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Associate Professor of Chinese, language, oral traditions, foodways, folklore. U.S. Army veteran
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Are billionaires and big corporations in the US helping small and medium-size companies make it through Trump's trade war? Imagine Musk or Bezos or Zuckerberg or the Waltons or the Kochs giving small or medium-size US companies a penny to pay for anything. bsky.app/profile/chad...

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China is the largest shipbuilding nation in the word. 34% of ships on the water and 57.1% of new ships under construction are Chinese made. To get there, Chinese govt invests heavily in infrastructure-$132 billion in subsidies. What is the US govt doing to support/develop this industry?

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The US is a major exporter of food-top 3 export destinations in 2024 were Canada, Mexico, and China. China is a net importer of food. US food exports to China were $143.5b-soy beans, corn, beef, pork, dairy, wheat, poultry, oilseed, grains, seeds, and fruits. Farmers need markets, not subsidies.

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www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ap... Another US industry to be decimated by Trump

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www.politico.com/news/2025/04... This is what happens when you let radical extremists like Rubio get control of power. You get non-Christian behavior masquerading as Christianity. Doesn’t the Bible explicitly discourage betraying the trust of others?

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"The gloves are off. The next chapter of U.S.-China decoupling has begun. The pain will be felt everywhere." A smart, ominous deep-dive from my colleagues on what's coming for us with this trade war (gift link): www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

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Remember how Marco Rubio used to grandstand about human rights in other countries and how he'd bash them for unlawfully detaining people without due process? People should've known who he really is when he Tweeted lies justifying beating reporters on June 1, 2020. apnews.com/article/mahm...

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Financial Times cites five sources in reporting that Central Military Commission Vice Chair General He Weidong has in fact been put under investigation www.ft.com/content/8226...

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When there is a blanket, across the board 10% tariff on all goods entering the US, there was no pause in tariffs. There was a temporary change in tariff rate from the highest levels down to 10% but there is still a tariff on all goods. www.theguardian.com/business/liv...

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China has more than 90% of the world’s dysprosium, a rare earth metal used in neodymium magnets, EVs, wind turbines, hard drives, lasers, nuclear reactors, halide lamps, tablets, smartphones, and F-35 fighters. Neodymium magnets are crucial for electronic warfare, targeting radar, and rudder systems

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What even is Trump's China strategy? Arthur Kroeber joins the conversation and he does not mince his words: www.chinafile.com/conversation...

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After Trump's economic approach was a debacle, and he's started an all out trade war with everyone, Trump's Treasury Secretary says they will work with allies as a group to deal with China, better known as the Biden approach, except no one trusts the US now... www.reuters.com/world/us/bes...

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There won't be any waves of Chinese tourists spending money at US outlets, tourist sites, restaurants, etc. for a while. China issues travel warning for the US... www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2025/04-0...

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Trump paused tariffs because one person became yippy and afraid. Trump. It was his call to levy tariffs and it was his call to rescind them. www.yahoo.com/finance/news...

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Trump can’t last a week under pressure. China is playing it smart.

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“Even if research funding is restored, U.S. science will have suffered huge long-term damage. So will the world trading system, and the effectiveness of the federal bureaucracy, which will be impaired for many years even if DOGE’s depredations stop.” open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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Republicans in Congress can end this any time

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The president has demanded an explanation from Beijing and accused it of aligning itself with Russia in the war. www.ft.com/content/930c...

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Chinese diplomats threatened to cancel a summit and called top officials in two African countries to pressure lawmakers to quit the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China, in an escalation of Chinese pressure in Africa. It shows how far China will go to wield clout abroad: apnews.com/article/chin...

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www.pbs.org/newshour/sho... Trump is amazing. He turned the murderous dictator Putin into a “good guy”. He’s transformed Xi Jinping from a failure on the economy to the leader in defense of the American tariff bully causing all the economic pain. He praises his buddy Erdogan. Love letters to Kim…

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Where are the plans for an anti-Trump march that blocks the $90 million parade Trump is planning for his birthday?

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