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Andrew Peaple

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News editor at The Wire China @thewirechina.bsky.social. Host and founder of Asia Matters podcast. Views expressed here are my own.

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trump’s incompetence, malevolence and recklessness has wrecked the global order. A momentous week of summitry offers an opportunity to repair some of the damage. Don’t bet on any major breakthroughs. Latest edition of Wealth of Nations nixons.substack.com/p/trump-vs-c...
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Trump vs Carney
Trump’s broken world order, Carney’s new one, and is Kevin Warsh the new Paul Volcker?
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Steven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump's move to ban outlets he doesn't like from reporting inside the White House comes amid a wave of bad news less than 2 months before the midterms: *Record diesel prices, $4+ gas, ~7% mortgages, higher interest rates, high fertilizer prices, ~$7 beef. *Terrible polling for Rs, Trump *Etc Etc Etc
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 31/08/2026
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Michael Jai White: This Whole Situation Is Nuts Man
ALT: Michael Jai White: This Whole Situation Is Nuts Man
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
So what?
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Great job by the uk political media on reporting who the next chancellor was going to be
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 26/06/2026
it's hard to overstate what an absolute shithole King's Cross used to be. the redevelopment is pretty amazing www.ft.com/content/6a3a...
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How the DeepMind mafia brought the AI boom to London
The tech sector is buzzing in Britain. But can it ever be more than a US outpost?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
WSJ: “.. A sharp fall in China’s crude oil imports during the Iran war has been instrumental in holding down oil prices .. “.. Chinese people are driving fewer gasoline-powered cars and taking trains instead of planes.” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Wow Frankfurt Airport. Heard it was bad but this bad?
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Wonderful!
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
On further thinking, Trump's China trip might be the most significant moment in global economics since 2008, a genuine follow-up to Nixon goes to China, but this time as basically surrender.
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The Wire China @thewirechina.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Trump has introduced few restrictions on Beijing since resuming office last January. Noah Berman reports on the growing divide on China policy between the president, lawmakers, and the U.S. public:
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As Trump Heads to Beijing, Splits on China Widen at Home - The Wire China
The president’s relatively dovish approach to the U.S.’s top rival contrasts with hawkishness in Congress, but may reflect growing pro-China sentiment among younger Americans.
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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
While I am firm in my belief Starmer should go, and soon, isn’t it weird we’ve got sucked into a side argument over the process for a security clearance for Mandelson, the turning down of which had nothing to do with Epstein? It’s the British political class at its worst, I think.
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Ian Fraser @ianfraser.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This is what I wrote about the failure to prosecute anyone at Royal Bank of Scotland / NatWest in Shredded.
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The whole story is a nothing burger. Robbins highly unconvincing. Says he was brought up in a culture of documentation but doesn't seem to have read the relevant forms or documented much himself
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The Wire China @thewirechina.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
"It was a life changing experience: the incident, the detention, the repatriation. I was on the cover of every newspaper in the United States and the free world." — Nick Mellos, the flight engineer. We revisit the 2001 Hainan spy plane crisis through the eyes of eyewitnesses: buff.ly/upEYVjl
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Eleven Days, Part II - The Wire China
To mark the 25th anniversary of the Hainan spy plane crisis, The Wire China is publishing the second installment of its discussions with people who participated in the dramatic showdown. For Part I…
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The Wire China @thewirechina.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Africa, with vast unmet demand and few trade barriers, has become a more compelling market for a Chinese industry being squeezed out of the U.S. and Europe. Noah Berman analyzes China's booming solar exports to the African continent for this week’s issue of The Wire China:
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China’s Solar Industry Follows the Sun to Africa - The Wire China
Chinese solar firms are exporting far more to Africa as their U.S. and European markets fade. That could make the Sino-African trade relationship even more one-sided.
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Great idea!
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The Wire China @thewirechina.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Supermarkets across Toronto sell products from the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, a paramilitary group that is sanctioned by the U.S., UK, European Union and Canada. @eliotchen.bsky.social examines Canadian commitments to banning forced labor imports:
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Canada’s Xinjiang Controversy - The Wire China
A Canadian lawmaker’s comments on Xinjiang has put a spotlight on the country’s shaky commitment to banning forced labor imports.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
the first one is where she was being edited, the later ones (and even more so her detective stories) conspicuously not
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The Wire China @thewirechina.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
A lot has happened since 'Liberation Day' last year. On the surface, the Trump tariffs on China have achieved one of their apparent goals, but failed to achieve other long-lasting changes. Get the big picture:
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Liberated or Losing? How the U.S. is Faring in Its Trade Struggle with China - The Wire China
The Wire takes stock of the U.S.-China trade picture and the effort to shift global manufacturing back to America a year on from Liberation Day.
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Graham Webster @gwbstr.com · 23/03/2026
He declared liberation day, set tariffs based on nothing in particular, became quickly astonished that an economy he underestimated could match escalation, and then sued for peace and tried to convince you unilateral retreat was prelude to a deal. (Then delayed the moribund dealing for ⬇️)
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The Wire China @thewirechina.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
This week’s cover story: can a start-up in North Carolina break China’s grip on rare earth magnets? Noah Berman reports on Vulcan Elements' race to onshore a crucial supply chain:
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The Magnet Makers - The Wire China
A start-up in North Carolina wants to break China’s grip on rare earth magnets.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
What an unbelievable six nations. So many great games.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
One week ago. 🤡
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The Wire China @thewirechina.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
In small-town North Carolina, a new factory wants to make magnets without sourcing any materials from China. In our latest podcast episode, Noah Berman and Tom Mitchell discuss how the company, Vulcan Elements, is trying to get the U.S. back in the rare earths race. pod.link/1873741567
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Big Green Books @biggreenbooks.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
HEY SCHOOLS! I have a special #buyastrangerabook day offer just for you! @nadiashireen.bsky.social is offering to buy you a set of her brilliant Grimwood series. All five of them! If you'd like them, just get in touch. UK only
The five Grimwood books that Nadia's offering to give away.
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Suggestion: turn off a certain press conference and listen to Michael Collins play the clarinet www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Classical Live - A clarinet recital live from Wigmore Hall - BBC Sounds
Clarinettist Michael Collins and pianist Wu Qian live from Wigmore Hall.
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The Wire China @thewirechina.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Your weekend listen: What's behind the curtain of ByteDance's viral AI video generator, Seedance 2.0? @rachelcheung.bsky.social, @eliotchen.bsky.social, and Savannah Billman examine new developments in China's AI space in episode six of our podcast: pod.link/1873741567
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The Wire China @thewirechina.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Smugglers in Texas, New Jersey, and New York. A mysterious Hong Kong client. And a plot to illegally sell Nvidia AI chips to China. Episode five maps out a chip smuggling network with @eliotchen.bsky.social and @andypeaps.bsky.social : pod.link/1873741567/
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The Wire China @thewirechina.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Even though China is highly online, with over 90 percent of the population internet users, the country’s top AI models have fewer regular users compared to U.S. models. Get the big picture on China's AI adoption lag:
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Chinese AI Makes Its Sales Pitch - The Wire China
China’s AI models dominated headlines during the new year holiday, but struggle to overcome low user adoption at home.
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
What a take this was www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
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Six Nations on road to perdition unless chastening Celtic wake-up call is heeded | Robert Kitson
Championship risks becoming a two-tier affair as Ireland, Wales and Scotland all lose on the opening weekend for first time in 26 years
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
A truly extraordinary story - Well done @wsj.com www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company
$500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Excited to post the first episode of our new @thewirechina.bsky.social podcast, in which I talk rabout obotaxis with my colleague @rachelcheung.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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Robotaxis On a Roll
Podcast Episode · The Wire China Podcast · 31/01/2026 · 14m
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Alexander Boyd @alexludoboyd.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Our new column What China's Thinking is underpinned by the work of my former colleagues at @chinadigitaltimes.net The superlative Chinese team & my friends/role models @samuelwa.de @cindycarter.bsky.social have contextualized so much of recent Chinese history chinabooksreview.com/2026/01/27/w...
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Zhang Feng on China's New Media | China Books Review
The prolific social media blogger explains how censorship works in the era of WeChat, and talks us through a changing media landscape, in our new column on the biggest ideas out of China.
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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
One reason I am gloomy about Britain’s ability to rise to this geopolitical moment is the sheer parochialism and unseriousness of much of its media. The Times, which used to be a serious paper, does not have a single comment piece today on the gravest international crisis in 80 years
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The Wire China @thewirechina.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Beijing's hope is that AI will power emerging industries such as autonomous vehicles and robotics, eventually producing more new jobs than the ones it replaces. @rachelcheung.bsky.social examines the hopes and anxieties behind China's AI transition:
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China’s Labor Market Braces for an AI Shock - The Wire China
Experts warn both that millions of workers could lose their positions in China as AI takes over, and that there aren’t enough people to fill AI-related jobs.
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
The FT’s Word Circle puzzle is a con
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... great to hear @georgedobell.bsky.social on this. Rightfully angry, clear sighted
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The Ashes: Rob Key ’Sorry’ for England performing at 20%
Podcast Episode · Test Match Special · 23/12/2025 · 59m
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Ah it’s Chuckles Bailey on the radio. So uncharismatic.
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The Wire China @thewirechina.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Op-Ed: China is good at producing mid- to low-range robots, but Japan and Europe remain ahead in advanced robotics. Alberto Moel writes in The Wire China:
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China Is Falling Behind at the Sharp End of the Global Robot Race - The Wire China
While China is good at producing mid- to low-range robots, competitors in Japan and Europe remain ahead in advanced robotics.
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
"I think our feelings of love were really born from these extreme and abnormal circumstances. Those emotions may not have been so strong, so fierce, had we been living in a normal society." My interview with Jung Chang on her new book 'Fly, Wild Swans'. www.thewirechina.com/2025/11/23/j...
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Jung Chang on What Happened Next For the Wild Swans - The Wire China
The author talks about her family’s struggles in Mao’s China, and why she dare not return to the country of her birth under Xi Jinping.
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
Can’t take the Lemon and Collins smugness right now
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The Wire China @thewirechina.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
The U.S. and its allies need to adapt better to China’s growing influence over the institutions that govern the global economic order, argues Kevin P. Gallagher in this week’s op-ed.
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The China Lever - The Wire China
The U.S. and its allies need to adapt better to China’s growing influence over the institutions that govern the global economic order.
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Isabel Hilton @isabelh.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Calling all China people: nominations are open for the Baifang Schell Prize for non fiction. Please rush us your thoughts and suggestions! chinabooksreview.com/2025/11/06/p...
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Nominations Open for 2025 Baifang Schell Book Prize | China Books Review
Our book prize returns in its second year, celebrating exceptional books on or from China and the Sinophone world. Nominate now!
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Trump Org’s income in the first half of 2024 was $51 million. In the first half of 2025 it rose to $864 million. A massive percentage came from foreigners. It should be the biggest scandal in the history of American politics. But few even care. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Inside the Trump family’s global crypto cash machine
The U.S. president’s family raked in more than $800 million from sales of crypto assets in the first half of 2025 alone, a Reuters examination found, on top of potentially billions more in unrealized “on paper” gains. Much of that cash came from foreign sources as Donald Trump's sons touted their business on an international investor roadshow.
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Stunning
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Congratulations! Fabulous publication
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Andrew Peaple @andypeaps.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Question: How can broadband providers claim that a £4 increase on an annual bill of £26.99 is 'in line with inlfation'?
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