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...Neither John Burn-Murdoch’s data points article on gender polarities (January 27), nor comments garnered below the line, mentioned Andrew Tate and his like making £5mn a month through influencer...
...Last year was “a good year for Taiwan because we have laid a solid foundation with the US, UK and Canada”, said John Deng, Taiwan’s longest-serving cabinet member, who is currently a minister without portfolio...
..., University of Oxford, Oxfordshire, UK Andrew Tate and threats to our social contract / From Avril Baigent, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, UK...
...China has gradually ratcheted up military activity around Taiwan since Tsai Ing-wen, denounced as a separatist by Beijing, became president in 2016....
...The same can be expected from climate envoy John Kerry’s trip to China. Both sides are aiming low, more intent on re-establishing connections than rethinking a deeply troubled US-China relationship....
...Taylor Swift’s Eras tour this year became the first to exceed $1bn in revenues — surpassing Elton John’s previous all-time record of $939mn — and continues next year....
...China “continues to decline requests for engagement with the secretary of defence, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, [Indo-Pacific commander] Admiral [John] Aquilino, and other senior department...
...“The French are stepping up in the Indo-Pacific,” said John Kirby, National Security Council spokesperson....
...“Wen mi jus come to Landan toun / mi use to work pan di andahgroun / but workin pan di andahgroun / yu dont get fi know your way aroun,” says the deep-voiced man....
...“Whether that’s going to lead to some sort of meaningful peace movement or plan or proposal, I just don’t think we know that right now,” said National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby....
...john.thornhill@ft.com...
...Democratic House lawmakers Don Beyer, John Garamendi and Alan Lowenthal travelled with Markey, as did Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, the Republican delegate to the House from American Samoa....
...The strategy is part of President Tsai Ing-wen’s effort to make the armed forces focus on an increasingly pressing threat from Beijing....
...Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen appealed to the international community for help to “jointly stop one-sided and irrational military actions”....
...Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the US House of Representatives, plans to meet Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday in a controversial visit that has triggered concern about a possible military response...
...gideon.rachman@ft.com Letter in response to this article: The west is right to call China’s bluff on Taiwan / From John V Baldwin, Cernobbio, Italy...
...Taiwan was not mentioned on Pelosi’s official itinerary, which also includes Japan, South Korea and Malaysia, but people familiar with the matter confirmed she would meet Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen...
...Leana Wen, a professor of public health at George Washington University, said: “I do not think a huge spike is coming....
...Senior officials say the government of president Tsai Ing-wen is now laser-focused on making the country more resilient to resist a Chinese attack....
...“We want to elevate our trade relationship to the next level of co-operation, a level fit for the future,” John Deng, Taiwan’s trade representative, told the Financial Times....
...Leana Wen, a public health professor at George Washington University, said: “A lot of states are now opening things up because there were so many different categories of eligible people that it was slowing...
...“The UK focused entirely on bringing down hospitalisations and deaths, and so concentrated on its older population,” said Dr Leana Wen, a public health professor at George Washington University....
...Speaking to Trade Secrets, John Deng, Taiwan’s trade representative, said he recognised that there was a window of opportunity that Taiwan could not afford to miss....
...“The Great Wen”, Cobbett famously called it....
...John Reed, our south-east Asia correspondent, describes how the coup blindsided the west....
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