Jarrod Watt
@Jay_Watt
Digital journo; podcast editor/producer; Oz news reporter RTHK3; journalism lecturer HKBU; ex SCMP, ABC, PBSFM, RRR: http://bsky.app/profile/jaywat…
Bloomberg scoop: China's largest shipping company is set to join the BlackRock-backed consortium for billionaire Li Ka-shing's ports, and is asking for a powerful role in the group to secure China's interest bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
I do love a #HongKong typhoon live blog: SCMP photogs out there getting the classic shots (sticky taped windows, man stands perilously close to wave smashing on wall) as well as snapping the unmoored vessel that so nearly drifted past the K- Town pier scmp.com/news/hong-kong…
There is no grumpiness quite like that of a #HongKong journo called in to work to "cover the T8" on a Saturday afternoon... and thoughts and prayers to the TV folk gearing up to stand by the ferry terminals in their safety helmets for their pieces to camera tomorrow
Gosh how curious Andrew Robb doesn't mention taking "consultancy payments" from Landbridge while Federal Trade Minister overseeing the sale of the port of Darwin in 2015. Many thanks @MayneReport for a bit of contemporary context for #China - #auspol coverage
Andrew Robb AO seems to specialise in helping foreign companies access strategic assets in the NT. He was the key man who assisted China's purchase of the Port of Darwin. Now he's a director of Delaware-registered Beetaloo Basin gas outfit Tamboran: ir.tamboran.com/corporate-gove…
The @WSJ has denied violating Hong Kong labour laws for its dismissal of an employee [Selena Cheng] after she was elected the head of the #HongKong #Journalists Association last year... it intended to contest the two charges brought against it scmp.com/news/hong-kong…
After the government said it would not intervene in @selina_cheng’s lawsuit against Dow Jones Publishing, the company now says it intends to contest the charges. Pre-trial hearing set for November 7; trial tentatively scheduled for December 18 scmp.com/news/hong-kong…
The IMF's latest External Sector Reports notes that "China and the United States present opposite patterns, with China becoming increasingly central in the international trade network but playing only a modest role in the global finance network, while the United States maintained…
Global current account balances widened by 0.6% of world GDP in 2024—a notable reversal of the post-pandemic narrowing. The latest External Sector Report finds that two-thirds of this widening reflects excess imbalances in major economies. imf.org/en/Publication…
Loving seeing #China #Europe trade #journalist @fbermingham chatting with @sinocism writer and #podcaster Bill Bishop about the #EU #Beijing summit, peeling the layers of diplomacy and scheduled events open.substack.com/live-stream/44…
Quality #cartoon souvenir from Matt Golding to fill the vacuum between #Trump launching defamation action and the start of the document discovery process with the @WSJ
UK, France, and 23 other nations demand an immediate end to Israel’s war on Gaza, condemning its aid delivery model as one that “deprives Palestinians of human dignity” aje.io/1jtvxx
What do Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Rupert Murdoch have in common? All colliding with Ghost of Jeffrey Epstein & risk being caught in reputational death spiral. Just as Banquo's Ghost hovered over Macbeth's dinner, Epstein haunts Oval Office. My new column: abc.net.au/news/2025-07-2…
Jho Low picked Con as his new name? Aussie Greeks would most likely just refer to him as malaka...
Billion Dollar Whale investigative journalists say Jho Low is living in China as a strategist for the government, and may be using an Aussie passport with a Greek-sounding name. The chosen name is Constantinos Achilles Veis. Veis means "bull," right? bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
That's going to make for a tough 3 pointer. Via 車cam L（香港群組) on Facebook.
🌀➕10 It's been a while since the TVB reporters have earned their raincoat and helmet
One fine day at the #HongKong border as Chikungunya fever spreads in Guandong: Harry Harrison’s #cartoon
#HongKong exam results and the revelations of AI use prompt Harry Harrison in today’s #cartoon
It’s on for young and old at the legendary #HongKong Metropol restaurant - the announcement of its closure in September has everyone clamouring for dim sum. Just watched a robot ankle tap the trolley lady.
