Andrew Browne
@abrownepek
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Prize-winning journalist at SEMAFOR, ex @wsj China Editor, Bloomberg New Economy Forum, Reuters Asia Pacific News Editor
New York
Joined February 2013
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#China is so far ahead in tech that Europe faces a crisis - what can it do to regain competitiveness. My latest for Chatham House. https://t.co/YsXmxq546o
chathamhouse.org
From AI and electric vehicles to robotics and pharmaceuticals, Beijing is driving a low-cost technology revolution with price tags that crush global competitors. But as Europe and the US scramble to...
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The Essential China Reading List of 2025 by @semafor @abrownepek. With books by @PatrickMcGee_ @danwwang @evadou @EmilyZFeng, me, and others https://t.co/RFk18wmoc3
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.@abrownepek: “China is now competing head-on not just against other advanced economies but the most vulnerable ones. In effect, it is blocking the ladder to prosperity for countries in the Global South.” https://t.co/eDWHVzp1rf
semafor.com
The country is bucking economists’ predictions, with huge consequences for the developing world.
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.@abrownepek: “China today is what the US used to be. It has scale. It has skills. Above all, it has national will, discipline, and stamina.” https://t.co/pDbB4Ttxma
semafor.com
The danger for Washington is that China, sensing US weakness, will start weaponizing its other industrial strengths.
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Trump's latest deal with China does little more than extricate himself from crises of his own making. Worse, he could sacrifice American security in pursuit of more deals. My latest in @TheAtlantic
theatlantic.com
Today he’s resolved little more than a crisis of his own making. What might he trade away later for such negligible gains?
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In other words, prepare for (1) China to retaliate tit-for-tat anytime the U.S. take a punitive action, (2) Beijing won't roll back this set of controls and you can bet China has studied plenty of other potential leverage points besides magnets and will be developing control
Bessent: China said they were going to put a rare-earth licensing regim on the entire world. And President Trump as the leader of the free world got this delayed by one year. Ingraham: What happens after one year? Bessent: We’ll be back at the table and we’ll get another
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Grateful for the opportunity to spend an hour with @niubi on the Trump-Xi meeting! Here are four key takeaways on the trade war and summit: 1⃣ POTUS started an unnecessary trade war with China. He escalated wildly, taking tariffs over 140%, while alienating the allies you want
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Reed @abrownepek on the US-China big picture
semafor.com
For more than 50 years, what appeared to be smart policy at the time had troubling consequences for the US.
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It is very clear that I owe @ischinger an apology, after our exchange at the @wef. I had underestimated the speed with which the United States under @realDonaldTrump would embark on a policy of unalloyed appeasement of both Russia and China.
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Wow. Wall Street Journal is moving its “center of gravity” in Asia from Hong Kong to Singapore. “Colleagues, mostly in Hong Kong, will be leaving us.”
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#JUSTIN 2.5 years after the security police raid of #StandNews, HK’s District Court has finally set a date to hand down verdict on the sedition case against the shuttered news platform and its two former chief editors.
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1/ The core premise of this piece by @IanPrasad is that public opinion on China is bad, so therefore political leaders are becoming locked into a hostile policy. I think the premise is wrong and the narrative undergirding it is out of date. (short thread) https://t.co/i6XgT0KOOJ
nytimes.com
In polls, Americans’ views of China are starting to resemble their views of the Soviet Union decades ago. That could make it harder to mend ties.
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The US and China “are so evenly matched that this time around, there can be no winner, only losers. Correspondingly, the first sign of a real thaw will come when both countries recognize that neither can dominate the other.” @abrownepek
washingtonpost.com
Distrust, balloons and trade: The obstacles to detente with China are formidable.
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How to thaw US-China relations? Nikki Haley and others outline the formidable challenges in @postopinions
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to China to discuss the relationship between Washington and Beijing. Foreign policy experts — @BatesGill1, @NikkiHaley, @ZongyuanZoeLiu, @Mike_Mazza, @abrownepek, Christopher Wood and @edelabruyere — weigh in:
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Heartbroken at the passing of my dear friend Claudia Rosett. One of the great journalists of our time. Requiescat in pace.
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@Justin_B_Smith explains the need for dialogue with China
semafor.com
China’s emergence as a great power and its evolving, complex relations with the US and other countries is perhaps the biggest news story in the world.
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Wow, just learned that I have been named one of Germany’s 100 women of the year! Thanks @focusonline! So humbled and happy to be part of this list 💃🏻💃🏾💃💃🏾💃🏼💃🏽💃🏻💃🏽💃🏻💃🏼💃🏼💃🏾
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Delighted to chat with Jonathan Krane of @KraneShares at an investor conference in NYC (nicely timed for a China market bounce)
CEO Jonathan Krane and @abrownepek of the @BrunswickGroup having a fireside chat on @KraneShares beginnings and looking ahead. Watch our conference here: https://t.co/YCh8NyYO67
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