Phelim Kine
@phelimkine.bsky.social
D.C.-based China correspondent @politico ; Past @hrw.org ; Dow Jones Newswires, Phnom Penh Post; China News (Taiwan).
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Trump himself has been silent on Beijing’s attacks on Prime Minister Takaichi — puzzling Japan watchers.
“The Japanese view is that this is not good enough — they would like a leader-level statement for a leader-level problem"
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“The Japanese view is that this is not good enough — they would like a leader-level statement for a leader-level problem"
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November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Trump himself has been silent on Beijing’s attacks on Prime Minister Takaichi — puzzling Japan watchers.
“The Japanese view is that this is not good enough — they would like a leader-level statement for a leader-level problem"
@politico.com www.politico.com/newsletters/...
“The Japanese view is that this is not good enough — they would like a leader-level statement for a leader-level problem"
@politico.com www.politico.com/newsletters/...
"The wording of the Foreign Ministry's statement suggests Xi reached out as part of a Chinese uproar over Japanese Prime Minister SANAE TAKAICHI’s comments that aggression against Taiwan would likely spark a Japanese military response" @politico.com www.politico.com/newsletters/...
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"The wording of the Foreign Ministry's statement suggests Xi reached out as part of a Chinese uproar over Japanese Prime Minister SANAE TAKAICHI’s comments that aggression against Taiwan would likely spark a Japanese military response" @politico.com www.politico.com/newsletters/...
ICC charges ex-Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte with crimes against humanity. He had help in that murderous so-called "drug war." Time to round up his accomplices www.bbc.com/news/article...
September 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
ICC charges ex-Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte with crimes against humanity. He had help in that murderous so-called "drug war." Time to round up his accomplices www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump responds to criticism that his months of pursuit of a meeting with Xi Jinping (and a China trade deal) prompted State/the White House to deny Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's request for a stopover in NYC while en route to Paraguay to avoid ruffling Beijing's feathers.
July 29, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Trump responds to criticism that his months of pursuit of a meeting with Xi Jinping (and a China trade deal) prompted State/the White House to deny Taiwan President Lai Ching-te's request for a stopover in NYC while en route to Paraguay to avoid ruffling Beijing's feathers.
Secretary of State Rubio lashes out at Hong Kong govt's widening campaign of imposing arrest bounties for peaceful pro-democracy activists. "We will not tolerate the Hong Kong government’s attempts to apply its national security laws to silence or intimidate Americans or anyone on U.S. soil"
July 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Secretary of State Rubio lashes out at Hong Kong govt's widening campaign of imposing arrest bounties for peaceful pro-democracy activists. "We will not tolerate the Hong Kong government’s attempts to apply its national security laws to silence or intimidate Americans or anyone on U.S. soil"
Great deep-dive into U.S. space station ambitions via the new @politico.com Pro Space Newsletter authored by our very own in-house rocket scientist Sam Skove! www.politico.com/newsletters/...
June 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Great deep-dive into U.S. space station ambitions via the new @politico.com Pro Space Newsletter authored by our very own in-house rocket scientist Sam Skove! www.politico.com/newsletters/...
It's official - Trump gives efforts to prod ByteDance to sell TikTok another 90 days. See you on Sept 17 for the next extension! truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
June 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It's official - Trump gives efforts to prod ByteDance to sell TikTok another 90 days. See you on Sept 17 for the next extension! truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
Don't miss my interview with David Lin, a U.S. citizen unjustly jailed in China for almost 20 years, speaking to the media for the first time since his release in September in @politico California Playbook! www.politico.com/newsletters/...
June 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Don't miss my interview with David Lin, a U.S. citizen unjustly jailed in China for almost 20 years, speaking to the media for the first time since his release in September in @politico California Playbook! www.politico.com/newsletters/...
Join me today at the @politico Global Security Summit. I'll be speaking with Reps. Michael McCaul and Raja Krishnamoorthi about U.S.-China ties in this era of rising trade, technology and Taiwan tensions. Please join us - sign up here: www.politico.com/live-events/...
May 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Join me today at the @politico Global Security Summit. I'll be speaking with Reps. Michael McCaul and Raja Krishnamoorthi about U.S.-China ties in this era of rising trade, technology and Taiwan tensions. Please join us - sign up here: www.politico.com/live-events/...
.@SecScottBessent and @POTUS say that Beijing is going to seriously tackle China's role in the U.S. opioid overdose epidemic (bit.ly/3YH53to). China's foreign ministry today tells the U.S. that "fentanyl is the U.S.'s problem, not China's." 🧐 www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xw/fyrbt...
May 13, 2025 at 11:46 AM
.@SecScottBessent and @POTUS say that Beijing is going to seriously tackle China's role in the U.S. opioid overdose epidemic (bit.ly/3YH53to). China's foreign ministry today tells the U.S. that "fentanyl is the U.S.'s problem, not China's." 🧐 www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xw/fyrbt...
Trump's triumphalist take on Saturday's trade talks btw @SecScottBessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. Serious challenges to real progress from just 2 days of meetings ending today via @meganmesserly.bsky.social @ddesrochers.bsky.social @arihawkins.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
May 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Trump's triumphalist take on Saturday's trade talks btw @SecScottBessent and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. Serious challenges to real progress from just 2 days of meetings ending today via @meganmesserly.bsky.social @ddesrochers.bsky.social @arihawkins.bsky.social www.politico.com/news/2025/05...
BREAKING: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent tells Fox News' Laura Ingraham he'll meet with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Geneva on Saturday and Sunday to talk "de-escalation" of tariff war.
May 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
BREAKING: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent tells Fox News' Laura Ingraham he'll meet with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng in Geneva on Saturday and Sunday to talk "de-escalation" of tariff war.
Sasha B. Chhabra in the Taipei Times delivers some hard truths about Taiwan's feckless diplomatic allies. Starting with The Vatican which refused to invite President @ChingteLai to Pope Francis' funeral last week and the rights abusing autocracy Eswatini. www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori...
May 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Sasha B. Chhabra in the Taipei Times delivers some hard truths about Taiwan's feckless diplomatic allies. Starting with The Vatican which refused to invite President @ChingteLai to Pope Francis' funeral last week and the rights abusing autocracy Eswatini. www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori...
Beijing switches to "tremble and obey" mode in rallying countries against U.S. tariffs: "China is firmly opposed to any party striking a deal at the expense of the Chinese side. If such a situation arises, China will never accept it and will take countermeasures." www.mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/xwfyrth...
April 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Beijing switches to "tremble and obey" mode in rallying countries against U.S. tariffs: "China is firmly opposed to any party striking a deal at the expense of the Chinese side. If such a situation arises, China will never accept it and will take countermeasures." www.mofcom.gov.cn/xwfb/xwfyrth...
G7 Foreign Ministers blast Beijing's recent uptick in military intimidation of Taiwan www.state.gov/g7-foreign-m...
April 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
G7 Foreign Ministers blast Beijing's recent uptick in military intimidation of Taiwan www.state.gov/g7-foreign-m...
Another Asia-focused media outlet of U.S. Agency for Global Media goes dark thanks to DOGE funding cuts. www.benarnews.org/english/news...
April 5, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Another Asia-focused media outlet of U.S. Agency for Global Media goes dark thanks to DOGE funding cuts. www.benarnews.org/english/news...
. @SecRubio targets Hong Kong govt's role in transnational repression by sanctioning six judicial and security agency officials www.state.gov/u-s-sanction...
March 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
. @SecRubio targets Hong Kong govt's role in transnational repression by sanctioning six judicial and security agency officials www.state.gov/u-s-sanction...
Beijing is savoring worsening U.S.-Canada ties.
March 29, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Beijing is savoring worsening U.S.-Canada ties.
Huh. DOGE operatives get FBI escorts. www.usip.org/press/2025/0...
March 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Huh. DOGE operatives get FBI escorts. www.usip.org/press/2025/0...
China's embassy in D.C.'s nifty new graphic throwing shade on the Trump administration’s foreign and trade policies. In case we all miss the point the text for the X post reads “Always choose the right side. #China🇨🇳” via @politico.com
China Watcher www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
China Watcher www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
March 13, 2025 at 4:58 PM
China's embassy in D.C.'s nifty new graphic throwing shade on the Trump administration’s foreign and trade policies. In case we all miss the point the text for the X post reads “Always choose the right side. #China🇨🇳” via @politico.com
China Watcher www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
China Watcher www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio slams Thailand’s sneaky refoulment this AM of 48 Muslim Uyghurs back to China’s Xinjiang gulag. Thailand be all 🤷♂️
February 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Secretary of State Marco Rubio slams Thailand’s sneaky refoulment this AM of 48 Muslim Uyghurs back to China’s Xinjiang gulag. Thailand be all 🤷♂️
Trump administration/USPS appears to have reversed its earlier suspension of acceptance/delivery of all packages from China and Hong Kong about.usps.com/newsroom/ser...
February 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Trump administration/USPS appears to have reversed its earlier suspension of acceptance/delivery of all packages from China and Hong Kong about.usps.com/newsroom/ser...
So it turns out that flacking for Chinese drone maker @djiglobal.bsky.social and fast fashion firm Shein isn't a good fit for a big job on a China-focussed House subcommittee - details in today's @politico China Watcher www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
January 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
So it turns out that flacking for Chinese drone maker @djiglobal.bsky.social and fast fashion firm Shein isn't a good fit for a big job on a China-focussed House subcommittee - details in today's @politico China Watcher www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
It's not just that tariff threat — Taiwan is privately freaking out about the implications of Trump's rhetoric on Greenland and Panama via @politico.com China Watcher www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
January 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It's not just that tariff threat — Taiwan is privately freaking out about the implications of Trump's rhetoric on Greenland and Panama via @politico.com China Watcher www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
DeepSeek decoded: @politico China Watcher asks some easy questions ("Who is Xi Jinping?") and gets some awkward responses. www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...
January 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
DeepSeek decoded: @politico China Watcher asks some easy questions ("Who is Xi Jinping?") and gets some awkward responses. www.politico.eu/newsletter/c...