Rebecca Arcesati

New MERICS report on China’s AI stack: merics.org/en/report/chin…

Xi Jinping (2012): "Our social system and ideology are fundamentally different from those of Western countries, which determines that our struggle and competition with them are irreconcilable, and thus inevitably long-term, complex, and sometimes extremely sharp. However, ...

If you think you’re the smartest person in every room, there’s a good chance you might be anything but that.

NEW – Analysis: China’s clean-energy exports in 2024 alone will cut overseas CO2 by 1% | @laurimyllyvirta Read here: buff.ly/V7BVSsL

The recent Epstein scandal has massively hurt Trump’s popularity, especially with independents and moderate Republicans. Polls show only 17% approve of his handling of the issue, with a net approval drop of –40 points. Many feel the government is hiding details, and Trump’s…

Per i più giovani su questa piattaforma: leggetevi la storia di Marcello Dell’Utri e del motivo per cui fu condannato. penalecontemporaneo.it/d/3216-la-cort…

Exclusive: For Jeffrey Epstein’s 50th birthday, friends created a book of bawdy letters. One was from Donald Trump. on.wsj.com/3TL8s7C

Big news in EU China relations this morning. The EU has passed its 18 package of sanctions after Slovakia dropped its veto. 2 Chinese banks to be listed. In Brussels this month, Wang Yi repeatedly warned Kallas that China would retaliate if this happened. Watch this space...

Beijing embarrasses the Trump team ➡️ Trump Admin: We gave up the H20 as part of trade talks. It’s not a unilateral concession for nothing. ➡️ Beijing (effectively): The H20 was not part of the trade talks. Thank you for your proactive unilateral concession.

U.S.-Based Wells Fargo Banker Blocked From Leaving China—Chinese authorities have placed an exit ban on a China-born executive after she entered the country recently @ByChunHan @RebeccaYFeng wsj.com/world/china/we…

NEW: We’ve just published @CSIS analysis of China’s threats to gallium supply chains. Firms and governments are understandably focused on rare earths, but they’re ignoring and misunderstanding China’s chokehold on gallium, a critical mineral that is crucial to military tech.

We had such a fun conversation yesterday about China's progress in chipmaking tools @CSETGeorgetown! Ft. the ever insightful @KhanSaifM (IFP), Dan Kim (TechInsights), Mario Palacios (Applied Materials), and @HannaDohmen. Recording available here: cset.georgetown.edu/event/rewiring…

Regardless of how bullish one is about photonic chips and Huawei-SMIC’s production capacity, it’s also worth noting that Europe quietly let Huawei acquire photonics research labs without blinking an eye. This never should’ve happened.

To my fellow Europeans, 450ml EU citizens : The EU, which had already disgraced itself by entering the Association agreement with Apartheid Israel years ago, is now refusing to suspend it. This is the final piece of evidence that the EU is consciously supporting Israel’s…

I raid israeliani su Gaza colpiscono anche la chiesa della Sacra Famiglia. Sono inaccettabili gli attacchi contro la popolazione civile che Israele sta portando avanti da mesi. Nessuna azione militare può giustificare un tale atteggiamento.

My early flight from Ordos to Beijing involved extended cruising at a relatively low altitude over Hebei, particularly the mountains in western Baoding. I got clear views of wind farms, solar farms, and the agricultural and local municipal layout of northern China. Thread:

Airbus has signed a new cooperation deal with its Chinese partner that will see the company localise more production of its A321 jet in China, with the announcement coming just a week ahead of a key EU-China leaders’ summit. scmp.com/economy/china-…

This. Also surprising how so few decision makers in gov’t and industry seem to be paying attention to this process. MOFCOM put out proposed revision to the tech export catalogue for comments between Dec/Jan. (Haven’t done a comparison between versions yet.)