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Lenovo CEO Yang Yuanqing: When Trump raised tariffs to 20% in March, we “had no time to prepare.” “The challenge is not the tariff itself, it’s the uncertainty,” he said, estimating a $15 million hit for Lenovo. “20% is not a small number.” Sherry Qin wsj.com/business/lenov…

NYT: A Very Old Tower’s Much Newer Roof Collapses, Raising Questions in China—The Drum Tower in Fengyang County, which dates to the 14th century, is one of many historical sites that have been renovated as cultural tourism has boomed. Vivian Wang nytimes.com/2025/05/22/wor…



Behind Xi’s Strongman Image, a Demanding Father Always Loyal to the Party—From harsh discipline to memorizing Mao, Xi Zhongxun shaped China’s powerful leader, a new biography recounts Chun Han Wong 王春翰 wsj.com/world/china/be… wsj.com/world/china/be…

“Hu Die said first that ‘the two countries cannot be obstructed’ before stumbling through a correction…Captured in screenshots and video shorts, the momentary lapse spread like wildfire on social media.” China Media Project David Bandurski chinamediaproject.org/2025/05/23/a-t…

He explained that he’d been given a DNA sample on behalf of Zhou, who didn’t speak English or own a computer. Yes, her father. “Does this mean he has been searching for me?” Mia asked. “He has been. Desperately.” Barbara Demick newyorker.com/news/american-…


A Crypto Billionaire Who Feared Arrest in the U.S. Returns for Dinner With Trump—Justin Sun, whose digital-currency network is popular with the crypto industry’s criminal underbelly, is a top buyer of Trump’s memecoin Angus Berwick Patricia Kowsmann Vicky Ge Huang wsj.com/finance/curren…

NYT: If the Trump administration succeeds in blocking Harvard from enrolling international students, the hardest-hit group would be students from China, who make up the school’s biggest share of current students from overseas. Vivian Wang nytimes.com/2025/05/23/wor…

.Oriana Skylar Mastro snf Brandon Yoder in Foreign Affairs: “Deterrence can fail in two ways. Do too little, and Beijing may gamble it can seize Taiwan before Washington is able to respond. Do too much, and Chinese leaders may conclude that force is the only…path.” foreignaffairs.com/taiwan/taiwan-…

NYT: Is Trump’s ‘Made in America’ iPhone a Fantasy? “It is absurd…In the short term, it’s not economically feasible.” Tripp Mickle nytimes.com/2025/05/23/tec…

The Fed Economist Accused of Espionage for Beijing—John Rogers voiced admiration for China before U.S. prosecutors alleged that he sent secrets to Beijing Chun Han Wong 王春翰 Nick Timiraos wsj.com/world/china/th… wsj.com/world/china/th…