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# ![@JChengWSJ Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::382788364.png) @JChengWSJ Jonathan Cheng

Jonathan Cheng posts on X about china, arcteryx, beijing, taiwan the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XXX posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[countries](/list/countries)  XXXXX% [finance](/list/finance)  XXXXX% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  XXXX% [stocks](/list/stocks)  XXXX% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  XXXX% [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands)  XXXX% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  XXXX% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  XXXX% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands)  XXXX% [gaming](/list/gaming)  XXXX%

**Social topic influence**
[china](/topic/china) #1163, [arcteryx](/topic/arcteryx) #126, [beijing](/topic/beijing) #85, [taiwan](/topic/taiwan) #327, [japan](/topic/japan) #2728, [tariffs](/topic/tariffs) #783, [white house](/topic/white-house) #1019, [the world](/topic/the-world) 2.11%, [countries](/topic/countries) #2209, [business](/topic/business) XXXX%

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**Top assets mentioned**
[Amer Sports, Inc. (AS)](/topic/$as)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

"FT: Will the next blockbuster drug come from China The biopharma industry is booming following record investment and improved supply chainsIn an industrial suburb of Shanghai a changing of the guard in drugmaking is unfolding. @EleanorOlcott"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1996104864636789096)  2025-12-03T06:31Z 88.2K followers, 6147 engagements


"Chinese Jets Locked Radar on Japanese FightersTokyo says incidents in international waters near Okinawa were dangerous as diplomatic tensions with Beijing simmer @wsj_douglasj"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997509117687296347)  2025-12-07T03:31Z 88.2K followers, 5577 engagements


"Chinas official factory gauge edged up on stronger production and demand in November but remained in contraction for an eighth straight month"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1995289491997606337)  2025-12-01T00:31Z 88.2K followers, 2012 engagements


"The official manufacturing purchasing managers index came in at XXXX in November marking the eighth consecutive month below the threshold of XX which signals a contraction in activity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1995291287558475777)  2025-12-01T00:38Z 88.2K followers, 1294 engagements


"@hannahmiao_ Now homegrown rivals have overtaken Western brands in China in many industries. Starbucks recently announced it was selling a majority stake in its China business to Chinese private-equity firm Boyu Capital"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1995706450237444242)  2025-12-02T04:07Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ The American coffee company has lost market share in China to cheaper local rivals such as Luckin Coffee which dethroned Starbucks as the countrys biggest coffee chain by sales and stores in 2023"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1995707047535362140)  2025-12-02T04:10Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"A Newly Confident China Is Jockeying for More Global Clout as Trump Pulls BackFeeling empowered after a clash over trade Beijing looks to exploit Americas inward turn @yarotrof"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1996059566673686804)  2025-12-03T03:31Z 88.2K followers, 8459 engagements


"The Economist: From micro-dramas to video games Chinese entertainment is boomingBut how much slack will the Communist Party give creators"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1996474802689716627)  2025-12-04T07:01Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"A bipartisan group of U.S. senators including Tom Cotton on Thursday unveiled a bill that would block the Trump administration from loosening rules that restrict Beijings access to artificial intelligence chips from Nvidia and AMD for XXX years"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1996837190383649113)  2025-12-05T07:01Z 88.2K followers, 1618 engagements


"Arcteryx Won Over China With a $1000 Jacket. Now Its Popping Up Everywhere. The upscale outdoor brand is using its experience to power global expansionand keep finance bros everywhere warm @hannahmiao_"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997154279837331751)  2025-12-06T04:01Z 88.2K followers, 6492 engagements


"Now that the flow of technology has reversed they use the phrase openly. In a recent presentation on its business in China executives from Volkswagen (VW) happily noted that it was leveraging local partners for technology transfer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997200584819040475)  2025-12-06T07:05Z 88.2K followers, 1364 engagements


"@yarotrof @HuiyaoWang @CCG_org So is the emergence of blue skies in Beijing and other major cities where pollution has been dramatically reduced in part thanks to the adoption of electric vehicles and tough emission standards"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997471369357910055)  2025-12-07T01:01Z 88.2K followers, 1263 engagements


"@hannahmiao_ SHANGHAIJust about every day since Arcteryx opened a store so big it calls it a museum shoppers wait in line to enter the glass building on luxury shop-lined West Nanjing Road"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997539317032669228)  2025-12-07T05:31Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ Rocky walls are designed to evoke the mountains near Arcteryx headquarters in Vancouver. Its a backdrop for $1000 waterproof jackets with a dinosaur-fossil logo that have become a status symbol for finance bros in Shanghai London and New York"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997543389726990397)  2025-12-07T05:47Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ The upscale outdoor brand Arcteryx is conquering China where many luxury brands are struggling and is taking its playbook global. In November it opened a flagship store in New Yorks Rockefeller Center with more openings planned"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997543846389891542)  2025-12-07T05:49Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ Its success in China is riding a cultural shift. As a real-estate boom has turned to a bust wealthy Chinese shoppers have pulled back from flashy luxury. High value is the new high end. Outdoor activities are catching on making the style aspirational"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997544599892684809)  2025-12-07T05:51Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ The company has become a hit with shoppers who might never see a mountain up close but still want a jacket that can keep them dry on the way to work. They are the Chinese equivalent of suburban Americans who buy rugged SUVs for their carpools"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997545356406460893)  2025-12-07T05:55Z 88.2K followers, 1054 engagements


"@hannahmiao_ We sit in between sport and luxury Stuart Haselden CEO of Arcteryx said in an interview. Its helped us to do well as the consumer environment has been challenging in China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997546703864639926)  2025-12-07T06:00Z 88.2K followers, 1126 engagements


"Beijing says Taiwan is a domestic affair and reacted with fury. It urged Chinese travelers to stay away from Japan threatened to stop imports of Japanese seafood and continues to wage a campaign against Takaichi in diplomatic circles and state media"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997838286593896820)  2025-12-08T01:19Z 88.2K followers, 1072 engagements


"AP: Chinese forces fired three flares from an island toward a Philippine plane undertaking a patrol in the South China Sea but the incident did not cause any problem and the aircraft proceeded with its mission the Philippine coast guard said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997839656503873921)  2025-12-08T01:24Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@jessicacweiss Weiss who advised the Biden-era State Department pointed in particular to the fact that the strategy document doesnt name China as the U.S.s greatest challenge as the Biden White House did in 2022"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997851130781638883)  2025-12-08T02:10Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@jessicacweiss @RyanFedasiuk @AEI Fedasiuk said that what he regards as a tempering of the U.S. stancefrom one that opposes unilateral changes to the status quo over Taiwan under Biden to one in which the U.S. merely does not support any unilateral changewill be cheered in Beijing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997853531357991031)  2025-12-08T02:19Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ Arcteryxs gear is a China-powered global challenger to the Patagonia vest: its parent company is partially owned by Anta Sports Products Chinas largest sportswear company and the third biggest in the world by revenue behind Nike and Adidas"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997856405991088524)  2025-12-08T02:31Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ China is the worlds second-largest consumer market after the U.S. with $X trillion in annual household spending. But the country has become a headache for international brands as economic momentum has slowed and consumers have gotten choosier"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997857575401091388)  2025-12-08T02:35Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ Gucci parent Kering and Louis Vuitton parent LVMH have struggled with sales in China. The general economic environment still creates a low consumer confidence Gucci CEO Francesca Bellettini said in July. The consumer is for sure more discerning"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997857916075028589)  2025-12-08T02:37Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ Arcteryx raised its total revenue to more than $X billion last year from $XXX million in 2020 driven by explosive expansion in China. Greater China accounted for XX% of its sales compared with about XX% of sales in 2020"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997859672431452211)  2025-12-08T02:43Z 88.2K followers, 1047 engagements


"@hannahmiao_ Amer reported a XX% year-over-year jump in greater China sales for the third quarter. Even its sponsorship of a fireworks display in Tibet in September which set off widespread outrage in China hasnt stopped its growth there. (Arcteryx has apologized.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997860935743226165)  2025-12-08T02:49Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@NiharikaSM @joshchin The risks are higher for the Plateau Eagles Chinese media slang for high-altitude military pilots. Footage of exercises broadcast by state media show helicopters weaving through jagged ranges referred to by names like Mountain Pass of Death"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997975930380435598)  2025-12-08T10:25Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@NiharikaSM @joshchin In one 2025 video Chinas state broadcaster quoted a pilot with the militarys 77th Group Army Chen Kaixing praising the progress such exercises unlocked: To keep up with technological change and the pace of modern warfare requires constant training"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997976447051567416)  2025-12-08T10:28Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Much of the aid$11 billionwill be in the form of one-time payments through the Farmer Bridge Assistance program which helps U.S. crop farmers. The remaining $X billion will go toward commodities not covered under the program the administration said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998221038673682928)  2025-12-09T02:39Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Trump Says U.S. Will Allow Nvidia H200 Chip Sales to China Get XX% CutPresidents decision to allow exports of powerful chip comes after meeting with companys chief executive @AmrithRamkumar @RWhelanWSJ"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998196145106071834)  2025-12-09T01:01Z 88.2K followers, 10.6K engagements


"@greg_ip @RushDoshi Their executives insisted they would never cannibalize sales outside China by exporting from those joint ventures recalls Michael Dunne of market research and advisory Dunne Insights"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998232383682757003)  2025-12-09T03:25Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@Lingling_Wei Former Finance Minister Lou Jiwei recently delivered a chilling prognosis: Chinas property contraction will likely continue for at least another five years. Lous prediction if it materializes could mean a slow-motion hemorrhage of capital"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998957264586289426)  2025-12-11T03:25Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Trumps National-Security Strategy Softens Language on ChinaWhite House document maintains some tough talk on Taiwan but drops references to Beijing as Americas main challenger"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997516667752956371)  2025-12-07T04:01Z 88.2K followers, 44.1K engagements


"See How a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Could UnfoldAn amphibious assault to conquer the island democracy would be one of the toughest military operations to pull off @NiharikaSM"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997546992294416699)  2025-12-07T06:01Z 88.2K followers, 14.4K engagements


"Another great transformation is underway in China. The worlds factory is fast becoming its first electro-state with an economy increasingly built on clean energy AI advanced manufacturing and control of key strategic materials"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997901704600199396)  2025-12-08T05:31Z 88.2K followers, 10.8K engagements


"Chinas Trade Surplus Tops $X Trillion Underscoring Its Export DominanceMilestone boosts Chinese economy even as it fuels global trade tensions @TByGraceZhu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997977202173059099)  2025-12-08T10:31Z 88.2K followers, 7609 engagements


"@NiharikaSM @Ian_M_Easton Defenders know the cities can set up sniper positions and make it difficult for China to identify strongholds nested in the concrete he said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998308384261734749)  2025-12-09T08:27Z 88.2K followers, 1365 engagements


"Fragile Foundation: Xis Global Gains Mask a Faltering Economy @Lingling_Wei"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998369789157552500)  2025-12-09T12:31Z 88.2K followers, 6133 engagements


"@greg_ip @RushDoshi @dunne_insights North America would be a natural candidate for a united front. To preserve the low tariffs codified in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Canada and Mexico might be willing to join the U.S. in raising barriers to China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998697762192294296)  2025-12-10T10:14Z 88.2K followers, 1032 engagements


"Russia and China say the bomber patrol was a normal part of regular cooperation between their militaries. Russia and China have conducted joint bomber flights since 2019. In July last year a joint patrol flew near Alaska"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998913370637086832)  2025-12-11T00:31Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@stuwoo He then rebranded the chips Sandkyan misclassified them as generic computer parts and shipped them to China or Hong Kong. The man now facing XX years in prison conspired with a Hong Kong logistics company and a Chinese AI company prosecutors said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998925494750949745)  2025-12-11T01:19Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@BrianSpegele As the second largest economy in the world China is simply too big to generate much growth from exports said IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Wednesday. Changes to its model are now long overdue and should be accelerated she added"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998937925791396397)  2025-12-11T02:08Z 88.2K followers, 1006 engagements


"@BrianSpegele Georgievas pointed remarks in Beijing part of an annual assessment by the IMF of Chinas economy came just days after the Chinese government disclosed that its trade surplus in goods topped $X trillion for the first time"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998941590417715646)  2025-12-11T02:23Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@Lingling_Wei A further five-year housing slump would raise the risk of a systemic financial crisis steadily turning banks vast exposure to developers builders and residential mortgages into toxic non-performing loans that would eat through capital buffers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998957386393071786)  2025-12-11T03:25Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"China now has the biggest power grid the world has ever seen. Between 2010 and 2024 its power production increased by more than the rest of the world combined. Last year China generated more than twice as much electricity as the U.S"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998959927625134589)  2025-12-11T03:36Z 88.2K followers, 1037 engagements


"AP: The Trump administration may have softened its language on China but Congress is charging ahead with more restrictions in a defense bill that would deny Beijing investments in sensitive sectors and reduce reliance on Chinese biotechnology. @tangdidi"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1999019067223490846)  2025-12-11T07:31Z 88.2K followers, 8004 engagements


"U.S. Flies Bombers in High-Profile Show of Support for JapanB-52s and Japanese jets over the Sea of Japan showcase alliance as China keeps pressure on Japan @wsj_douglasj"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1999026617163854055)  2025-12-11T08:01Z 88.2K followers, 1266 engagements


"Harvard Has Trained So Many Chinese Communist Officials They Call It Their Party SchoolKennedy School of Government is favored by party cadres seeking career boosts @ByChunHan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1929025361284661425)  2025-06-01T04:01Z 88.2K followers, 528.6K engagements


"@Kubota_Yoko Japan now says it wants to beef up production of neodymium magnets develop magnets using smaller amounts of rare earths and step up recycling"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1951227078558237001)  2025-08-01T10:22Z 88.2K followers, 1744 engagements


"Overheard in Germanys medical device sector on China: In my sector they look at the price-point of the market leader and sell for roughly half of thatEurope is not prepared for this hyper-competition"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1992080849689358479)  2025-11-22T04:01Z 88.2K followers, 685.9K engagements


"The Economist: American and European firms are scouring the globe for promising molecules and increasingly they are finding them in China. The timing is rather awkward. America wants to reduce its reliance on Chinese supply chains"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1994587365843587104)  2025-11-29T02:01Z 88.2K followers, 2826 engagements


"Bloomberg: Two of Chinas private data agencies skipped releasing data on monthly home sales by the countrys top developers after state-backed China Vanke Co. stirred market concerns with its bond extension bid"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1995342340257661159)  2025-12-01T04:01Z 88.2K followers, 1355 engagements


"Foreign carmakers doing business in China once avoided talk of technology transfer. Their Faustian bargain with the countrys government allowed them to access its vast car market in return for the know-how they transmitted through joint ventures"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997199795190972416)  2025-12-06T07:01Z 88.2K followers, 7033 engagements


"Overheard in Taiwan: Xiaohongshu has been banned and now the day has come when I also have to use a VPN. Life in Taiwan is turning intomainland China. I must apologize to the people I made fun of for climbing over the Great Firewall. @AngelicaOung"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997207127786463323)  2025-12-06T07:31Z 88.2K followers, 11.7K engagements


"@greg_ip Beijing has discouraged Chinese companies that invest abroad from transferring key know-how such as in the production of iPhones and batteries. Xi has rejected fiscal reforms that would tilt its economy away from investment exports and saving"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997847849565048841)  2025-12-08T01:57Z 88.2K followers, 1363 engagements


"@jessicacweiss Beijing treats every written American commitment as a negotiating floor said @RyanFedasiuk a fellow at @AEI. The national-security strategy he said establishes the baseline from which Beijing negotiates and the baseline just moved"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997852053067219063)  2025-12-08T02:13Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ Arcteryx meanwhile prices its products about XX% higher in China than in the U.S. at a time when most of Chinas economy is gripped by deflation"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997858671141740826)  2025-12-08T02:40Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ The company is owned by Amer Sports which owns other sporting brands including Salomon and Wilson and is based in Finland. Anta purchased a controlling stake in Amer in 2019 with ambitions to become a household name globally"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997859057793982735)  2025-12-08T02:41Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"NYT: The Married Scientists Torn Apart by a Covid Bioweapon TheoryIn 2020 a Chinese virologist fled to the United States aided by allies of President Trump to promote her unproven theories about the origins of Covid-19. Her husband still cant find her"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997916803914416364)  2025-12-08T06:31Z 88.2K followers, 1406 engagements


"French President Emmanuel Macron has threatened China with tariffs if Beijing fails to take steps to reduce its massive trade surplus with the EU"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1997924353997238534)  2025-12-08T07:01Z 88.2K followers, 9180 engagements


"Trump to Unveil $XX Billion Bailout for FarmersThe financial aid comes as the agriculture sector grapples with the fallout from the presidents tariffs @schwartzbWSJ @natalieandrews @PatThomas1318"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998045150635794754)  2025-12-08T15:01Z 88.2K followers, 3261 engagements


"President Trump said he would let Nvidia export its H200 chip to China and that the U.S. would receive a XX% cut his latest bid to make money for the government in an unusual agreement with a private company"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998201342150803789)  2025-12-09T01:21Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"I have informed President Xi of China that the United States will allow Nvidia to ship its H200 products to approved customers in China and other countries under conditions that allow for strong national security25% will be paid to the United States"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998201499156201591)  2025-12-09T01:22Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@jessicacweiss @RyanFedasiuk @AEI Apparent contradictions muddy the picture. Weiss points to language in the document that she says are critical of multilateralismespecially its statement that larger richer and stronger nations will always play an outsize role in world affairs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998213352934523099)  2025-12-09T02:09Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@jessicacweiss @RyanFedasiuk @AEI In general the new strategys focus on China is centered on trade which the Trump White House document describes as the ultimate stakes in Asia. The administration paints a picture of a trade relationship in which the U.S. and China are near-peers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998214012480131307)  2025-12-09T02:12Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"The Trump administration announced $XX billion in aid to struggling U.S. farmers as the agriculture sector grapples with the fallout from the presidents far-reaching tariffs"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998220765523816801)  2025-12-09T02:38Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"The aid package was unveiled at the White House on Monday afternoon during a roundtable with farmers. Top administration officials have been discussing the bailout behind the scenes for months"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998221058848247898)  2025-12-09T02:40Z 88.2K followers, XX engagements


"@greg_ip Of course China isnt the first to pursue export-led growth or government support of favored sectors. West Germany Japan and later South Korea all did the same eventually running up surpluses that became longstanding irritants with the U.S"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998226344145019299)  2025-12-09T03:01Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@greg_ip But as part of the democratic West they didnt fear economic interdependence nor seek to eliminate imports. And as they moved up the value chain they allowed lower-end manufacturing to migrate to poorer countries"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998228862325624943)  2025-12-09T03:11Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@greg_ip Those countries were driven by a desire for prosperity said @RushDoshi who served on Bidens National Security Council. China is driven by a fortress mentality and sees industrial dominance as key to wealth and power. These are longstanding goals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998229363850928636)  2025-12-09T03:13Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@greg_ip @RushDoshi Two decades ago Chinas economy was small enough that its trade surplus mattered little to the world. Today China accounts for XX% of global gross domestic product"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998230545197629848)  2025-12-09T03:17Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@greg_ip @RushDoshi Goldman estimates its surplus on the current accountthe broadest definition of tradewill reach X% of world GDP by 2029 larger than any country at least since the late 1940s"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998230873553219886)  2025-12-09T03:19Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@NiharikaSM The Island: Taiwan is much bigger than Okinawa and Iwo Jima the Japanese islands U.S. forces captured in gruesome World War II battles. The 1945 battle of Okinawa was the last time a very large-scale amphibious operation happened says @Ian_M_Easton"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998301841449263309)  2025-12-09T08:01Z 88.2K followers, 1203 engagements


"@NiharikaSM @Ian_M_Easton And that one was pretty simple compared to what an invasion of Taiwan would be said Easton. At the time the U.S. also had extensive plans to storm Taiwan then controlled by Japan. It aborted the effort because of the scale and complexity demanded"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998303536019579032)  2025-12-09T08:07Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@NiharikaSM @Ian_M_Easton The Terrain: Mountains run the length of Taiwans main island and line cities and beaches. Built into them are tunnel networks and military bases. In a fight defenders would fire from high concealed positions"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998303854446936482)  2025-12-09T08:09Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@NiharikaSM @Ian_M_Easton The topography also complicates a key decision for China: where to land. If amphibious forces approached Taiwans east coast they would face steep cliffs. In the south soldiers would find themselves fighting through rugged slow-go terrain to Taipei"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998305076352627125)  2025-12-09T08:13Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@NiharikaSM @Ian_M_Easton The Beaches: Taiwans beaches arent suited for amphibious landings. Many are too small to mass a sizable force. A number of them are bordered by mountains cities or paddy fields making it harder to break out of the beach perimeter"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998305867666505915)  2025-12-09T08:17Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@NiharikaSM @Ian_M_Easton This isnt Normandy of the D-Day landings. Chinas options would be limited by another priority: seizing a seaport or airportideally bothto bring follow-on forces and bulky supplies. Only a few areas offer a beach port and airfield in close proximity"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998306622880235550)  2025-12-09T08:20Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@NiharikaSM @Ian_M_Easton The Cities: Most of Taiwans XX million people are concentrated along the coast that faces China. Taiwan is preparing to bog down Chinese forces in deadly urban combat said K. Tristan Tang of Taipei-based Secure Taiwan Associate Corp"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998307629366702259)  2025-12-09T08:24Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@pdberger The U.S. estimates that XX% of cranes at American ports were made in China. The Biden administration in 2024 imposed a XX% tariff on the cranes. The Trump administration this year imposed an additional XXX% levy over the objections of port operators"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998314927266856969)  2025-12-09T08:53Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@pdberger President Trump recently paused the XXX% tariffs for one year as part of a broader trade truce with China. Shipping industry officials say the pause isnt long enough to risk buying cranes that take a minimum of two years from order to delivery"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998315682392658288)  2025-12-09T08:56Z 88.2K followers, 1303 engagements


"@hannahmiao_ While the businessman sports Arcteryx for rock climbing a hobby he picked up in recent years mostly he just wears it. He likes Arcteryx because its popular and recognizable. Its a bit pricey he said but I just think the clothes look good"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998317696207736996)  2025-12-09T09:04Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ Arcteryx was founded in Vancouver in 1989. An abbreviation of Archaeopteryx a birdlike dinosaur it started out making climbing harnesses. Developing its first apparel almost bankrupted the company but the bet paid off"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998318451165892764)  2025-12-09T09:07Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ In 1998 it debuted its Alpha SV jacket made with waterproof and lightweight Gore-Tex material. It became an instant classic. In 2001 French outdoor sports company Salomon then owned by Adidas acquired Arcteryx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998318954146562142)  2025-12-09T09:09Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ In 2005 Amer bought Salomon and Arcteryx was part of the deal. It wasnt until Anta became a controlling shareholder in Amer that China became a major growth engine for Arcteryx"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998319737344778482)  2025-12-09T09:12Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ Early on on a trip to headquarters Xu told colleagues it would be difficult to grow Arcteryx in China. Chinese people dont rock-climb he recalled telling them according to a 2022 podcast interview with @CEIBS"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998323150552002722)  2025-12-09T09:25Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ @CEIBS But China was set to host the 2022 Winter Olympics and was building ski resorts and other outdoor sports facilities. Arcteryx got the ultimate celebrity boost in China when Xi Jinping wore an Arcteryx at the Opening Ceremony"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998323735506649115)  2025-12-09T09:28Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Nvidia has been applying a full-court press to the Trump administration and lawmakers this year seeking permission to send its valuable chips all over the world and arguing that the exports will ensure U.S. technology dominance"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998557179587211362)  2025-12-10T00:55Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"This decision to authorize H200 sales to China is so shortsighted said Aaron Bartnick a former White House technology and security official during the Biden administration who is now at Columbia University"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998557274089107618)  2025-12-10T00:56Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Economic signals are mixed: Growth has been better than expected and exports have defied U.S. tariffs but deflation is entrenched while business and consumer optimism remain muted"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998600559352594895)  2025-12-10T03:48Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"President Trump retook the White House almost a year ago promising a manufacturing boom. He got onein China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998603929333141752)  2025-12-10T04:01Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Chinas consumer inflation gained pace in November but was slightly below expectations benefiting from a low base while factory deflation worsened"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998643839138148862)  2025-12-10T06:39Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"The ministry said the bomber patrol was joined by eight Chinese J-16 jet fighters and a Russian A-50 aircraft. Japan scrambled jet fighters to monitor the planes and ensure they didnt violate Japanese airspace the defense ministry said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998670772097925378)  2025-12-10T08:27Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@greg_ip @RushDoshi @dunne_insights Many countries are frustrated by Chinas strategy which is squeezing out their own manufacturing sectors and export opportunities. None has a solution"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998694428874346775)  2025-12-10T10:01Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@greg_ip @RushDoshi @dunne_insights Chinas dominance of so many categories of manufacturing gives it leverage. When the Netherlands took control of Dutch chip maker Nexperia from its Chinese owner China barred it from exporting chips from its Chinese operations crippling auto customers"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998696209477743089)  2025-12-10T10:08Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@Lingling_Wei Xi Jinping has plenty of reasons to feel confident these days. Western leaders are lining up to visit Beijing as Chinas annual trade surplus rockets past $X trillion. And the U.S. National Security Strategy signals a less-belligerent tone toward Beijing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998951119956131860)  2025-12-11T03:01Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@Lingling_Wei Infrastructure investment contracted by a staggering XXXX% year-on-year. Retail sales were propped up by what analysts call a transitory rise in gold and jewelry demand a flight to safe haven assets"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998956640058618122)  2025-12-11T03:22Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Tepper maintains a separate binder of colorful Jinhao pens costing about $XX each but his appreciation for the Chinese pens has limits. If the house burned down would I grab one he says No Id probably grab a Pelikan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1990725166528094543)  2025-11-18T10:14Z 88.2K followers, 1696 engagements


"Mao: Your understanding is not correct. China has never recognized anything set out in the Treaty of San Francisco including on the sovereignty over Taiwanand has never accepted the treaty"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1994584597552623641)  2025-11-29T01:50Z 88.2K followers, 544.7K engagements


"Shan Weijian in FT op-ed: Chinas currency the renminbi is undervalued.Everyday evidence aboundsChina urgently needs to curb its export dependence and pivot towards domestic consumption to ensure sustainable expansion"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1995750026841129001)  2025-12-02T07:01Z 88.2K followers, 5761 engagements


"Lai Ching-te said China has shown signs that it is increasing its military aggression. We can see that Chinas military drills targeted at Taiwan have become more frequent and intense Lai said Wednesday during the New York Times DealBook Summit"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1996414405064704510)  2025-12-04T03:01Z 88.2K followers, 4417 engagements


"Lai said he wants Taiwan and the U.S. to strengthen their economic partnership adding he supports President Trumps goal to make the U.S. the global center for artificial intelligence"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1996420364365447171)  2025-12-04T03:24Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"We hope Taiwan-U.S. tariff negotiations will not only help reduce the U.S. trade deficit but also deepen bilateral economic cooperation Lai said"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1996421199207739651)  2025-12-04T03:28Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Reuters: Two Chinese men are in custody for allegedly smuggling Nvidia H100 and H200 chips to China the U.S. Justice Department said on Monday as President Donald Trump gave the green light for Nvidia to export its H200 chips to Beijing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998241443392204920)  2025-12-09T04:01Z 88.2K followers, 4960 engagements


"Chinas Manufacturing Is Booming Despite Trumps TariffsU.S. pressure has only cemented its rivals status as the worlds indispensable factory floor sending its trade surplus above $X trillion @wsj_douglasj @JonathanEmont"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998332040442429824)  2025-12-09T10:01Z 88.2K followers, 4344 engagements


"@TByGraceZhu @EskelundJens @EuropeanChamber @TaxPolicyCenter I told them that if they didnt react we Europeans would be forced in the very near future to take strong measures and withdraw from cooperation like the United States such as imposing tariffs on Chinese products Macron told French daily Les Echos"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998561061700772041)  2025-12-10T01:11Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@TByGraceZhu @EskelundJens @EuropeanChamber @TaxPolicyCenter China is hitting the heart of the European industrial and innovation model he said. French officials have been particularly upset about the Chinese yuan which has fallen by around XX% against the euro this year"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998561804008788335)  2025-12-10T01:14Z 88.2K followers, 1315 engagements


"But attention will also be paid to domestic issues. The Politburo Chinas top decision-making body this week reiterated a pledge to boost demand long weighed down by a property slump and job market weakness"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998600017813418381)  2025-12-10T03:45Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


".@LizEconomy: As most analysts focus on the symptoms of competitiontariffs semiconductor supply chain cutoffs and short-term technological racesBeijing is building capabilities and influence in the underlying systems that will define the decades ahead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998634030468624775)  2025-12-10T06:01Z 88.2K followers, 15.3K engagements


"Chinas Consumer Inflation Ticks Up But Factory Deflation WorsensThe countrys consumer-price index rose XXX% from a year earlier last month"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998641579737948376)  2025-12-10T06:31Z 88.2K followers, 2182 engagements


"@Kubota_Yoko The Economist: Lessons from Japans efforts to wean itself off Chinese rare earthsNumbers one two and three: its a lot harder than it sounds"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998649255352037620)  2025-12-10T07:01Z 88.2K followers, 1492 engagements


"The repeated joint flights of bombers by both countries signify an expansion and intensification of activities around our country while clearly intending to demonstrate force against our nation Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said on X"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998671384583483699)  2025-12-10T08:29Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass has expressed support for Japan but President Trump has publicly stayed out of the dispute. The Journal reported that Trump had told Takaichi not to provoke Beijing over Taiwan which the Japanese government denied"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998671597948064010)  2025-12-10T08:30Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"The Economist: The Chinese already the dominant suppliers of ballpoints are even making inroads into the market for fancier pens. That has long been the preserve of swanky European brands such as Montblancand family-run Caran DAche"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998686878338527371)  2025-12-10T09:31Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@greg_ip @RushDoshi @dunne_insights The Netherlands suspended its action. President Trump whose tariffs have met almost no pushback elsewhere had to compromise when China restricted exports of critical minerals"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998696692892446908)  2025-12-10T10:10Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Tuesdays patrol was the 10th such bomber flight in the East China Sea and Western Pacific as part of annual military exercises between Russia and China Chinas Ministry of National Defense said in a statement on X"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998915283973713947)  2025-12-11T00:38Z 88.2K followers, 2401 engagements


"@stuwoo The Justice Department revealed another tactic: fake labels. Prosecutors say a Chinese man in Brooklyn bought chips falsely indicating they were for customers in the U.S. or unrestricted countries. He allegedly removed Nvidia labels from the products"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998924505742454997)  2025-12-11T01:15Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@stuwoo Prosecutors also targeted Alan Hao Hsu and his Houston company for exporting or trying to export $XXX million of Nvidias H200 and older H100 chips to China Hong Kong and elsewhere. He pleaded guilty and faces sentencing in February"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998926166624018670)  2025-12-11T01:21Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@Lingling_Wei And President Trump started the week by clearing Nvidia to ship higher-performing H200 chips to Chinareceiving little more than a nod in return. But when it comes to the domestic economy that confidence meets a hard ceiling"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998955057786794054)  2025-12-11T03:16Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@Lingling_Wei Despite resilient exports which allowed the country to amass a surplus of $XXX trillion in the first XX months of this year the broader domestic data reveal an economy struggling with structural fatigue"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998955398632714365)  2025-12-11T03:18Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@Lingling_Wei Industrial value-added growth slowed sharply in October signaling a cooling of Chinas manufacturing machine. Borrowing demandthe lifeblood of any expansiondeclined for both the private sector and total lending"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998955675343565139)  2025-12-11T03:19Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@Kubota_Yoko NYT: The world reacted with alarm this year when Beijing introduced waves of export controls on rare earths the minerals vital to the manufacturing of everything from cars to advanced electronics. For Japan the experience felt like dj vu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998981318479433933)  2025-12-11T05:01Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Two U.S. B-52 bombers flew in formation with Japanese fighters over the Sea of Japan a conspicuous display of U.S. support for Tokyo as it battles Chinese anger over remarks Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi made about Taiwan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1999031058919244068)  2025-12-11T08:18Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"The White House has shared photos of Donald Trump and Xi Jinpings first face-to-face meeting in more than six years including this intriguing sequence. h/t @ByChunHan"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1984198913579208965)  2025-10-31T10:01Z 88.2K followers, 1.4M engagements


"@greg_ip @RushDoshi In the years since Chinese automotive brands moved into electric vehicles driving foreign brands market share below 40%. Saddled with excess capacity for internal-combustion-engine cars those joint ventures began exporting"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998232985360040124)  2025-12-09T03:27Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ Bu Guobin XX stopped by the Arcteryx store in Shanghai on a recent weeknight to buy a $XXX vest for himself and a $XXX jacket for his wife. A friend introduced him to the brand two years ago and he has since bought its jackets pants and shoes"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998316941065478273)  2025-12-09T09:01Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ James Zheng then-group president of Anta saw an opportunity to leverage Antas domestic know-how to help Amers brands grow as fast as possible in China he told state-owned broadcaster CGTN in 2019. Zheng soon became CEO of Amer"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998321131661521291)  2025-12-09T09:17Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@hannahmiao_ Anta started as a family-run shoe maker founded in 1991 in Fujian province and became the countrys biggest sportswear company. Xu Yang who managed Antas basketball business joined Arcteryx to oversee its greater China market in 2019"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998321722194559148)  2025-12-09T09:20Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"The countrys consumer-price index rose XXX% from a year earlier last month surpassing Octobers XXX% increase and marking the second straight month of improvement data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed Wednesday"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998645102982332846)  2025-12-10T06:45Z 88.2K followers, 1260 engagements


"@greg_ip @RushDoshi @dunne_insights But time is running out. Canada last year copied the U.S.s XXX% tariffs on Chinese EVs. Then Trump hit Canada with auto tariffs and China retaliated against Canadian agriculture. Caught in a two-front trade war Canada is reviewing its tariffs on China"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998698454386880512)  2025-12-10T10:17Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"@Lingling_Wei The company's operating situation remains extremely grim Vanke admitted in a letter to creditors. If Vankethe industrys last bastion of supposed safetystumbles few will be spared"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998956994749948254)  2025-12-11T03:24Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Chinas AI Power Play: Cheap Electricity From Worlds Biggest GridPush for power supremacy transforms Inner Mongolia; tech leaders worry about U.S.-China electron gap @raffaelehuang @BrianSpegele @TByGraceZhu"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998958669351063832)  2025-12-11T03:31Z 88.2K followers, 1740 engagements


"ULANQAB ChinaThe U.S. invented the most powerful artificial-intelligence models and controls access to the most advanced computer chips but China has an ace to play in the global AI contest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1998959366045839513)  2025-12-11T03:33Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements


"Novembers CPI reading marked the highest year-over-year rise since March 2024. However there is skepticism over the sustainability of the upswing as the producer-price index dropped XXX% from a year earlier in November"  
[X Link](https://x.com/JChengWSJ/status/1999049392050077704)  2025-12-11T09:31Z 88.2K followers, XXX engagements