Joel Silverstein

@macastel3 What city?

Hotels in China are ridiculously cheap for top quality I’m paying 37 usd for this room🤦‍♂️ Top notch materials and brand new finishing Home Suites by Hilton

@macastel3 Cook it in soup. Eyeballs are delicious!!

Selection of fish you find at Costco in China How do you even eat the fish head?

@macastel3 Last time i was in Shanghai (two months ago), Astrill did not work and I was told SH Government was clocking VPN’s but I could roam with my HK mobile and get my gmail

Astrill VPN has many problems these days in China Are they falling out of favor with the government?

@shaunrein @UTAustin Wish him all success! Austin is a cool town.

@RnaudBertrand @potaufan You cannot overlook the role of donors to the Republican Party - big oil!

I agree that they each do it because of what you explain but it remains a massive bet by each with immensely consequential strategic implications. Imagine if the world does indeed move towards renewables and the US is the laggard in this regard: is that a good strategic position to be in?

This absolutely stunning chart comparison by the NYT might prove to be the most important geopolitical visualization of the 21st century. The two major superpowers are each cornering a competing energy platform. China bets everything on clean energy, the US on fossil fuels. It's incredibly rare, probably even unprecedented in history, to see 2 superpowers making completely opposite trillion-dollar bets on the underlying technology that literally powers the world. Let's see how it plays out... One interesting related statistic: 87% of the Global South's new energy investments go to clean tech (rmi.org/wp-content/upl…), so it's pretty crystal clear which future they back. Link to the NYT article: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

@macastel3 I cannot understand why China would agree to US 50%+ import duties on Chinese products. Am I missing something here?

So at the end the day there is no deal but something has been agreed: It’s still the 30% tax (or 50 including old tax) And a 6 months rare earth concession in exchange for less restriction on US tech exports and student visas Why China not fighting for tax reduction? Maybe they are waiting for the 20% fentanyl tax to be cut at some point when prices will be increased to consumers

@LarrySabato 😹

Parents Gently Explain To Child That Their Money In Heaven Now theonion.com/parents-gently…

@jonathanmaze Better they stay in the grave for good!

I'm officially petitioning to change the definition of what we consider a "zombie restaurant chain." We used to think of struggling, no-growth brands as "zombie chains." But as we're getting a bunch of concepts that are coming back from the dead, aren't those zombies?

@shaunrein Well said, I lived in several countries in Asia for 40 years and was always thankful for the privilege of living there.

@macastel3 That’s a joke right? Same prices as the USA. 太贵了

China is cheap: only $13.6 dollars

@benshapiro Where is your moral compass?

This is absurd.

@macastel3 Design centric and the coffee is very good IMO

$5.5 usd latte in China from % Arabica Good taste and quality but certainly not worth the price But it seems to have some success as they open more shops Don’t how they make money on very limited SKUs (10 or so) Margins are crazy though

@macastel3 What city are you in?

Finally found an hotel that accepts foreigners Brand new, beautiful large room and bathroom Guess how much I paid? USD 20! Almost feel sorry they charge so little How do they turn a profit is a mystery for me….

@shaunrein I assume Musk is a fascist also? What do you call the Chinese government that does the same thing?

@macastel3 Do these EV companies make money at these prices? I read that there are 120+ EV makers in China. Seems like a huge red ocean to me.

People don’t realize that even with a 100% import tariffs Chinese cars are still cheaper than Tesla🤦‍♂️

@Codie_Sanchez Easy to say until there is a big crisis then all the Wall Street and big corporations will beg for bailouts and small business will get screwed again.

My political platform is... Get OUT OF THE WAY of everyday Americans. We don't need your "help."

@JamesFallows Is the media just scared of retribution from Trump?

@allenzg @ShangguanJiewen @shaunrein It is also very difficult for overseas scholars of China to visit and do research. Just ask them. Visa denied.

@EWHospitality @ShangguanJiewen @shaunrein At least they can use a tourist visa to visit, not sitting in an office building on the East Coast writing about China

@allenzg @ShangguanJiewen @shaunrein True, but Chinese authorities don’t want many journalists in the country and then complain the country is misunderstood. Seagull reporting is not effective journalism in my view.

@ShangguanJiewen @shaunrein Can they get a visa? I doubt they are giving many out for western journalists.

@shaunrein All western journalists covering China should be living in China during and throughout their coverage. You can't fairly and knowledgably 'cover' China from Los Angeles, New York and London.