Carl Worker
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Auckland small business owner. Retired NZ diplomat. Former Ambassador to China, CT Amb, Amb to Argentina, C-G in Hong Kong, and Chargé in Washington DC.
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Joined March 2011
BREAKING: Zohran Mamdani wins New York City mayoral election
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RT @OopsGuess: You joke about China’s “9-Dash Line,” yet your country quietly maintains its own 99-dash empire scattered islands, reefs, an…
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US seeks two-year UN mandate for Gaza stabilisation force - a key part of Trump plan. Needs more work!
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New York Times: Deployment of international troops could reinforce the fragile ceasefire.
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Quite risky to have handed so much coin to the other side in such an important negotiation.
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Indian Trade Minister’s visit signals momentum towards Free Trade Agreement - Bhav Dhillon
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OPINION: The deal could double New Zealand’s export growth with India.
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An excellent meeting with FM @gidonsaar of Israel today in New Delhi. Productive discussions on strengthening our Strategic Partnership across various domains. Reaffirmed our zero tolerance towards terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Appreciate FM Sa’ar sharing
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If Zohran Mamdani wins tomorrow, he’ll have defeated not just Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa. He’ll have defeated DoorDash, Airbnb, Mike Bloomberg, Walmart heiress Alice Walton, Bill Ackman, and a long list of billionaire donors.
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There is a hunger for bold, transformative politics in the United States right now. Zohran Mamdani shows how the Left can run on a principled, disciplined message that speaks to voters’ lived...
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On Trump's G2: Biden officials said the phrase instills fear among US allies in China's neighborhood. But restrainers see the concept as a natural development and an acknowledgement that the U.S. can no longer maintain dominance in Asia. @jekavanagh
https://t.co/Ao3YOSaCGx
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On 28 Oct, we hosted an event to hear from NZ journalists Dita De Boni and Liam Dann after their week in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen on the NZCC 2025 Media trip. Topics covered China’s economy, US–China relations, AI in China and more. Their articles https://t.co/CvxYmZj4bq
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Council Chair John McKinnon is leading a “Track 2” visit to Hong Kong SAR, Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen , joined by Asia New Zealand Foundation, and Victoria University of Wellington Contemporary China Research Centre. Great discussion in Hong Kong. Next stop: Beijing
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NEW Nexperia update: Commission tells me Mofcom has been "engaging with EU companies in recent days to restore partial flow of chips" Welcomes development to "avoid a worst-case scenario & creates time & space for China and Netherlands to find a stable, lasting solution"
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President #XiJinping meets Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin: China and Russia aim for high-quality development
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From the final report of the Jan 6 commission: "That evidence has led to an overriding and straightforward conclusion: the central cause of January 6th was one man, former President Donald Trump, whom many others followed. None of the events of January 6th would have happened
This is a total disgrace. The BBC has doctored footage of Trump to make it look as though he incited a riot - when he in fact said no such thing. We have Britain’s national broadcaster using a flagship programme to tell palpable untruths about Britain’s closest ally. Is anyone at
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@RapidResponse47 @StephenM “The Democrat Party has become dangerously, violently radicalized"? This is coming from the man who is the leading example of how the Republican Party has become dangerously, violently radicalized.
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Not just the chief architect of the war on terror. You can draw a straight line from the wars and unaccountable executive power he promoted to the current shitshow of our politics in America
Dick Cheney, the influential GOP vice president to George W. Bush and chief architect of the "war on terror," has died. He was 84. https://t.co/BnVjNGVdft
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“Take a step back, however, and in terms of raw national power, the world has two great powers, not more. In fact, the gap in national power between the United States and China compared to the rest of the pack is significant. Both countries are simultaneously expanding the
I appreciated the opportunity of my visiting fellowship at @ISEAS in Singapore this fall to step back from the daily churn to reflect on the end of Pax Americana and implications for SE Asia. Sharing a brief summary of my findings here. Feedback welcome.
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Awful... European leaders including Friedrich Merz and Ursula von der Leyen will skip the EU’s summit with Latin American and Caribbean states due in part to concerns over angering Donald Trump. https://t.co/p5fsnd3pcY
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European leaders including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will skip the EU’s summit with Latin American and Caribbean states due in part to...
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