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Apr 4 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
1/ Republican and Democratic House members illuminating Congressional views on China Image
2/ Democrat Adam Smith @RepAdamSmith (ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee) and Republican Michael Baumgartner @RepBaumgartner (HKS grad, MPA/ID ‘02) were members of the first House of Representatives CODEL to visit China since 2019.
3/ I had the honor to chair an hour and a half off the record Q&A with HKS students on Thursday afternoon. The big takeaway: however divided the nation and Congress seem, as citizens we are fortunate to have two such thoughtful Congressmen serving the nation.

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Apr 3
1/ A Four-Star’s History Lesson on the Iran War

A must-read summary of a great listen: see @nytimes @DavidAFrench's conversation with former commander of US Special Forces in Afghanistan and Iraq Gen. Stanley McChrystal.

nytimes.com/2026/03/23/opi…
2/ To successfully meet the challenge the US currently faces in Iran, McChrystal recommends starting with “strategic empathy”: asking how the events occurring today look through the eyes of our adversary. (In the security studies canon, strategic empathy is an antidote to Americans’ natural “strategic narcissism” that understands events only through our own eyes, assumes others see the world as we do, and expects them to act only in response to our initiatives.)
3/ Specifically, McChrystal advocates beginning by asking how Iranian leaders remember the history that has led to this juncture: “I try to remind people whenever we think of what’s happening now: If we don’t understand the journey to this point, we don’t understand the attitudes that are going to drive decisions people make.” While Americans’ memory of Iran’s 1979 revolution and support for Shia militias leads US policymakers to view Iran as a “recalcitrant enemy,” for Iranians, it really starts in 1953 with US covert action to overthrow Iran’s elected leader.
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Apr 3
1/ China Challenge: Believe it or Not*

The Escalator to Heaven
2/ Who has the longest stack of escalators in the world?
3/ Answer: Chongqing, China. The “Goddess” escalator in Wushan county consists of a series of two dozen individual escalators and lifts that climb more than 750 feet over a 2,500-foot length in 21 minutes. Every day, 9,000 people pay the 50-cent fee to avoid a steep stairway. Image
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Mar 27
1/ China Challenge: Believe it or Not*

How late is Chinas high speed rail?

*As part of an effort to improve our understanding of China, I will continue to offer another “Believe It or Not” about China each week. Readers are invited to send along candidates for the list.
2/ Last week a @FinancialTimes story announced: “An ambitious high-speed rail project linking Poland and the Baltic states will probably be a decade late.” The 750-mile line that had been promised by 2030 will be delayed until at least 2040. ft.com/content/0fe9d0…
3/ How late is America’s only high-speed rail project, which (if all of it gets built) will cover 750 miles from Los Angeles to San Francisco and on to Sacramento?
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Mar 12
1/ Tracking the EV Race: Who is Super-Charged?
2/ Charging stations are a major constraint on the sales of EVs. A single Chinese EV manufacturer—BYD (in which Warren Buffett was one of the early investors)—announced that by the end of 2026, it will build an additional 20,000 charging stations across China. Moreover, with new technology at these stations, drivers can charge their cars’ batteries in 5 minutes.
3/ How many charging stations are there in the entire US today?
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Mar 9
1/ Trump’s year of tariffs produced a new high... for whom?
2/ 2025 was the year in which President Trump declared tariff war on adversaries and allies alike. This began with what he named “Liberation Day” on April 2nd and continued with fits and starts thereafter.
3/ Last month after the Supreme Court declared Trump lacked the legal authority to wave his IEEPA tariff wand in the way he had, Trump and his team responded by asserting tariff authority under alternative statutes and imposing a 15% tariff on most items.
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Mar 6
1/ China Challenge: Believe it or Not*

Global Manufacturing Value Added: In 2000, the US accounted for one-quarter of global manufacturing value-added. China accounted for 5%.
2/ What about today?
3/ Answer: Today, China accounts for one-third of global manufacturing value-added – the US accounts for 15%.Image
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