A starting roster for following China through multiple lenses. The value is in the combination — any single account gives a partial view, but the set together approximates the Solaris problem: China produces observations personalized for every observer, and triangulating across observers is the closest thing to ground truth.
The “Must Follow” Anchors
- @niubi (Bill Bishop) — The daily gold standard for news aggregation.
- @KaiserKuo (Kaiser Kuo) — Deep cultural context and history.
- @Lingling_Wei (Lingling Wei) — Insider political economy reporting.
The Realists (Counter-Narrative)
- @RnaudBertrand (Arnaud Bertrand) — Deconstructing Western narratives.
- @mahbubani_k (Kishore Mahbubani) — The “Asian Century” intellectual framework.
- @martinjacques (Martin Jacques) — Civilizational state theory.
- @JeffDSachs (Jeffrey Sachs) — Development economics and anti-hegemony.
- @Glenn_Diesen (Glenn Diesen) — Multipolarity and Eurasian integration.
Economics and Hard Data
- @michaelxpettis (Michael Pettis) — Macroeconomics and trade imbalances. The clearest thinker on China’s economic model and why financial repression shapes everything.
- @KeyuJin (Keyu Jin) — The internal logic of the Chinese economy.
- @yuenyuenang (Yuen Yuen Ang) — Nuanced analysis of corruption and growth.
Policy, Tech, and Deep Context
- @ZichenWanghere (Zichen Wang) — Direct translation of government policies.
- @jordanschnyc (Jordan Schneider) — Tech, chips, and bureaucracy.
- @pstAsiatech (Paul Triolo) — Sober tech policy and semiconductor strategy.
- @CarlZha (Carl Zha) — History and cultural context.
- @NeysunM (Neysun Mahboubi) — Chinese law and governance.