[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] #  @Byron_Wan Byron Wan Byron Wan posts on X about china, beijing, wan, department of the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and 1833 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::2888593734/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXXX -XX% - X Month XXXXXXXXX +25% - X Months XXXXXXXXX -XX% - X Year XXXXXXXXXX -XXXX% ### Mentions: XX [#](/creator/twitter::2888593734/posts_active)  - X Months XXX -XX% - X Year XXX -XX% ### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::2888593734/followers)  - X Week XXXXXX +0.19% - X Month XXXXXX +1.40% - X Months XXXXXX +10% - X Year XXXXXX +31% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::2888593734/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence [#](/creator/twitter::2888593734/influence) --- **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) [stocks](/list/stocks) #4378 [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) [finance](/list/finance) [celebrities](/list/celebrities) [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) **Social topic influence** [china](/topic/china) #486, [beijing](/topic/beijing) #152, [wan](/topic/wan) #26, [department of](/topic/department-of), [london](/topic/london), [microsoft](/topic/microsoft) #65, [shanghai](/topic/shanghai), [beverage](/topic/beverage), [bottled water](/topic/bottled-water), [yan](/topic/yan) **Top assets mentioned** [Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)](/topic/microsoft) [BlackRock Inc (BLK)](/topic/blackrock) ### Top Social Posts [#](/creator/twitter::2888593734/posts) --- Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "6 months into his second term Trump has softened his harsh campaign rhetoric and dialled down his confrontational tone with Beijing in an effort to secure a summit with Xi Jinping and a trade deal with Beijing. The warmer posture contrasts with his threats against other trading partners. Trump is now focused on cutting purchase deals with Beijing and celebrating quick wins instead of addressing the root causes of the trade imbalances. China posted a record trade surplus in the first half of the year. Trump recently said that he would be fighting China in a very friendly fashion. In meetings"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1945731306215850189) 2025-07-17 06:24:27 UTC 41K followers, 3748 engagements "🚨🚨🚨 The super-embassy in London will have on-site accommodation for more than XXX intelligence officers. Planning documents for the embassy include 'spy dungeons' two suites of basement rooms and a tunnel with their purpose redacted for security reasons. There will effectively be a student-style campus for spies in the heart of the City And those spy dungeons are so deep that the sensitive cables are virtually at head height. The embassy plans exempt a 'cultural exchange' section from 'inspection and verification' by UK authorities"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1941838065435394418) 2025-07-06 12:34:07 UTC 40.9K followers, 39.4K engagements "@ChinaBeigeBook @Jkylebass @GordonGChang @BaldingsWorld @joshrogin @SolomonYue @Michael7ucci @RepMoolenaar @michaelsobolik @LenczyckiPhilip Tim Cook Elon Musk now Jensen Huang"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1945814797142143328) 2025-07-17 11:56:13 UTC 40.9K followers, XXX engagements "July 18: Microsoft will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical assistance to the US military finally"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1946363593924223132) 2025-07-19 00:16:57 UTC 41K followers, 18.6K engagements "Beijing wants XXX% domestic chip equipment but lithography remains an uphill battle. Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (SMEE) was set up XX years ago and has developed lithography tools capable of producing 90-nm chips suitable for use in home appliances some consumer electronics and cars that require less computing power. The company aims to introduce lithography systems for 65-nm and 28-nm-grade production but adoption of its machines by Chinese chipmaking clients remains limited. Huawei a key supporter of China's chipmaking equipment sector has built a massive R&D hub in Shanghai and is"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1945677592482422824) 2025-07-17 02:51:01 UTC 41K followers, 6821 engagements "NF North America a subsidiary of Chinese bottled water and beverage company Nongfu Spring () purchased a 337391-square-foot single-story commercial building on XX acres at XX Northwest Blvd. in Nashuas Westwood Park for $XX million a price X times more than its assessed value in January. Corporate documentation cites water bottling and beverage manufacturing among the intended uses. Water to the site for whatever beverage or water bottling production might occur there will be supplied by the Pennichuck Water Works owned by the Pennichuck Corp and supplier of all the water to the city of"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1945625129289224329) 2025-07-16 23:22:33 UTC 41K followers, 10.4K engagements "automakers including SAIC Motor Changan Great Wall Motor BYD Li Auto and Geely are preparing to launch models equipped with XXX% homemade chips with at least two brands aiming to start mass production as early as 2026. The latest policy target is to use XXX% self-developed and made automotive chips by 2027. However the XXX% target is not mandatory. It is more a framework that incentivizes companies to reassure Beijing that they can meet its goals and are working hard to do so. The majority of top automakers including SAIC FAW Group GAC Group BYD Geely Changan and Great Wall have been asked by"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1934852266365997225) 2025-06-17 05:55:02 UTC 40.9K followers, 2165 engagements "ITC issued a preliminary ruling on July XX stating that BOE () and seven of its subsidiaries totaling eight companies had violated Section XXX of the Tariff Act by misappropriating Samsung Displays trade secrets. ITC recommended two sanctions against BOE: a "limited exclusion order"and a "cease and desist order." The limited exclusion order prohibits the import of OLED panels modules and related components into the US that were manufactured using Samsung Displays trade secrets. The cease and desist order immediately bans all activities related to marketing distributing selling advertising or"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1945051661464195127) 2025-07-15 09:23:48 UTC 40.9K followers, 6842 engagements "security guards and men in plain clothes blocked Australian journalists from leaving a tourist attraction in Beijing July 15: reporters from Australia travelled with an Australian embassy escort and written permission to film piece to camera elements for stories on Anthony Albanese's meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing. While SBS ABC Sky News Channel Nine and Channel X crews were filming their content near the Bell and Drum Towers iconic historical structures and popular tourist attractions in the city local authorities approached with questions about whether they had the correct permissions."  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1945298323478630727) 2025-07-16 01:43:56 UTC 41K followers, 13.1K engagements "The rush to produce in Vietnam and other lower-tariff countries far from wiping China off the map keeps companies at the center of the export trade. businesspeople typically have the edge when it comes to building factories anywhere in the world even in the US. They have all the technology all the know-how. It will take them less time to set up factories in Vietnam than for local companies to develop their own capabilities. The US has called on Southeast Asian nations to take a hard line on economic ties with China including by stopping companies from setting up manufacturing and export"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1944901195430289415) 2025-07-14 23:25:54 UTC 40.9K followers, 5104 engagements "Department of Commerce will impose preliminary anti-dumping duties of XXXX% on anode-grade graphite imported from China after concluding that the materials which are a key component for electric vehicle batteries are being sold in the US at less than fair market value. The order affects imports valued at $XXXXX million in 2023. The duties apply to anode-grade graphite material with a graphite minimum purity content of XX% carbon by weight and can be synthetic graphite natural graphite or a blend of the two. A separate but parallel anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese anode grade graphite"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1946006127839412232) 2025-07-18 00:36:30 UTC 41K followers, 4440 engagements "@henrikstroem its time for you to go back inside the loony bin and take your medication"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1946527014892019736) 2025-07-19 11:06:19 UTC 41K followers, 1016 engagements "Department of Commerce has informed the worlds three leading chip design software providers Synopsys Cadence Design Systems and Siemens EDA (part of Siemens Digital Industries Software a subsidiary of Germanys Siemens AG) that recent requirements to seek government licenses for business in China are no longer in place"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1940605462564819347) 2025-07-03 02:56:11 UTC 40.9K followers, 7858 engagements "The unsolicited spontaneous one-China comments of Xinyu ( Zhou Xinyu) a Chinese member of the 24-member South Korean multinational girl group TripleS have caused a firestorm among her fanbase"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1944652891005862351) 2025-07-14 06:59:13 UTC 41K followers, 25.1K engagements "US policymakers have been somewhat naive or ignorant of China's domestic abilities in chip tool making. China already has homegrown competitors to Applied Materials Tokyo Electron and Lam Research and is likely to double down on developing its own semiconductor tools. "We are at risk of running our own equipment manufacturers into the ground. The worst-case scenario is that Chinese toolmakers become not only domestically competitive but even internationally competitive which is coming . Once that starts it will be very difficult to stop." Chinas top five chip tool makers have flourished amid"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1945677911023059303) 2025-07-17 02:52:17 UTC 41K followers, 4601 engagements "🚨 July 9: four nationals a 47-year-old couple their 15-year-old son and a 53-year-old friend were arrested in Greece for photographing the Tanagra Air Base the home base for the 114th Combat Wing of the Hellenic Air Force and is adjacent to Hellenic Aerospace Industry facilities; they will be brought before the prosecutor on July XX. The four individuals were initially noticed by the security personnel of the Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) who asked them to leave the area. However they moved to a nearby bridge and continued taking photos of HAI facilities and the 114th Combat Wing"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1943206997807218840) 2025-07-10 07:13:45 UTC 40.9K followers, 8492 engagements "BYDs manufacturing plant in Lancaster CA Edwards AFB is not far away 🤔"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1933689488334860672) 2025-06-14 00:54:34 UTC 41K followers, 84.3K engagements "Nongfu Spring () China's largest beverage company is owned by Zhong Shanshan () Chinas richest man"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1945630160264597741) 2025-07-16 23:42:32 UTC 41K followers, 6271 engagements "Beijing July 16: state media are of course capitalizing on these free endorsements for Chinese EVs from Jensen Huang"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1945751007868436550) 2025-07-17 07:42:45 UTC 41K followers, 1732 engagements "July 3: Italian police arrested man Xu Zewei aka Zavier Xu and David Xu who is wanted by the US authorities over industrial espionage which targeted projects including efforts to develop a COVID vaccine. Xu was picked up on an arrest warrant issued on Nov X 2023 by the Southern District of Texas District Court as part of an FBI investigation after he arrived at Milan's Malpensa airport from Shanghai. Xu is a member of Hafnium a state-linked hacker group also known as Silk Typhoon by Microsoft which orchestrated a sweeping 2020 cyber campaign. Specifically Hafnium tried to access a COVID"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1942344713941705062) 2025-07-07 22:07:21 UTC 41K followers, 45.4K engagements "🚨🚨🚨 Shanghai-born and Atlanta-based Chenyue Mao a Wells Fargo managing director who works in trade financing has been blocked from leaving China after traveling there recently. Mao was subjected to an exit ban after she entered China sometime in recent weeks. An automated reply from her corporate email account said she was traveling internationally on business. The reason for her travel to China couldnt be determined. Mao attended an industry conference in Brazil in late June. It couldnt be determined precisely when Mao entered China or what prompted the travel restriction. Wells Fargo has"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1945845737205694487) 2025-07-17 13:59:10 UTC 41K followers, 13K engagements "⚠ content warning July 9: a teenager reportedly stabbed his mom multiple times and killed her at the car park of Powerlong Plaza () in Xiamen after she refused to buy him a ninebot () electric scooter which is popular among high school students"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1811225310123434219) 2024-07-11 02:25:39 UTC 41K followers, 148.5K engagements "Ding Yumei () the ex-wife of China Evergrande Groups chairman Hui Ka Yan () and reportedly a Canada passport holder spent millions on luxury apartments in London XX units at the high-end residential development Thames City worth XXXX million ($67 million) in Sep 2022 nine months after the developer defaulted on its loans and Chinese authorities asked Hui to pay debt with his personal wealth. Ding holds the homes through five British Virgin Islands companies. She has hired Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) as a letting and management agent. The 68-year-old is living in one of the most expensive homes"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1936629617852633340) 2025-06-22 03:37:36 UTC 40.9K followers, 9614 engagements "🚨🚨🚨 Is Nvidia still partnering with Inspur Electronic Information Industry Co Ltd (IEIT Systems / ; a company of Inspur Group ) and Suma Both Chinese companies were added to Department of Commerces Entity List in March this year for their involvement in developing supercomputers for military"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1944910105675276783) 2025-07-15 00:01:18 UTC 40.9K followers, 7410 engagements "Anthony Albanese a spokesman for Xi Jinping"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1945339508901470623) 2025-07-16 04:27:36 UTC 40.9K followers, 1927 engagements "Other multinational players like Merck AstraZeneca Plc and Roche Holding AG have also scooped up Chinese assets. In May Pfizer Inc. set a new record as it announced a $1.2B upfront deal with 3SBio Inc for a cancer drug similar to Akesos. These deals are increasing in both value and frequency signaling confidence that China-originated drugs are competitive internationally and can bring in substantial revenue. The volume of potential candidates coming out of China means multinational companies who have a constant need to add new products to the mix can cast their net wider than ever before. A"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1944759568594292978) 2025-07-14 14:03:07 UTC 41K followers, 1637 engagements "🚨 Spains Ministry of the Interior has officially awarded Huawei a XXXX million ($14.3 million) contract to manage and store judicially authorized wiretaps in the country used by both law enforcement and intelligence services. Huawei had already been contracted to provide technical support to SITEL (Sistema Integrado de Interceptacin Legal de las Telecomunicaciones) Spains integrated system for intercepting telecommunications"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1943862070984012153) 2025-07-12 02:36:47 UTC 40.9K followers, 21.9K engagements "Robin Shaban a founding partner at Canadian consulting firm 2R Strategy and a co-author of this article published in The Globe and Mail a few hours ago met CCP member Li Ying () a Beijing-based partner at Chinese law firm Anli Partners () in Beijing in June 🤔"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1944962655485325661) 2025-07-15 03:30:07 UTC 41K followers, 86.5K engagements "🚨 China is pushing for state-owned Cosco to be an equal partner and shareholder of the ports with BlackRock and international shipping line Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC); officials have told BlackRock MSC and Hutchison that if Cosco is left out of the deal Beijing would take steps to block Hutchisons proposed sale. BlackRock and MSC in March reached a preliminary agreement to buy the ports in a deal valued at nearly $XX billion. Now BlackRock MSC and Hutchison all are open to Coscos taking a stake"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1945821616019308887) 2025-07-17 12:23:19 UTC 41K followers, 6464 engagements "Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee whos been sanctioned by the US recently hosted a reunion with American actor and comedian Jimmy O. Yang at Hong Kong government headquarters where the two bonded over their connections to Hong Kong's Wah Yan College (a high school in the city) network. The special gathering revealed through Weibo posts by O. Yang's management company Creative Artists Agency (CAA) brought together three Wah Yan alumni: Lee a graduate of Wah Yan College Kowloon O. Yang from Wah Yan College Hong Kong and the comedians classmate Nicholas Ho Lik-chi Hong Kong's Commissioner for"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1943957324789690720) 2025-07-12 08:55:17 UTC 41K followers, 48.4K engagements "What could possibly go wrong 🚨🚨🚨 Microsoft has been using engineers in China to help maintain the Department of Defenses computer systems with minimal supervision by US personnel leaving some of the nations most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from China. The arrangement which was critical to Microsoft winning the federal governments cloud computing business a decade ago relies on US citizens with security clearances to oversee the work and serve as a barrier against espionage and sabotage. But these workers known as digital escorts often lack the technical expertise to police foreign"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1945153050722885926) 2025-07-15 16:06:41 UTC 41K followers, 31.4K engagements "The biotechnology industry is experiencing a tectonic shift driven by drugmakers who have come a long way from their copycat days to challenge Western dominance on innovation. The number of novel drugs in China for cancer weight-loss and more entering into development ballooned to over 1250 last year far surpassing the EU and nearly catching up to the USs count of about 1440. Drug candidates from China are increasingly clearing high bars to win recognition from both drug regulators and Western pharmaceutical giants. This shift has occurred at an unprecedented pace. When China began to"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1944758692966289456) 2025-07-14 13:59:38 UTC 40.9K followers, 4254 engagements "A new report from Hudson Institute: China after Communism: Preparing for a Post-CCP China As the CCP strengthens its regime and pursues global dominance it faces significant and complex structural challenges. While the Peoples Republic of China has weathered crises before a sudden regime collapse in China is not entirely unthinkable. Policymakers need to consider what might happen and what steps they would have to take if the worlds longest-ruling Communist dictatorship and second-largest economy collapses due to its domestic and international troubles. This report examines the initial steps"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1946455653876445281) 2025-07-19 06:22:45 UTC 41K followers, 32.3K engagements "ICE New Orleans has arrested national Jiejun Shen who now faces deportation. Shens criminal history includes extortion intent to extort marriage from a person Even the White House takes a dig at her 👇🏻"  [@Byron_Wan](/creator/x/Byron_Wan) on [X](/post/tweet/1946441009874776141) 2025-07-19 05:24:34 UTC 41K followers, 8385 engagements
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@Byron_Wan Byron Wan
Byron Wan posts on X about china, beijing, wan, department of the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and 1833 posts still getting attention that total XXXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
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Social category influence countries travel destinations stocks #4378 technology brands finance celebrities automotive brands
Social topic influence china #486, beijing #152, wan #26, department of, london, microsoft #65, shanghai, beverage, bottled water, yan
Top assets mentioned Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) BlackRock Inc (BLK)
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"6 months into his second term Trump has softened his harsh campaign rhetoric and dialled down his confrontational tone with Beijing in an effort to secure a summit with Xi Jinping and a trade deal with Beijing. The warmer posture contrasts with his threats against other trading partners. Trump is now focused on cutting purchase deals with Beijing and celebrating quick wins instead of addressing the root causes of the trade imbalances. China posted a record trade surplus in the first half of the year. Trump recently said that he would be fighting China in a very friendly fashion. In meetings"
@Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-17 06:24:27 UTC 41K followers, 3748 engagements
"🚨🚨🚨 The super-embassy in London will have on-site accommodation for more than XXX intelligence officers. Planning documents for the embassy include 'spy dungeons' two suites of basement rooms and a tunnel with their purpose redacted for security reasons. There will effectively be a student-style campus for spies in the heart of the City And those spy dungeons are so deep that the sensitive cables are virtually at head height. The embassy plans exempt a 'cultural exchange' section from 'inspection and verification' by UK authorities" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-06 12:34:07 UTC 40.9K followers, 39.4K engagements
"@ChinaBeigeBook @Jkylebass @GordonGChang @BaldingsWorld @joshrogin @SolomonYue @Michael7ucci @RepMoolenaar @michaelsobolik @LenczyckiPhilip Tim Cook Elon Musk now Jensen Huang" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-17 11:56:13 UTC 40.9K followers, XXX engagements
"July 18: Microsoft will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical assistance to the US military finally" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-19 00:16:57 UTC 41K followers, 18.6K engagements
"Beijing wants XXX% domestic chip equipment but lithography remains an uphill battle. Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (SMEE) was set up XX years ago and has developed lithography tools capable of producing 90-nm chips suitable for use in home appliances some consumer electronics and cars that require less computing power. The company aims to introduce lithography systems for 65-nm and 28-nm-grade production but adoption of its machines by Chinese chipmaking clients remains limited. Huawei a key supporter of China's chipmaking equipment sector has built a massive R&D hub in Shanghai and is" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-17 02:51:01 UTC 41K followers, 6821 engagements
"NF North America a subsidiary of Chinese bottled water and beverage company Nongfu Spring () purchased a 337391-square-foot single-story commercial building on XX acres at XX Northwest Blvd. in Nashuas Westwood Park for $XX million a price X times more than its assessed value in January. Corporate documentation cites water bottling and beverage manufacturing among the intended uses. Water to the site for whatever beverage or water bottling production might occur there will be supplied by the Pennichuck Water Works owned by the Pennichuck Corp and supplier of all the water to the city of" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-16 23:22:33 UTC 41K followers, 10.4K engagements
"automakers including SAIC Motor Changan Great Wall Motor BYD Li Auto and Geely are preparing to launch models equipped with XXX% homemade chips with at least two brands aiming to start mass production as early as 2026. The latest policy target is to use XXX% self-developed and made automotive chips by 2027. However the XXX% target is not mandatory. It is more a framework that incentivizes companies to reassure Beijing that they can meet its goals and are working hard to do so. The majority of top automakers including SAIC FAW Group GAC Group BYD Geely Changan and Great Wall have been asked by" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-06-17 05:55:02 UTC 40.9K followers, 2165 engagements
"ITC issued a preliminary ruling on July XX stating that BOE () and seven of its subsidiaries totaling eight companies had violated Section XXX of the Tariff Act by misappropriating Samsung Displays trade secrets. ITC recommended two sanctions against BOE: a "limited exclusion order"and a "cease and desist order." The limited exclusion order prohibits the import of OLED panels modules and related components into the US that were manufactured using Samsung Displays trade secrets. The cease and desist order immediately bans all activities related to marketing distributing selling advertising or" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-15 09:23:48 UTC 40.9K followers, 6842 engagements
"security guards and men in plain clothes blocked Australian journalists from leaving a tourist attraction in Beijing July 15: reporters from Australia travelled with an Australian embassy escort and written permission to film piece to camera elements for stories on Anthony Albanese's meeting with Xi Jinping in Beijing. While SBS ABC Sky News Channel Nine and Channel X crews were filming their content near the Bell and Drum Towers iconic historical structures and popular tourist attractions in the city local authorities approached with questions about whether they had the correct permissions." @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-16 01:43:56 UTC 41K followers, 13.1K engagements
"The rush to produce in Vietnam and other lower-tariff countries far from wiping China off the map keeps companies at the center of the export trade. businesspeople typically have the edge when it comes to building factories anywhere in the world even in the US. They have all the technology all the know-how. It will take them less time to set up factories in Vietnam than for local companies to develop their own capabilities. The US has called on Southeast Asian nations to take a hard line on economic ties with China including by stopping companies from setting up manufacturing and export" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-14 23:25:54 UTC 40.9K followers, 5104 engagements
"Department of Commerce will impose preliminary anti-dumping duties of XXXX% on anode-grade graphite imported from China after concluding that the materials which are a key component for electric vehicle batteries are being sold in the US at less than fair market value. The order affects imports valued at $XXXXX million in 2023. The duties apply to anode-grade graphite material with a graphite minimum purity content of XX% carbon by weight and can be synthetic graphite natural graphite or a blend of the two. A separate but parallel anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese anode grade graphite" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-18 00:36:30 UTC 41K followers, 4440 engagements
"@henrikstroem its time for you to go back inside the loony bin and take your medication" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-19 11:06:19 UTC 41K followers, 1016 engagements
"Department of Commerce has informed the worlds three leading chip design software providers Synopsys Cadence Design Systems and Siemens EDA (part of Siemens Digital Industries Software a subsidiary of Germanys Siemens AG) that recent requirements to seek government licenses for business in China are no longer in place" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-03 02:56:11 UTC 40.9K followers, 7858 engagements
"The unsolicited spontaneous one-China comments of Xinyu ( Zhou Xinyu) a Chinese member of the 24-member South Korean multinational girl group TripleS have caused a firestorm among her fanbase" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-14 06:59:13 UTC 41K followers, 25.1K engagements
"US policymakers have been somewhat naive or ignorant of China's domestic abilities in chip tool making. China already has homegrown competitors to Applied Materials Tokyo Electron and Lam Research and is likely to double down on developing its own semiconductor tools. "We are at risk of running our own equipment manufacturers into the ground. The worst-case scenario is that Chinese toolmakers become not only domestically competitive but even internationally competitive which is coming . Once that starts it will be very difficult to stop." Chinas top five chip tool makers have flourished amid" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-17 02:52:17 UTC 41K followers, 4601 engagements
"🚨 July 9: four nationals a 47-year-old couple their 15-year-old son and a 53-year-old friend were arrested in Greece for photographing the Tanagra Air Base the home base for the 114th Combat Wing of the Hellenic Air Force and is adjacent to Hellenic Aerospace Industry facilities; they will be brought before the prosecutor on July XX. The four individuals were initially noticed by the security personnel of the Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) who asked them to leave the area. However they moved to a nearby bridge and continued taking photos of HAI facilities and the 114th Combat Wing" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-10 07:13:45 UTC 40.9K followers, 8492 engagements
"BYDs manufacturing plant in Lancaster CA Edwards AFB is not far away 🤔" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-06-14 00:54:34 UTC 41K followers, 84.3K engagements
"Nongfu Spring () China's largest beverage company is owned by Zhong Shanshan () Chinas richest man" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-16 23:42:32 UTC 41K followers, 6271 engagements
"Beijing July 16: state media are of course capitalizing on these free endorsements for Chinese EVs from Jensen Huang" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-17 07:42:45 UTC 41K followers, 1732 engagements
"July 3: Italian police arrested man Xu Zewei aka Zavier Xu and David Xu who is wanted by the US authorities over industrial espionage which targeted projects including efforts to develop a COVID vaccine. Xu was picked up on an arrest warrant issued on Nov X 2023 by the Southern District of Texas District Court as part of an FBI investigation after he arrived at Milan's Malpensa airport from Shanghai. Xu is a member of Hafnium a state-linked hacker group also known as Silk Typhoon by Microsoft which orchestrated a sweeping 2020 cyber campaign. Specifically Hafnium tried to access a COVID" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-07 22:07:21 UTC 41K followers, 45.4K engagements
"🚨🚨🚨 Shanghai-born and Atlanta-based Chenyue Mao a Wells Fargo managing director who works in trade financing has been blocked from leaving China after traveling there recently. Mao was subjected to an exit ban after she entered China sometime in recent weeks. An automated reply from her corporate email account said she was traveling internationally on business. The reason for her travel to China couldnt be determined. Mao attended an industry conference in Brazil in late June. It couldnt be determined precisely when Mao entered China or what prompted the travel restriction. Wells Fargo has" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-17 13:59:10 UTC 41K followers, 13K engagements
"⚠ content warning July 9: a teenager reportedly stabbed his mom multiple times and killed her at the car park of Powerlong Plaza () in Xiamen after she refused to buy him a ninebot () electric scooter which is popular among high school students" @Byron_Wan on X 2024-07-11 02:25:39 UTC 41K followers, 148.5K engagements
"Ding Yumei () the ex-wife of China Evergrande Groups chairman Hui Ka Yan () and reportedly a Canada passport holder spent millions on luxury apartments in London XX units at the high-end residential development Thames City worth XXXX million ($67 million) in Sep 2022 nine months after the developer defaulted on its loans and Chinese authorities asked Hui to pay debt with his personal wealth. Ding holds the homes through five British Virgin Islands companies. She has hired Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) as a letting and management agent. The 68-year-old is living in one of the most expensive homes" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-06-22 03:37:36 UTC 40.9K followers, 9614 engagements
"🚨🚨🚨 Is Nvidia still partnering with Inspur Electronic Information Industry Co Ltd (IEIT Systems / ; a company of Inspur Group ) and Suma Both Chinese companies were added to Department of Commerces Entity List in March this year for their involvement in developing supercomputers for military" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-15 00:01:18 UTC 40.9K followers, 7410 engagements
"Anthony Albanese a spokesman for Xi Jinping" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-16 04:27:36 UTC 40.9K followers, 1927 engagements
"Other multinational players like Merck AstraZeneca Plc and Roche Holding AG have also scooped up Chinese assets. In May Pfizer Inc. set a new record as it announced a $1.2B upfront deal with 3SBio Inc for a cancer drug similar to Akesos. These deals are increasing in both value and frequency signaling confidence that China-originated drugs are competitive internationally and can bring in substantial revenue. The volume of potential candidates coming out of China means multinational companies who have a constant need to add new products to the mix can cast their net wider than ever before. A" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-14 14:03:07 UTC 41K followers, 1637 engagements
"🚨 Spains Ministry of the Interior has officially awarded Huawei a XXXX million ($14.3 million) contract to manage and store judicially authorized wiretaps in the country used by both law enforcement and intelligence services. Huawei had already been contracted to provide technical support to SITEL (Sistema Integrado de Interceptacin Legal de las Telecomunicaciones) Spains integrated system for intercepting telecommunications" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-12 02:36:47 UTC 40.9K followers, 21.9K engagements
"Robin Shaban a founding partner at Canadian consulting firm 2R Strategy and a co-author of this article published in The Globe and Mail a few hours ago met CCP member Li Ying () a Beijing-based partner at Chinese law firm Anli Partners () in Beijing in June 🤔" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-15 03:30:07 UTC 41K followers, 86.5K engagements
"🚨 China is pushing for state-owned Cosco to be an equal partner and shareholder of the ports with BlackRock and international shipping line Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC); officials have told BlackRock MSC and Hutchison that if Cosco is left out of the deal Beijing would take steps to block Hutchisons proposed sale. BlackRock and MSC in March reached a preliminary agreement to buy the ports in a deal valued at nearly $XX billion. Now BlackRock MSC and Hutchison all are open to Coscos taking a stake" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-17 12:23:19 UTC 41K followers, 6464 engagements
"Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee whos been sanctioned by the US recently hosted a reunion with American actor and comedian Jimmy O. Yang at Hong Kong government headquarters where the two bonded over their connections to Hong Kong's Wah Yan College (a high school in the city) network. The special gathering revealed through Weibo posts by O. Yang's management company Creative Artists Agency (CAA) brought together three Wah Yan alumni: Lee a graduate of Wah Yan College Kowloon O. Yang from Wah Yan College Hong Kong and the comedians classmate Nicholas Ho Lik-chi Hong Kong's Commissioner for" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-12 08:55:17 UTC 41K followers, 48.4K engagements
"What could possibly go wrong 🚨🚨🚨 Microsoft has been using engineers in China to help maintain the Department of Defenses computer systems with minimal supervision by US personnel leaving some of the nations most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from China. The arrangement which was critical to Microsoft winning the federal governments cloud computing business a decade ago relies on US citizens with security clearances to oversee the work and serve as a barrier against espionage and sabotage. But these workers known as digital escorts often lack the technical expertise to police foreign" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-15 16:06:41 UTC 41K followers, 31.4K engagements
"The biotechnology industry is experiencing a tectonic shift driven by drugmakers who have come a long way from their copycat days to challenge Western dominance on innovation. The number of novel drugs in China for cancer weight-loss and more entering into development ballooned to over 1250 last year far surpassing the EU and nearly catching up to the USs count of about 1440. Drug candidates from China are increasingly clearing high bars to win recognition from both drug regulators and Western pharmaceutical giants. This shift has occurred at an unprecedented pace. When China began to" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-14 13:59:38 UTC 40.9K followers, 4254 engagements
"A new report from Hudson Institute: China after Communism: Preparing for a Post-CCP China As the CCP strengthens its regime and pursues global dominance it faces significant and complex structural challenges. While the Peoples Republic of China has weathered crises before a sudden regime collapse in China is not entirely unthinkable. Policymakers need to consider what might happen and what steps they would have to take if the worlds longest-ruling Communist dictatorship and second-largest economy collapses due to its domestic and international troubles. This report examines the initial steps" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-19 06:22:45 UTC 41K followers, 32.3K engagements
"ICE New Orleans has arrested national Jiejun Shen who now faces deportation. Shens criminal history includes extortion intent to extort marriage from a person Even the White House takes a dig at her 👇🏻" @Byron_Wan on X 2025-07-19 05:24:34 UTC 41K followers, 8385 engagements