[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.] #  @DesmondShum Desmond Shum Desmond Shum posts on X about china, beijing, ai, at a the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours. ### Engagements: XXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1071151942821392384/interactions)  - X Week XXXXXX +93% - X Month XXXXXXX -XX% - X Months XXXXXXXXX +47% - X Year XXXXXXXXX -XX% ### Mentions: X [#](/creator/twitter::1071151942821392384/posts_active)  - X Week XX -XX% - X Month XX no change - X Months XXX +57% - X Year XXX +13% ### Followers: XXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1071151942821392384/followers)  - X Week XXXXXX +0.16% - X Month XXXXXX +1.40% - X Months XXXXXX +10% - X Year XXXXXX +18% ### CreatorRank: XXXXXXX [#](/creator/twitter::1071151942821392384/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) XXXXX% [finance](/list/finance) XXXXX% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) XXXXX% [currencies](/list/currencies) XXXX% **Social topic influence** [china](/topic/china) #2452, [beijing](/topic/beijing) #151, [ai](/topic/ai) 7.69%, [at a](/topic/at-a) 7.69%, [united states](/topic/united-states) 7.69%, [jensen huang](/topic/jensen-huang) 7.69%, [nostalgia](/topic/nostalgia) 7.69%, [represent](/topic/represent) 7.69%, [saving](/topic/saving) 7.69%, [taiwan](/topic/taiwan) XXXX% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@hbbtruth](/creator/undefined) [@csis](/creator/undefined) [@rushdoshi](/creator/undefined) [@lizadtobin](/creator/undefined) [@byronwan](/creator/undefined) [@linglingwei](/creator/undefined) [@wsj](/creator/undefined) [@unreliablenarr6](/creator/undefined) [@micha28182631](/creator/undefined) [@mgeuia](/creator/undefined) [@cyrusshares](/creator/undefined) [@qingeneral86](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours "AI China and the U.S.: Untangling Jensen Huangs Strategic Framing While Jensen Huang didnt lie in his recent interview at @CSIS a few days ago he did bent reality a few degrees at a timejust enough that an audience doesnt have a complete grasp of the underlying data could walk away believing America is dangerously behind China in AI and that the best remedy is to loosen the very export controls keeping advanced U.S. chips out of Beijings military labs. It was a masterclass in strategic framing: emotionally compelling patriotically wrapped and materially incomplete. Huangs narrative rests on" [X Link](https://x.com/DesmondShum/status/1996997174685479170) 2025-12-05T17:36Z 32.1K followers, 8207 engagements "Continued II. Why Now The Reactivation of Cultural Revolution Language Comes From Four Pressures This rhetoric is not nostalgia. It reflects Chinas entry into a governance bottleneck. Its reappearance is not accidental but structurally inevitable. (1) Party control is loosening: loyalty is no longer automatic A decade of anti-corruption has caused the bureaucracy to: fear responsibility prioritize not making mistakes over getting things done middle cadres lie flat politically loyalty becomes a slogan rather than action This softening has created unprecedented anxiety at the political center." [X Link](https://x.com/DesmondShum/status/1995449392308854848) 2025-12-01T11:06Z 32.1K followers, 5562 engagements "V. Is He Aware of His Cognitive Limitations Very Likely Not In his worldview: reform and opening weaken the Party market forces represent danger private capital is uncontrollable media and civil society are latent threats He does not see himself as taking China backward. He sees himself as saving the Party. This is a self-consistent but deeply limited worldview. VI. The True Contradiction: Revolutionary-Era Cognition Modern National Reality China today is: the worlds second-largest economy highly urbanized technologically complex deeply integrated into global systems But the tools he relies" [X Link](https://x.com/DesmondShum/status/1995449395282653648) 2025-12-01T11:06Z 32.1K followers, 2656 engagements "The Takaichi Effect: Why Xi Dialed Trump @Lingling_Wei notes that Xi took the unusual step of initiating a call with Trump something he refused to do throughout the recent trade war. The timing is no coincidence. The call comes just as Beijing enters what looks to be the opening phase of a long confrontation with Japan under Takaichi. This maneuver from Xi brings to mind an old Chinese saying: no matter how powerful a man appears there is always someone who can keep him in check. In plain English: every man has his master. As someone who has navigated the Chinese bureaucracy I knows this" [X Link](https://x.com/DesmondShum/status/1993051859922116826) 2025-11-24T20:19Z 32.1K followers, 209.1K engagements "A Fragile Stretch Ahead: Chinas Economy Before CNY I expect that in the next few months before Chinese New Year Chinas economic data will look particularly grim. The past two months already show broad synchronized weakness: the property sector is sliding nationwide credit has collapsed investment is contracting exports have turned negative and one of the countrys flagship developers is facing delinquency. With no major new stimulus expected until the Two Sessions in March the economy is heading into a vacuum of policy support precisely when confidence is fracturing. 🏚 Real Estate:" [X Link](https://x.com/DesmondShum/status/1994023432833421695) 2025-11-27T12:40Z 32.1K followers, 16K engagements "China Business Lessons from the Man Who Tried to Build a Bank There An interview with the former CEO & Chairman of Silicon Valley Bank on doing business in China: I like the old man very gentle soul. You can see him working hard not to say the Chinese steal U.S. technology instead framing it borrowing when no one is looking and not paying for it. I never met him when I was there but I did have a few run-ins with his team. I still remember thinking after meeting in my office: interesting concept but dont see how they will make it a success in China. His top five takeaways on doing business in" [X Link](https://x.com/DesmondShum/status/1996284983569228167) 2025-12-03T18:26Z 32.1K followers, 39.7K engagements "Echoes from the Summer Palace Aman Summer Palace is closing its doors. And with that a certain strand of my life one woven through courtyards quiet ponds and old Beijing evenings gently unravels. It was the first Aman in China. I was there from the design stage arguing endlessly with the management about what a luxury hotel of this sort in China needed to be. As a potential investor I pushed for decisions grounded in Chinese business culture while the Singaporean team pushed back with their international standards. In the end I walked away. Time proved that was the right decision but it didnt" [X Link](https://x.com/DesmondShum/status/1998149119726993789) 2025-12-08T21:54Z 32.1K followers, 21.4K engagements "Chips Deals and Forbidden City Sequels Since Trump is moving ahead with allowing H200 chip exports to China Beijings priorities will shift almost overnight: X. Beijing will read Trump as fundamentally transactional everything is negotiable and therefore everything is potentially attainable. If advanced chips are once again tradable China will immediately recalibrate. Expect a full-court press in the coming months to secure the most advanced technology available across the spectrum not just GPUs but lithography systems specialty materials EDA software and semiconductor manufacturing equipment" [X Link](https://x.com/DesmondShum/status/1998233767459139739) 2025-12-09T03:30Z 32.1K followers, 18.3K engagements
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@DesmondShum Desmond Shum
Desmond Shum posts on X about china, beijing, ai, at a the most. They currently have XXXXXX followers and XX posts still getting attention that total XXXXX engagements in the last XX hours.
Engagements: XXXXX #
- X Week XXXXXX +93%
- X Month XXXXXXX -XX%
- X Months XXXXXXXXX +47%
- X Year XXXXXXXXX -XX%
Mentions: X #
- X Week XX -XX%
- X Month XX no change
- X Months XXX +57%
- X Year XXX +13%
Followers: XXXXXX #
- X Week XXXXXX +0.16%
- X Month XXXXXX +1.40%
- X Months XXXXXX +10%
- X Year XXXXXX +18%
CreatorRank: XXXXXXX #
Social Influence
Social category influence countries XXXXX% finance XXXXX% travel destinations XXXXX% currencies XXXX%
Social topic influence china #2452, beijing #151, ai 7.69%, at a 7.69%, united states 7.69%, jensen huang 7.69%, nostalgia 7.69%, represent 7.69%, saving 7.69%, taiwan XXXX%
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @hbbtruth @csis @rushdoshi @lizadtobin @byronwan @linglingwei @wsj @unreliablenarr6 @micha28182631 @mgeuia @cyrusshares @qingeneral86
Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours
"AI China and the U.S.: Untangling Jensen Huangs Strategic Framing While Jensen Huang didnt lie in his recent interview at @CSIS a few days ago he did bent reality a few degrees at a timejust enough that an audience doesnt have a complete grasp of the underlying data could walk away believing America is dangerously behind China in AI and that the best remedy is to loosen the very export controls keeping advanced U.S. chips out of Beijings military labs. It was a masterclass in strategic framing: emotionally compelling patriotically wrapped and materially incomplete. Huangs narrative rests on"
X Link 2025-12-05T17:36Z 32.1K followers, 8207 engagements
"Continued II. Why Now The Reactivation of Cultural Revolution Language Comes From Four Pressures This rhetoric is not nostalgia. It reflects Chinas entry into a governance bottleneck. Its reappearance is not accidental but structurally inevitable. (1) Party control is loosening: loyalty is no longer automatic A decade of anti-corruption has caused the bureaucracy to: fear responsibility prioritize not making mistakes over getting things done middle cadres lie flat politically loyalty becomes a slogan rather than action This softening has created unprecedented anxiety at the political center."
X Link 2025-12-01T11:06Z 32.1K followers, 5562 engagements
"V. Is He Aware of His Cognitive Limitations Very Likely Not In his worldview: reform and opening weaken the Party market forces represent danger private capital is uncontrollable media and civil society are latent threats He does not see himself as taking China backward. He sees himself as saving the Party. This is a self-consistent but deeply limited worldview. VI. The True Contradiction: Revolutionary-Era Cognition Modern National Reality China today is: the worlds second-largest economy highly urbanized technologically complex deeply integrated into global systems But the tools he relies"
X Link 2025-12-01T11:06Z 32.1K followers, 2656 engagements
"The Takaichi Effect: Why Xi Dialed Trump @Lingling_Wei notes that Xi took the unusual step of initiating a call with Trump something he refused to do throughout the recent trade war. The timing is no coincidence. The call comes just as Beijing enters what looks to be the opening phase of a long confrontation with Japan under Takaichi. This maneuver from Xi brings to mind an old Chinese saying: no matter how powerful a man appears there is always someone who can keep him in check. In plain English: every man has his master. As someone who has navigated the Chinese bureaucracy I knows this"
X Link 2025-11-24T20:19Z 32.1K followers, 209.1K engagements
"A Fragile Stretch Ahead: Chinas Economy Before CNY I expect that in the next few months before Chinese New Year Chinas economic data will look particularly grim. The past two months already show broad synchronized weakness: the property sector is sliding nationwide credit has collapsed investment is contracting exports have turned negative and one of the countrys flagship developers is facing delinquency. With no major new stimulus expected until the Two Sessions in March the economy is heading into a vacuum of policy support precisely when confidence is fracturing. 🏚 Real Estate:"
X Link 2025-11-27T12:40Z 32.1K followers, 16K engagements
"China Business Lessons from the Man Who Tried to Build a Bank There An interview with the former CEO & Chairman of Silicon Valley Bank on doing business in China: I like the old man very gentle soul. You can see him working hard not to say the Chinese steal U.S. technology instead framing it borrowing when no one is looking and not paying for it. I never met him when I was there but I did have a few run-ins with his team. I still remember thinking after meeting in my office: interesting concept but dont see how they will make it a success in China. His top five takeaways on doing business in"
X Link 2025-12-03T18:26Z 32.1K followers, 39.7K engagements
"Echoes from the Summer Palace Aman Summer Palace is closing its doors. And with that a certain strand of my life one woven through courtyards quiet ponds and old Beijing evenings gently unravels. It was the first Aman in China. I was there from the design stage arguing endlessly with the management about what a luxury hotel of this sort in China needed to be. As a potential investor I pushed for decisions grounded in Chinese business culture while the Singaporean team pushed back with their international standards. In the end I walked away. Time proved that was the right decision but it didnt"
X Link 2025-12-08T21:54Z 32.1K followers, 21.4K engagements
"Chips Deals and Forbidden City Sequels Since Trump is moving ahead with allowing H200 chip exports to China Beijings priorities will shift almost overnight: X. Beijing will read Trump as fundamentally transactional everything is negotiable and therefore everything is potentially attainable. If advanced chips are once again tradable China will immediately recalibrate. Expect a full-court press in the coming months to secure the most advanced technology available across the spectrum not just GPUs but lithography systems specialty materials EDA software and semiconductor manufacturing equipment"
X Link 2025-12-09T03:30Z 32.1K followers, 18.3K engagements