Nico Luchsinger
@halbluchs
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Executive Director @AsiaSocietyCH. Ex-medieval historian. Ex-journalist. Ex-guy who does something with startups. RTs ≠ endorsements, etc.
Zurich, Switzerland
Joined July 2007
Monocle on Sunday: Tyler Brûlé is joined by @halbluchs, @ChandraKurt and Chris Luebkeman. We get the latest from @pburtsoff in Helsinki and Prashanth Shanmugan brings us the latest on the @LucerneDialogue
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Tyler Brûlé is joined by Nico Luchsinger, Chris Luebkeman and Chandra Kurt to review the week’s news, with updates from...
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Some very cool news: "The Party's Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping" was named a best book of 2025 by the Economist and a best history book of 2025 by BBC History Magazine
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Thank you very much for joining us last week Desmond! It was great to have you.
State of Asia: Thoughtful Voices, Meticulous Setup Spoke at Asia Society Switzerland’s State of Asia last week — here’s my interview: https://t.co/34fkn7U5Vh… Each Asia Society chapter runs independently. This one stands out — well-funded, well-organized, and easily the
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State of Asia: Thoughtful Voices, Meticulous Setup Spoke at Asia Society Switzerland’s State of Asia last week — here’s my interview: https://t.co/34fkn7U5Vh… Each Asia Society chapter runs independently. This one stands out — well-funded, well-organized, and easily the
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At the #StateofAsia2025. Time of whirlwind geopolitics and volatile geoeconomics. No better place to take stock than on neutral ground of #Switzerland. @AsiaSociety
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Looking forward to speaking at STATE OF ASIA 2025, where experts unpack Asia’s most important trends – and their global impact, with a special session on India, where I will be speaking, with @jamescrabtree and @MilanV
https://t.co/J0Iw3oXq30
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Asia' high #diplomacy week+ has been a win-win-win for all involved. - 🇺🇸 got deals w/ 🇨🇳 & others, Trump's photo op, Hegseth's #defence diplomacy followed. - XJP got his own deals & reassurance from US allies & non-aligned alike. - #Asean & #APEC hosts confirmed convening power
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Back from a conference in China. One impression about China-Europe relations. A desire to work together, but a lack of trust. China sees Europe as caving to the US at crunch time. Europe sees China as supporting Russia, an existential foe of Europe. This affects other, including
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Thank you @NZZ for publishing an interview with me about the 4th plenum and my research on Chinese politics (in German)
Xi Jinping hat die Macht in China so stark auf sich konzentriert wie keiner seit Mao. Joseph Torigian erforscht autoritäre Systeme. Er erklärt, was Xi antreibt, weshalb er seine Nachfolge fürchtet und warum das Land immer noch an Fünfjahresplänen festhält.
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China's Fourth Plenum ends: 1. Super-low attendance suggests record purge of Central Committee 2. Near-record discipline of 10 members & 4 alternates 3. Xi affirms PLA purges by promoting discipline boss Zhang Shengmin to replace He Weidong as CMC Vice-Chair Thoughts.. 1/
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In FA, GOAT MIT PhD: PRC's CCP cadres chasing GDP KPIs = EV/PV overcapacity. VAT structure + RE crash = local govs YOLO into BYD clones. SOE zombies get EZ credit; VC/PE for SMEs MIA. Even w/ DeepSeek flex, system rewards CTRL+C > R&D. TL;DR: XJP's new "quality productive
Sharing my piece in @ForeignAffairs where I argue that, unlike the common perception, China’s overcapacity problem is NOT primarily about government subsidies (many of which have been rolled back) or lack of domestic demand (true in general, but not the leading cause in green
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On October 22, @jcmittelstaedt of the University of Zurich will host me at 5 pm. https://t.co/dysqixYtug
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BREAKING: INDIA, CHINA TO RESUME DIRECT FLIGHTS THIS MONTH Direct air services connecting designated points in India and China can resume by late October 2025, says India statement
Breaking: India, China to start direct flights, PM Modi tells Chinese President Xi Jinping
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India’s economy needs to expand at an extraordinary 12.2% pace each year to solve its underemployment crisis, Morgan Stanley economists warned. The youth jobless rate stands at 17.6%, the highest in the region, while a surge of workers into agriculture had pushed farm employment
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India’s economy needs to expand at an extraordinary 12.2% pace each year to solve its underemployment crisis, Morgan Stanley economists warned, underscoring the risk that millions of young Indians...
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Had the exact same thought!
Has to be the easiest choice -- D. Can even sneak in some Sicilian and Greek into the mix with Turkish.
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India's first trade pact this year will come into force 1st Oct-EFTA -Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland countries & India-TEPA trade pact. Ministers from these countries, along with Trade Minister Goyal will be signing the pact. It was signed in March.
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We just adopted a new EU-India strategy. It offers stronger cooperation on trade, technology, climate, security and defence. But there are areas where we disagree. Ultimately our partnership is about defending the rules-based international order. My press remarks ↓
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Last chance to register to listen to @danwwang talking about Chinese Engineers vs. US Lawyers and his NYT bestselling book "Breakneck" at @AsiaSocietyNYC tonight, I'm introducing for @chinabksreview!
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Join technology specialist Dan Wang to discuss his new book, in conversation with Julian Gewirtz, a former senior official in the Biden administration.
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Monocle on Sunday: @GoranaGrgic and @halbluchs join Tyler Brûlé to go over the week’s news. We also hear from Lyndee Prickitt in New Delhi, Andrew Tuck in London and Christian Jungen from @zurichfilmfest
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“Are you worried about humanity?” Author Bora Chung discusses her short story collection "Your Utopia" with Serena Jung, Program & Strategy Director at @AsiaSocietyCH. The German translation of the collection will be available at the end of September.
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