James Mayger

Albee Zhang writes about China's young, low-cost retirees, quitting careers before thirty and taking advantage of China's slowing economy to chill out in semi-abandoned, shockingly cheap housing complexes: apnews.com/article/china-…

A record $112 billion cargo gap with China suggests Trump's trade war has spawned tariff evasion at unprecedented scale — and compliant businesses are paying the price. via @LouKCurtis & @JDMayger bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Great reporting here from Bloomberg

This should be great (and as Adam says, timely).

While investigating China’s surveillance state, AP Beijing reporter Dake Kang traveled across continents to interview sources in person who were fearful for their safety. Support AP journalists like Dake by donating today. apnews.com/donate?payment…

Wandering around Tokyo is never boring. There’s always something (or someone) interesting.

The US can maintain close ties with Japan while pursuing productive engagement with China, even as tensions rise between Asia’s two largest economies, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

@SStapczynski youtu.be/QpWhugUmV5U?si…

US oil futures rise after Trump orders blockade of sanctioned tankers in Venezuela *Computer, zoom out* WTI still near lowest since 2021

Japanese companies have been reducing dependence on China for manufacturing and sales, a survey has shown, as a fresh flare-up of diplomatic tensions serves as a reminder of the risks of doing business there. s.nikkei.com/4ipZlEU

Sources close to Takaichi said she and Trump had agreed to "cooperate to calm" China's anger over Takaichi's remark this month that an invasion of Taiwan could escalate into a situation that requires Japan to mobilize its defense forces. asia.nikkei.com/content/38bdc7… via @NikkeiAsia

🎙️ On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, Bloomberg’s @JDMayger and @IsabelRTokyo on why Japan’s new prime minister has raised the issue of Taiwan, and what it could mean for the country’s diplomatic standoff with China. ⤵️ link.podtrac.com/0w3jhl1z?taid=…

EXCLUSIVE - Kuomintang’s chairwoman Cheng Li-wun sat down for her first int’l media interview, & talked about Lai’s “Taiwan Independence fascism,” why “we are Chinese”, US tariffs, relations with Xi Jinping and Beijing, defence spending & “One China”. 1/9 asia.nikkei.com/spotlight/poli…

Just weeks after Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met to mend ties, her comments on Taiwan are putting the uneasy balance between Asia’s biggest powers to the test. @JDMayger explains: bloom.bg/4pf3iOX

丸紅、豪州で初のレアメタル権益取得へ　15億円で3%強：日本経済新聞 nikkei.com/article/DGXZQO…

China criticized Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for meeting with Taiwan officials on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and her subsequent social media posts about the discussions bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

“That night, Red Guards burst into the house, daubed paint on him and dragged him into the yard, his arms wrenched behind his back and his head forced down…The intruders killed his cat, Ming Ming, and shouted: ‘Hang Grey! Hang Grey!’” reuters.com/obituary/antho…

A packed presser for SK President Lee. It feels unstaged, unlike press conferences by leaders of other certain nations.

@ZichenWanghere x.com/jmzbeijing/sta…

what??? Bessent seriously thought Li Chenggang had been fired???

Nobody has won yet Li Chenggang was removed from his vice-ministerial post as WTO Representative because he got promoted to the full-ministerial post of International Trade Representative Happened months ago: today’s announcement is a formality after selection of new WTO rep

@ChorzempaMartin @berthofmanecon Was it made in China?

Just got my costume in the mail! will be by far the scariest one in all of DC this Halloween