⚠️Important news: Marine Le Pen’s far right party will not hold a majority in the French parliament, according to projections after polls closed on July 7th. Big surprise tonight: Ipsos France suggests the biggest parliamentary bloc will be the left-wing New Popular Front 1/

My book tour for #AtTheEdgeOfEmpire comes to Bunch of Grapes Bookstore on Martha's Vineyard! Join me and Gady Epstein of The Economist this Wed. 7/17 at 7 pm as we talk about my family saga and modern China. Book info: bit.ly/3XDnsYi Talk: bunchofgrapes.indielite.org/event/2024-07-…

If you’re on the Vineyard, don’t miss Ed talking with me tonight about his brilliant new book on China

In the first YouGov/The Economist survey since Joe Biden abandoned his re-election bid, Kamala Harris's net favourability has overtaken Donald Trump's economist.com/interactive/us…

Horrific

"What happened at Sde Teiman is not an isolated incident... there have also been serious incidents on the front – shooting civilians near IDF forces, the widespread use of Palestinians as human shields and the systematic torching of homes." haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

I'm thankful The Economist gave a rave review to my new book on China, #AtTheEdgeOfEmpire. An "absorbing new memoir" — "The stories are beautifully told and expose the contradictions of modern China." Book info: bit.ly/3XDnsYi. Review: econ.st/4c8PIFV

Tim Walz: --got married on the 5th anniversary of 6/4 so he wouldn't forget --met with the Dalai Lama as a Congressman more here: chinatalk.media/p/tim-walz-on-…

Where is China eighteen months after the end of its zero-COVID policy? Join us on Sept 13 @ 9am ET at Asia Society NY for an Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) Center for China Analysis panel discussion featuring Lynette Ong, Scott Kennedy, Dr. Qin Gao, and Gady Epstein bit.ly/3WD7lI2

JOB POSTING: South Asia bureau chief for the Economist, covering India and the region. One of the best jobs in journalism economist.com/asia/2024/08/1…

TARANTINO: there’s been a lot of debate over the years about the contents of the briefcase in “Pulp Fiction,” so let me just say once and for all that what it contained was- MAHER: don’t you think there are way too many woke scolds on the internet

good to know the economist doesn’t hold a grudge

Nearly 2 years since the White Paper protests & the end of zero-COVID, what challenges does #China face? Join Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI) on 9/13 for a discussion with Lynette Ong Scott Kennedy Dr. Qin Gao & Gady Epstein as they look at post-COVID China’ s economy & society asiasociety.org/policy-institu…

Was fascinating to hear from these three scholars on the state of Chinese politics, society and the economy post-covid. Video will go up on Asia Society website at some point soon

Missed the conversation about #China's post-COVID society and economy between The Economist's Gady Epstein, ASPI Center for China Analysis' Lynette Ong, Scott Kennedy, and Columbia University's Qin Gao? Watch it here: youtube.com/watch?v=MapQx_…

Excellent 🧵describing the new results supporting zoonotic origin of COVID. A side note from me— this breathtaking detail is a tremendous leap forward in attributing ANY biological incident, and should be viewed as a deterrent to misuse. Just extraordinary detective work.

1. According to a heartbreaking study just published in Nature, anti-transgender laws, including healthcare bans, have increased suicide attempts by up to 72% in states passing such legislation. The study is the first of its kind. Subscribe to support my journalism.

In Lebanon as in Gaza, everything the Israeli army bombs is a "headquarters" and the presence of a low- to mid-level Hezbollah member ("head of the group’s logistics committee in Sidon") is said to justify a strike that killed dozens of innocent people wsj.com/world/middle-e…

Over and over again: Netanyahu tells Blinken what he wants to hear in private, and then he refuses to say it in public, let alone to change Israeli policy