Nathaniel Sher (@nathaniel

Nathaniel Sher

1,225 posts

Nathaniel Sher

@nathaniel_sher

Fmr @CarnegieChina @tsinghua_uni

Washington, DC

carnegieendowment.org/people/nathani…

Joined April 2011

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Nathaniel Sher
@nathaniel_sher
Jun 11
My colleagues and I just published a new report on U.S.-China AI competition, taking a holistic view of AI leadership. We argue that the competition is about more than who has the best models and chips. It's a contest of energy, data, talent, capital, industrial capacity,
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Nathaniel Sher
@nathaniel_sher
Oct 26, 2023
This may be the first time a prominent US official endorsed Xi's principles for the bilateral relationship, translating them as "respect," "mutuality" and "benefit for the commonwealth." Wang Yi lifts his hands at 1:15 in apparent gratification
Hua Chunying 华春莹
@SpokespersonCHN
Oct 25, 2023
▶ President Xi hopes the U.S. will work with China in the same direction.
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Nathaniel Sher
@nathaniel_sher
Jun 4, 2023
China's Foreign Ministry just published the results of its study session on "Xi Jinping thought on diplomacy" 习近平外交思想 as part of the ongoing "themed education" campaign to unify the Party's "thinking, unify its will and unify its actions." Highlights below🧵:
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Nathaniel Sher
@nathaniel_sher
Jun 12, 2024
Based on Rhodium's estimates of BYD's cost structure, the provisional 17% CV duty (€3,568) added to the existing 10% tariff (€2,099) would leave BYD with EU profits of €9,397 per vehicle, still more than 7x the profit per vehicle in China
Jordan Schneider
@jordanschneider
Jun 12, 2024
"up to 38%"? amateurs
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Nathaniel Sher
@nathaniel_sher
May 24, 2023
Alastair Iain Johnston's essay on "China in a World of Orders: Rethinking Compliance and Challenge in Beijing's International Relations" is one of the most incisive on the subject of China's support/challenge to international order: direct.mit.edu/isec/article/4…
Van Jackson
@RealVanJackson
May 24, 2023
Replying to @RealVanJackson
“China not seeking to overturn US led intl order because there’s no such thing—order is plural and functionally differentiated. China supports most forms of existing order”
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Nathaniel Sher
@nathaniel_sher
Jul 9, 2023
“My hope is that we can move to a phase in our relationship where senior-level diplomacy is simply taken as a natural element of managing one of the world’s most consequential bilateral relationships.” Here are all the readouts from Yellen’s successful 4-day visit to Beijing! 🧵
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Nathaniel Sher
@nathaniel_sher
Apr 2, 2024
US vs China readouts: Joe Biden’s Call with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China
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Nathaniel Sher
@nathaniel_sher
May 30, 2023
Why won’t China's military officials talk to the US? It’s not only about sanctions on China’s Defense Minister. The controversy starts with the fact that China wants to lead with high-level strategic dialogues, while the US wants to lead w/ conflict prevention/management. 🧵
Dennis Wilder偉德寧
@dennisw5
May 30, 2023
I do feel I need to ask the question. If the US Secretary of Defense was under sanctions from the Chinese, would he accept a request for a meeting with the MND? ft.com/content/9d1caf…
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Nathaniel Sher
@nathaniel_sher
Apr 10, 2024
China's excess capacity may be bad for profits and prices, but it's an advantage in strategic competition. China’s defense industrial capacity already exceeds the US’ in many areas and the gap is only growing, even as its economy slows down. nationalinterest.org/feature/china%…
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Nathaniel Sher
@nathaniel_sher
Jun 8, 2023
Is Biden "going soft" on China? In the last month alone the admin: - Fast tracked $500 million in arms for Taiwan - Sanctioned 7 Chinese firms for fentanyl smuggling - Sanctioned 5 entities involved in Iran’s missile program - Singled out China's "economic coercion" at the G7 🧵
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Nathaniel Sher
@nathaniel_sher
Jun 2, 2023
This scoop on CIA Director Burns' secret visit to China in May is the latest evidence casting doubt on the narrative that there was a "freeze" in US-China diplomacy following the balloon incident on Feb. 4
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Nathaniel Sher
@nathaniel_sher
May 14, 2024
Complete list of Biden's new tariff hikes from USTR
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Nathaniel Sher
@nathaniel_sher
Nov 14, 2023
APEC hasn't even started and Xi is already rolling out the red carpet for Biden w/o any changes in US policy. CN reportedly agreed to: -buy 3 million tons of soybeans -unfreeze Max 737 orders -raise weekly flights to 70 -restrict fentanyl precursors -keep human-in-the-loop NC2
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Nathaniel Sher
@nathaniel_sher
May 31, 2023
"Beijing announces industrial policy→enthusiastic provinces race to create their own sector X→local 'X companies' mushroom→intense competition leads to..thin margins[and less]R&D→then Beijing wants..consolidation of sector X" Great piece @ruihan_huang macropolo.org/analysis/techn…
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