Isaac Stone Fish
@isaacstonefish
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CEO, Strategy Risks. Columnist, Barron's, contributor, @CBSNews. Visiting fellow, @AtlanticCouncil, adjunct, NYU.
下东区，NYC
Joined September 2009
A stunning 50% of Americans see China as the greatest threat to America. Agree or disagree, like it or not, support it or hate it, this is our reality. Businesses, Investors, regulators, elected officials, everyone needs to understand and discuss this. https://t.co/iZtHYul7sw
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In an open-ended question allowing Americans to name which country they see as the greatest threat to the U.S., 50% name China.
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Fascinating:
The response from this PRC rep is so dramatic, very theater-kid coded. "Palmer Luckey recently said that the Chinese mainland will likely launch military action on Taiwan in 2027. He opposes the US' involvement in the war and said that Taiwan should be made into a 'super-hairy
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Beijing's "period of strategic opportunity" incarnate
Fascinating how little of Dick Cheney's legacy had to do with China. He was one of the most powerful Republican politicians of the last half-century, and yet none of the obituaries I read about him even mentioned China once.
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Two defining voices on justice and culture take center stage: Chief Medaria “Rondo” Arradondo and journalist Jane Eisner join …. SHAKE IT OFF WITH MERT & LUCAS — LIVE! Sunday, Nov. 9, 2025 | 7–9 PM EST | AM970 Radio | Replays streaming everywhere.
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I agree with this:
@isaacstonefish The 2001 Hainan Incident was the most interesting 🇺🇸/🇨🇳 development of the Bush II years. It demonstrated 🇺🇸 had no appetite for military conflict with 🇨🇳, even though it occupied a position of significant relative advantage. Then 9/11 happened, and 🇨🇳 had a decade+ of extra
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Translated: China wants to freeze any and all competitive actions from the U.S. If America takes actions on Taiwan, criticizes Beijing’s human rights violations, or questions the CCP’s dictatorship, Xi reserves the right to back out of his agreement with Trump. Taiwan wasn’t
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What does @ZohranKMamdani think about China, the world's most important socialist country and arguably the most important foreign policy issue New York City faces? More trade with China? BYD buses in NYC streets? How does he feel about Huawei? He's said practically nothing on
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The richest man in Britain wouldn't be among the top 100 in the United States or the top 25 in China. Fascinating.
Gopichand Hinduja, Britain’s richest man, dies at 85
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Fascinating how little of Dick Cheney's legacy had to do with China. He was one of the most powerful Republican politicians of the last half-century, and yet none of the obituaries I read about him even mentioned China once.
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Is someone tracking all of the videos where an American, Australian, Canadian or British politician goes to China, sees a laughably skewed version of China's reality, and then makes a campaign promise about it?
If we want more housing, we’ve got to make it easier to build. Guangzhou proves cutting red tape, going for growth, and boosting productivity can create more jobs and homes. That’s what we need in Victoria.
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I'm sure I miss a lot of nuances in Chinese but I think the three least rigid/serious-seeming moments I've ever seen from Xi all seemed to occur in the last week (joking about tapping Lee Jae Myung's phone, laughing with Trump, wincing at Korean rice wine)
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China has dramatically expanded its presence and influence across the Pacific Islands with the intent to strategically align the region more closely with its own interests, I argue in a new essay for @ForeignAffairs based on two years of research for @CrisisGroup. While China’s
“For the United States and its allies, it will be imperative to find new ways to address the Pacific Islands’ priorities and concerns, even as they seek to balance China,” argues @MichaelKovrig. https://t.co/uxMjbA0mKw
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STOP SAYING THE CHINESE PLAY THE LONG GAME. It's Orientalist foolishness that has to leave our discourse with China. --Read a Five Year Plan from five years ago and see how different China has become than the leaders predicted. --Chinese people are human beings, who think, like
CBS: The Chinese play the long game... @POTUS: "We play the long game, too." CBS: How big of a threat is China? @POTUS: "It's like everybody else. We're a threat to them, too... I think we get along very well, and I think we can be bigger, better, and stronger by working with
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I've gotten several responses like this, about my 'arrogance,' 'imperial,' and 'colonial' views about Singapore. That's a much safer response -- it allows people to dismiss my ideas without grappling with them. Would love to see free and fair polling from Singaporeans on whether
Isaac showing a great example of pure American arrogance here. Instead of listening to one of Singapore's senior leaders explain how Singapore views China, Isaac thinks he knows Singapore better and projects his personal opinion as fact. This type of arrogance and attitude is
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STOP SAYING THE CHINESE PLAY THE LONG GAME. It's Orientalist foolishness that has to leave our discourse with China. --Read a Five Year Plan from five years ago and see how different China has become than the leaders predicted. --Chinese people are human beings, who think, like
CBS: The Chinese play the long game... @POTUS: "We play the long game, too." CBS: How big of a threat is China? @POTUS: "It's like everybody else. We're a threat to them, too... I think we get along very well, and I think we can be bigger, better, and stronger by working with
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I fixed this for you: "Most countries in Asia, including my own country Singapore, are too afraid of China to admit publicly that they see it as a threat...it is a geographic reality."
"Most countries in Asia do not see China as a threat.... it is a geographic reality." @leehsienloong of 🇸🇬 on how countries in Southeast Asia view China's rise. Watch our event➡️ https://t.co/PBET9xIfvi
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I fixed this for you: "Most countries in Asia, including my own country Singapore, are too afraid of China to admit publicly that they see it as a threat...it is a geographic reality."
"Most countries in Asia do not see China as a threat.... it is a geographic reality." @leehsienloong of 🇸🇬 on how countries in Southeast Asia view China's rise. Watch our event➡️ https://t.co/PBET9xIfvi
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Great to see Secretary Hegseth call him Chairman Xi and not President Xi.
I just spoke to President Trump, and we agree — the relationship between the United States and China has never been better. Following President Trump’s historic meeting with Chairman Xi in South Korea, I had an equally positive meeting with my counterpart, China’s Minister of
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The Trump administration should use the shutdown to dismantle the horribly inefficient and unecessary TSA flight screening system. Why? Two reasons. --It's a massive, recent, bloated government bureaucracy. --More importantly, it's frozen in time. It focuses on the national
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The most hawkish people on China I know are all Chinese citizens or Chinese Americans who were born in China. They've lived it, and they get it.
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The China threat is real, but that shouldn’t be a reason for anti-Chinese racism. Anti-Chinese racism is real, but that shouldn’t be a reason for avoiding discussing the China threat.
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