Austin Ramzy
@austinramzy.bsky.social
Wall Street Journal reporter in Hong Kong covering China and the world. On leave until January 2026
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#TaiPo fire: Took 4 days to arrive here:
Man arrested for sedition. HKFP understands is the student who made "4 demands" of the authorities: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/30/h...
Beijing warns "anti-China disrupted" they'll face the "full force" of the security law: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/29/b...
Man arrested for sedition. HKFP understands is the student who made "4 demands" of the authorities: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/30/h...
Beijing warns "anti-China disrupted" they'll face the "full force" of the security law: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/29/b...
November 29, 2025 at 11:09 PM
#TaiPo fire: Took 4 days to arrive here:
Man arrested for sedition. HKFP understands is the student who made "4 demands" of the authorities: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/30/h...
Beijing warns "anti-China disrupted" they'll face the "full force" of the security law: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/29/b...
Man arrested for sedition. HKFP understands is the student who made "4 demands" of the authorities: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/30/h...
Beijing warns "anti-China disrupted" they'll face the "full force" of the security law: hongkongfp.com/2025/11/29/b...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:33 AM
“There was no alarm,” said Ng Yuk-fan, a 62-year-old retired cleaner who was babysitting her 3-year-old grandson. “If there had been an alarm, you would have heard it go la-la-la-la-la,” she said.
Latest on the deadly Hong Kong fire:
www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...
Latest on the deadly Hong Kong fire:
www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...
‘There Was No Alarm’: Hong Kong Inferno Spread Across Towers in Silence
Shrouded buildings and broken alarms left many apartment dwellers unaware of the unfolding disaster.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
“There was no alarm,” said Ng Yuk-fan, a 62-year-old retired cleaner who was babysitting her 3-year-old grandson. “If there had been an alarm, you would have heard it go la-la-la-la-la,” she said.
Latest on the deadly Hong Kong fire:
www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...
Latest on the deadly Hong Kong fire:
www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...
Though the cause of the deadly Hong Kong fire remains unknown, authorities said renovation work used flammable materials that may have accelerated the blaze, including styrofoam used to seal windows, protective netting, canvas and plastic sheets
www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...
www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...
The Deadly Mix of Factors That Made a Hong Kong High-Rise Fire So Devastating
A blaze in a densely packed housing complex took more than 24 hours to bring under control and was the deadliest in decades.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Though the cause of the deadly Hong Kong fire remains unknown, authorities said renovation work used flammable materials that may have accelerated the blaze, including styrofoam used to seal windows, protective netting, canvas and plastic sheets
www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...
www.wsj.com/world/asia/t...
After his call with Xi, Trump set up a call with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi and advised her not to provoke Beijing on the question of Taiwan’s sovereignty. Japanese officials worried that Trump didn’t want the issue to undermine the detente with Beijing on trade
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Exclusive | Trump, After Call With China’s Xi, Told Tokyo to Lower the Volume on Taiwan
Japan, a U.S. ally that had angered China on Taiwan, found the message worrying.
www.wsj.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:40 AM
After his call with Xi, Trump set up a call with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi and advised her not to provoke Beijing on the question of Taiwan’s sovereignty. Japanese officials worried that Trump didn’t want the issue to undermine the detente with Beijing on trade
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Police in Hong Kong said three people have been arrested in connection with a fire that engulfed a housing complex and killed dozens. Death toll now reported at 44
www.wsj.com/world/asia/h...
www.wsj.com/world/asia/h...
Three Arrested in Hong Kong Housing Fire That Killed at Least 36
Hundreds of firefighters are still working to put out the blaze and locate an estimated 279 missing people.
www.wsj.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Police in Hong Kong said three people have been arrested in connection with a fire that engulfed a housing complex and killed dozens. Death toll now reported at 44
www.wsj.com/world/asia/h...
www.wsj.com/world/asia/h...
RIP Jerry Cohen. A hugely important figure in U.S.-China relations who was always willing to help reporters make sense of it all
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
Jerome Cohen, the First American to Practice Law in China, Dies at 95
An expert on China—and a sometime critic—Cohen defended companies and dissidents.
www.wsj.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:25 AM
RIP Jerry Cohen. A hugely important figure in U.S.-China relations who was always willing to help reporters make sense of it all
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
Impressive cloaking technology for Taiwan and the Philippines
September 6, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Impressive cloaking technology for Taiwan and the Philippines
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to join Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a grand military parade in Beijing next week, in a show of unity and defiance of the West
www.wsj.com/world/asia/k...
www.wsj.com/world/asia/k...
Kim and Putin to Join Xi in Show of Unity at Beijing Military Parade
The meeting will provide powerful optics as Beijing asserts itself as a leader of countries seeking to upend the U.S.-led international order.
www.wsj.com
August 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to join Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a grand military parade in Beijing next week, in a show of unity and defiance of the West
www.wsj.com/world/asia/k...
www.wsj.com/world/asia/k...
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BREAKING:
Democrat Catelin Drey has pulled off a victory in a special election for the Iowa Senate, flipping a Republican-held seat and breaking the GOP's supermajority in the chamber for the first time in three years. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
Democrat Catelin Drey has pulled off a victory in a special election for the Iowa Senate, flipping a Republican-held seat and breaking the GOP's supermajority in the chamber for the first time in three years. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority
National and state support from Republicans and Democrats poured into the race for Iowa Senate District 1 with the GOP supermajority in the balance.
www.desmoinesregister.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:05 AM
BREAKING:
Democrat Catelin Drey has pulled off a victory in a special election for the Iowa Senate, flipping a Republican-held seat and breaking the GOP's supermajority in the chamber for the first time in three years. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
Democrat Catelin Drey has pulled off a victory in a special election for the Iowa Senate, flipping a Republican-held seat and breaking the GOP's supermajority in the chamber for the first time in three years. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...
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Zelensky on Russia's suggestion of China as a security guarantor
“We don’t need guarantors who don’t help Ukraine, and didn’t help Ukraine at the moment when we really needed it...we need security guarantees only from those countries that are ready to help us.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“We don’t need guarantors who don’t help Ukraine, and didn’t help Ukraine at the moment when we really needed it...we need security guarantees only from those countries that are ready to help us.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Zelenskiy Rules Out China as One of Postwar Security Guarantors
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy pushed back against Russia’s idea to add China as a security guarantor in the event of a ceasefire.
www.bloomberg.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Zelensky on Russia's suggestion of China as a security guarantor
“We don’t need guarantors who don’t help Ukraine, and didn’t help Ukraine at the moment when we really needed it...we need security guarantees only from those countries that are ready to help us.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
“We don’t need guarantors who don’t help Ukraine, and didn’t help Ukraine at the moment when we really needed it...we need security guarantees only from those countries that are ready to help us.”
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Incredible chart from Goldman’s desk:
“.. construction on data centers is poised to surpass general office construction, having been only 20% as large as offices less than three years ago.”
“.. construction on data centers is poised to surpass general office construction, having been only 20% as large as offices less than three years ago.”
August 20, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Incredible chart from Goldman’s desk:
“.. construction on data centers is poised to surpass general office construction, having been only 20% as large as offices less than three years ago.”
“.. construction on data centers is poised to surpass general office construction, having been only 20% as large as offices less than three years ago.”
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The White House Twitter account shared this photo of Trump on speakerphone with Putin today. You can see the map of Russia's territorial gains in Ukraine off to the right.
August 19, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The White House Twitter account shared this photo of Trump on speakerphone with Putin today. You can see the map of Russia's territorial gains in Ukraine off to the right.
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Chinese drones during preparations for the military parade in Beijing.
August 17, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Chinese drones during preparations for the military parade in Beijing.
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After all of that, a federal magistrate judge released the confessed sandwich-thrower on his own recognizance.
The White House posted an insane video of the police arresting the sandwich guy in a safe and wealthy neighborhood.
August 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
After all of that, a federal magistrate judge released the confessed sandwich-thrower on his own recognizance.
Tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees in the U.S. will begin losing legal protections Friday without action from the Trump administration, leaving them vulnerable to possible arrest and deportation
www.wsj.com/us-news/ukra...
www.wsj.com/us-news/ukra...
Ukrainians Who Fled War Are Losing Their Legal Status to Stay in the U.S.
The Trump administration is letting a makeshift Biden-era program lapse.
www.wsj.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees in the U.S. will begin losing legal protections Friday without action from the Trump administration, leaving them vulnerable to possible arrest and deportation
www.wsj.com/us-news/ukra...
www.wsj.com/us-news/ukra...
Trump in an interview with Fox News on Thursday said he would "do everything I can to save" Jimmy Lai. But there was some backpedaling. Trump denied ever saying he would get Lai freed: "I didn’t say 100% I’d save him."
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radio.foxnews.com/2025/08/14/p...
August 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Trump in an interview with Fox News on Thursday said he would "do everything I can to save" Jimmy Lai. But there was some backpedaling. Trump denied ever saying he would get Lai freed: "I didn’t say 100% I’d save him."
radio.foxnews.com/2025/08/14/p...
radio.foxnews.com/2025/08/14/p...
Closing arguments in Jimmy Lai’s national security trial in Hong Kong were postponed once again. The court wanted him to receive medicine and testing for a heart condition before they proceeded. So the trial will resume Monday
August 15, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Closing arguments in Jimmy Lai’s national security trial in Hong Kong were postponed once again. The court wanted him to receive medicine and testing for a heart condition before they proceeded. So the trial will resume Monday
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Out of the blue, Trump called the Norwegian finance minister to ask when he would get the Nobel prize suggesting he would impose tariffs if he did not www.dn.no/politikk/fre...
Kilder til DN: Trump tok opp nobelpris i tolltelefon med Stoltenberg (+)
Ut av det blå, mens finansminister Jens Stoltenberg gikk på gaten i Oslo, ringte Donald Trump fra Det hvite hus. Han ville ha Nobelprisen – og diskutere toll.
www.dn.no
August 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Out of the blue, Trump called the Norwegian finance minister to ask when he would get the Nobel prize suggesting he would impose tariffs if he did not www.dn.no/politikk/fre...
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A little bit of an update
August 14, 2025 at 4:17 AM
A little bit of an update
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Stanley and Shek O have already received over 140mm of rain this morning up to 8am.
August 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Stanley and Shek O have already received over 140mm of rain this morning up to 8am.
Line of people waiting outside the West Kowloon Courts in Hong Kong to see closing arguments of Jimmy Lai’s national security trial. The city just announced a black rain signal, the highest. Mercifully everyone was let into the building shortly after this
August 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Line of people waiting outside the West Kowloon Courts in Hong Kong to see closing arguments of Jimmy Lai’s national security trial. The city just announced a black rain signal, the highest. Mercifully everyone was let into the building shortly after this
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Their presence patrols appear to have a minimum personnel requirement of about 5 (are they worried about being overrun??) plus a token local partner force member
Not quite community policing…more like what US COIN patrol must’ve looked like to residents of a nice Baghdad neighborhood like Karada
Not quite community policing…more like what US COIN patrol must’ve looked like to residents of a nice Baghdad neighborhood like Karada
FBI, DEA and other law enforcement recorded in Georgetown walking around
“There’s not much going on around here… maybe they’re practicing”
“There’s not much going on around here… maybe they’re practicing”
August 13, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Their presence patrols appear to have a minimum personnel requirement of about 5 (are they worried about being overrun??) plus a token local partner force member
Not quite community policing…more like what US COIN patrol must’ve looked like to residents of a nice Baghdad neighborhood like Karada
Not quite community policing…more like what US COIN patrol must’ve looked like to residents of a nice Baghdad neighborhood like Karada
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A senior administration official, as well as other officials, told Rolling Stone that it is a priority of Trump that these kinds of military deployments -- in times of relative calm -- become normalized in American political culture.
More: rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
More: rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
August 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A senior administration official, as well as other officials, told Rolling Stone that it is a priority of Trump that these kinds of military deployments -- in times of relative calm -- become normalized in American political culture.
More: rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
More: rollingstone.com/politics/pol...