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Chinamaxxing in Chengdu 🐼

It's now possible to walk from Westminster to the Tower entirely along the north riverbank (only straying a few metres to go beneath bridges). First time in London's history this has been possible. Details on link londonist.substack.com/p/an-historic-…

The legendary Da Shan!

You’re not depressed, you just need San Francisco in your life

TfL’s Commissioner, Andy Lord, receives a base salary of £400k - with bonuses this rises to £640k+. Over 2,200 TfL employees earn more than £100k per annum, with 78 paid more than the Prime Minister. This is all whilst fares continue to rise…

An informative session with @Ajaybis after @raisinadialogue to receive the latest insights on India’s grand strategy and global ambition. Whether India can maintain strategic autonomy in a polarising world is at the heart of Amb Bisaria’s remarks.

Amazing to start my morning in Delhi with a yoga session with the morning dew. Look forward to the next week in Delhi.

@RhysJLloyd74721 @ClaireCoutinho Your premise is wrong. Most foreign students aren’t eligible for UK student loans at all—only citizens and those with settled status qualify.

@ClaireCoutinho How about foreign students who took the loans and went back home? Will they still be expected to pay any of it back, or are we just not going to follow up on that?

Kemi understands aspiration.

Three books @dcsandbrook wishes he could read again for the first time.

Sad to learn that @TheRestHistory is responsible for killing off the publishing industry. x.com/spectator/stat…

Wonderfully damning by @patrickkmaguire

Prime Minister Keir Starmer gifted President Xi a football from a recent Arsenal v Manchester United match. The PM supports the former, while Xi likes the latter.

Truly stunned after hearing this on Chinatalk's latest episode where the guest quite unabashedly throws in China curing cancer as a potential nightmare scenario for the US. Kudos to @jordanschneider for pushing back I guess? but honestly the bar for basic humanity should not be this low. Have they no idea how the rest of the world sees this sort of talk?

I was going to post about Robert Jenrick, but Nigel Farage beat me to it.

🚨 NEW PODCAST 🚨 I'm excited to announce the launch of the new High Capacity podcast on China and tech. Featuring in-depth interviews with experts on China + AI, robotics, EVs, clean tech, biotech, etc. The first episode focuses on China's robotics and industrial automation👇

Where’s the next Thatcher 👀

Says it all. The Economist: Do you use AI yourself? Sir Keir: Yes, I do use AI. The Economist: What for? Sir Keir: We’re using it within government for a whole bunch of roles. The Economist: But what about you personally? Are you on ChatGPT of an evening? Sir Keir: No, but my children are.  economist.com/britain/2025/1…

We are delighted to have been named Apple Podcasts Show of the Year. To all friends of the show out there, we couldn’t do it without you!

@MarketBlondes @cfauk Congrats Helen!!

I don’t normally share work stuff on here but I’m chuffed to bits about this one - thank you ⁦@cfauk⁩ Seven New Fellows Announced | CFA UK cfauk.org/media-centre/c…