Andrew Peaple

Andrew Peaple

@andypeaps.bsky.social

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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Steven T. Dennis
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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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Big tech giants reported more than $160bn last quarter in "other income". The source? Equity stakes in other AI companies ... Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/ostEx9j

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David Henig
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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.

David Henig@davidheniguk.bsky.social

So, welcome to the real new order of globalisation, the one in which technology-driven inter-connectivity is leading to an interplay of the largest companies and countries, transforming the economic policy space for governments in ways we're only learning.

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The Wire China
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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:

buff.lyAs Trump Heads to Beijing, Splits on China Widen at Home - The Wire ChinaThe 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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Ian Fraser
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Replying to @robertwoolley.bsky.social

This is what I wrote about the failure to prosecute anyone at Royal Bank of Scotland / NatWest in Shredded.

Andrew Peaple
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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

Ben Chu@benchu.bsky.social

...because UKSV's recommendation was just *part* of the vetting process, not the outcome. And Robbins' view was that the legal confidentiality around the UKSV process meant that he *should not* have shared UKSV's recommendation more widely.

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The Wire China
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"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

buff.lyEleven Days, Part II - The Wire ChinaTo 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
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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:

buff.lyChina’s Solar Industry Follows the Sun to Africa - The Wire ChinaChinese 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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Great idea!

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The Wire China
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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:

buff.lyCanada’s Xinjiang Controversy - The Wire ChinaA 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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The Wire China
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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:

buff.lyLiberated or Losing? How the U.S. is Faring in Its Trade Struggle with China - The Wire ChinaThe 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
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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
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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
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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

Nadia Shireen@nadiashireen.bsky.social

HELLO. I’d like to a buy a stranger (school) a whole set of Grimwood books. There are 5 books (so far.) Thanks!

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Simon Nixon
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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
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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:

buff.lyChina’s Labor Market Braces for an AI Shock - The Wire ChinaExperts 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.
Andrew Peaple
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"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...

thewirechina.comJung Chang on What Happened Next For the Wild Swans - The Wire ChinaThe 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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Ron Filipkowski
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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...

reuters.comInside the Trump family’s global crypto cash machineThe 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.