Flashback to April 8, 2009: “Basically, somebody from the Chinese Ministry of Culture had a problem with the fact that I’d done a gig for the Tibetans twelve years ago, a f---ing gig I don't even remember. But these Communists clearly have long memories.” https://t.co/RdgmgF8LNS

Q: Foreign media have compared China to an “oasis of certainty” in an uncertain global environment. What is your comment? Guo Jiakun: Optimism for China’s economy has increasingly become a prevailing consensus among various parties. https://t.co/igZOZyFBgv

@TByGraceZhu @EskelundJens @EuropeanChamber @TaxPolicyCenter Zhang Jun, dean of the School of Economics at Fudan University, via @KeithBradsher: “For China to expand domestic demand, it is necessary to minimize the trade surplus, and in the future it may even need to consider maintaining a trade deficit.” https://t.co/pfZBOHRL0w

Meet the Friends of an Alleged Chinese Agent Whose Fate Now Rests With a Jury—Linda Sun, a former New York state aide, was often pictured with some of the Chinese Communist Party’s allies in the U.S. @jamestareddy @mingli_mingli https://t.co/0NXIIX3h3U https://t.co/0NXIIX3h3U

A U.S. special operations team boarded a ship in the Indian Ocean last month and seized military-related articles headed to Iran from China, U.S. officials said, a rare interdiction operation aimed at blocking Tehran from rebuilding its military arsenal. https://t.co/iIWkbTUzv8

U.S. Forces Raid Ship, Seize Cargo Headed to Iran From China—Operation highlights the Trump administration’s use of aggressive tactics against adversaries at sea that were rarely used in the past @benoitfaucon @laraseligman https://t.co/iIWkbTU1FA https://t.co/iIWkbTU1FA

@IEA Eighteen states, including major hosts of U.S. data centers, have over half of their planned solar and storage capacity at risk of being blocked, the industry group said. https://t.co/hxAYXQWnKZ

@IEA Expanding the grid is hard. In a letter, the Solar Energy Industries Association told the Energy Department that America’s position as a global AI leader was “stymied by onerous and unstable permitting policies and insufficient transmission capacity.” https://t.co/hxAYXQWVAx

@IEA A White House spokeswoman said the president’s agenda would position the nation to “win the AI race while simultaneously lowering energy prices and increasing grid efficiency.” https://t.co/hxAYXQWnKZ

@IEA In the U.S., where some tech companies are building their own power plants for data centers, Trump has pledged to match China’s power build-out. https://t.co/hxAYXQWVAx

@IEA China’s energy spending spree is contributing to a debt load that is dragging on its economy. At State Grid, the state-owned grid operator, debt and other liabilities grew by more than 40% from the start of 2019 to year-end 2024, to around $450 billion. https://t.co/hxAYXQWVAx

@IEA In the U.S., operators in markets such as northern Virginia typically pay 7 to 9 cents a kilowatt-hour, said Michael Rareshide, a partner in charge of the data-center practice at real-estate advisory Site Selection Group. https://t.co/hxAYXQWVAx

@IEA In Tibet, China is building the world’s largest hydropower project. Chinese data centers can now secure power for as little as 3 cents a kilowatt-hour using longer-term purchase agreements, according to China’s National Energy Administration. https://t.co/hxAYXQWVAx

@IEA China now has 3.75 terawatts of power-generation capacity, more than double U.S. capacity. It has 34 nuclear reactors under construction, according to the World Nuclear Association, and nearly 200 others planned or proposed. https://t.co/hxAYXQWnKZ

@IEA Because the best locations were often far away from population centers in the east, China also erected the world’s biggest network of ultrahigh-voltage transmission lines, investing more than $50 billion since 2021, according to state media. https://t.co/hxAYXQWVAx

@IEA China’s campaign to expand its power grid dates to the 1970s. Communist leaders, worried that electricity shortages would hamper development, steered state-owned companies to build hundreds of coal-fired power plants. Later, they bet on renewables. https://t.co/hxAYXQWVAx

Trump’s OK of AI Chip Sales in China Called ‘Dangerous’ by Senate Democrats—Senators say allowing sales of Nvidia’s H200 processors in China undoes past U.S. containment efforts @RWhelanWSJ https://t.co/lqNZxaU3LG https://t.co/lqNZxaU3LG

@jamestareddy Guan’s name appears through an online portal of ICE detainees, indicating he was held in New York state. The agency and the Broome County jail where his supporters say Guan is being held didn’t respond to questions. https://t.co/NNPnzxFnkD

@jamestareddy The group says the 38-year-old arrived in the U.S. illegally in 2021 and was detained in August during an ICE operation targeting his roommate. https://t.co/NNPnzxFVab

@jamestareddy A Chinese citizen who fled after gathering evidence of alleged human-rights violations against the nation’s Uyghur population is at risk of being returned there after being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, his supporters said. https://t.co/NNPnzxFVab

ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps—Congressman and activists warn of risks to citizen-journalist if returned to China @jamestareddy https://t.co/NNPnzxFVab https://t.co/NNPnzxFVab