asked: What’s Huawei? Do I want to get into it or not?

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I wonder if Adrian remembers telling me in first grade that he didn’t want to be my partner for an activity bc I should be with someone “the same type as me” like Alex Lim, the only other Asian kid in class.

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3 years

PSA: Gong Cha in Georgetown has MOCHI DONUTS today! I teared up at the sight.

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Claire Chu

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4 years

Hi, question, why does it say “foreign policy” in your profile?

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4 years

Question to the anarchists in my mentions: how much of China does China get to keep? It's clear you want Tibet, Xinjiang, Taiwan and Hong Kong carved out in the style of Western balkanization. Anywhere else? Will you stop at all until there is no China left?

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5 years

The @nytimes advertising policy claims to “maintain a clear separation between news/editorial matter and advertising.” It goes on to specify, ads that "simulate NYT news or editorial matter or that may be confused with our news or editorial matter are unacceptable”

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4 years

Is Ian Bremmer’s social media actually run by him or by a team of interns mining the internet for hot takes?

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6 years

Strange news of the week: Somaliland signed an MoU with China's Maxtor Bank to receive $1 billion in infrastructure investment, but Maxtor Bank doesn't appear on any official Chinese registry and appears nonexistent

Ministry of Investment Signs a Billion Dollar Deal with a Non-Existent Chinese Bank

On August 14th, the Minister of Investment Mohamed Ahmed Mohamoud and a Maxtor Bank, a major Chinese bank has signed a billion dollar Memorandum of Understanding. The press event featured the bank's...

somalilandchronicle.com

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Claire Chu

@ClaireJChu

4 years

I found these photos of my mom and her sister in indigenous Taiwanese dress. She cute!

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Claire Chu

@ClaireJChu

5 years

This letter comes via defamation lawyer Steven Friedman of Squire Patton Boggs, which has long represented the Chinese Embassy in Washington and has advised them on issues including Taiwan and Hong Kong, South China Sea, and trade.

Claire Chu

@ClaireJChu

5 years

Re. last week’s WSJ article on Huawei working with African governments to conduct espionage against opposition figures

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Claire Chu

@ClaireJChu

2 years

Hell yeah

A Speakeasy-Style Mahjong Bar With Dim Sum Is Opening in Arlington - Washingtonian

Bun’d Up chef Andrew Lo grew up watching his family and their staff play mahjong after hours at their Cantonese dim sum restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri. “You close down the restaurant and you all...

www.washingtonian.com

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Claire Chu

@ClaireJChu

4 years

✌🏻 read my mask ✌🏻

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Claire Chu

@ClaireJChu

4 years

Between the Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC) and its affiliate Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) - both designated by the Pentagon as Chinese military companies - there are at least 26 publicly traded subsidiaries with a presence in the U.S. capital markets.

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Claire Chu

@ClaireJChu

4 years

I’ve been running background checks and doing opposition research on my friends’ dates and their exes for 5+ yrs and think we could join forces to start a new business

Tony Lin 林東尼

@tony_zy

4 years

Been drafting nuanced, sensitive, and moving breakup texts for friends for 5+ yrs and that totally deserves a spot on my resume.

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Claire Chu

@ClaireJChu

2 years

Hoping there will be future opportunities to share more of the stories and further pull on these threads, because the ways in which China's private sector is engaging with the world alongside the Chinese state are dynamic and consequential.

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