With 4 years of working on China-Central Asia from the ground, there are a lot of granular details I have never found a home for. This year from here in Tokyo I will be writing a 10-part series for Jamestown Foundation

Watch this space, first piece out soon👇
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とても高いですね🇺🇸

The Chinese railway has barely been operational for a few months, how has it already 'completely changed people's lives'? Some of this stuff is just
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Something about this reminds me of the novel, The Wanting Seed
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just a few missteps and a great city too can lose it all, what a day will 2024 March 8 be, when going backwards is this easy, no wonder many parts of the world struggles to move even an inch forward

Who refused to believe US intelligence about Putin's intentions? Who kept on calling Vladimir and suggesting summits? And who argued only last year that we must not humiliate Russia?