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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Best read of the week How Tokyo became an unexpected haven for China’s middle class - on.ft.com/4n1dSs7 by Leo Lewis of the FT

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How Tokyo became an unexpected haven for China’s middle class

An aspirational generation of Chinese arrivals are beginning to shape Japan’s demographic, social and perhaps even political destiny

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Office Gorn @simian60.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Really interesting article. 100bp margin for evading Chinese capital flow controls seems low though? Might explain some of the recent populist movement as well. I've heard Chinese tourists in Japan being described as even ruder than the Americans (...) so there's definitely a base enmity.

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Mark Goodrich @markgoodrich.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Thanks for highlighting this. It is a fascinating read!

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

I'm madly curious about Tokyo. May start asking for book recommendations, such as a really good novel based there. But I've still got 200 pages of the Hogarth to go, a Mick Herron just begun, and joined a book club with A Death in Malta as a starter. So maybe later

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