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Tom Mackenzie
@TomMackenzieTV
China + tech. Anchor @BloombergTV, 北京 returnee, @CNBC alum. Opinions.. ring-fenced
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    Tom Mackenzie
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    Feb 11, 2025
    Sam Altman @sama tells me @elonmusk $97B bid for @OpenAI comes from a position of “insecurity”. Musk’s “whole life is from a position of insecurity… I feel for the guy… I think he’s not, like, a happy person”
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    Tom Mackenzie
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    Nov 27, 2022
    Protests in China are not rare. What *is* rare, are multiple protests over the same issue, at the same time, across the country. The protest below, apparently in central Beijing’s liangmaqiao, is astounding #China #protests
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    Tom Mackenzie
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    Apr 14, 2022
    Now: @elonmusk offers to buy Twitter for $54.20/shr in cash - 54% premium on Jan 28 closing price - Musk: Twitter has extraordinary potential. I will unlock it - Musk: Twitter needs to be transformed as a private co.
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    Tom Mackenzie
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    Feb 4, 2021
    Just over 2 months ago, plain clothes security officials detained our colleague and friend Haze Fan here in Beijing. She remains in detention, held "on suspicion of endangering national security" Today is Haze's birthday. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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    Tom Mackenzie
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    Mar 15, 2020
    Flew back to Beijing today from US. All staff in hazmat suits, multiple temp checks & health-related questions. Waiting to be taken to designated screening facility shortly, before starting 14-day quarantine #Covid_19 #China @QuickTake
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    Tom Mackenzie
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    Mar 5, 2020
    #coronavirus update: - Discharged patient dies of #Covid_19 in Wuhan, says The Paper - China reports 139 new cases, up from 119 on Weds - 31 new deaths, total: 3,012 - Discharged total now 52,045 (*see 1st point*) - Doubts remain over data bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @QuickTake
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    Tom Mackenzie
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    Jun 2, 2020
    'When students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength. That shows you the power of strength.' @realDonaldTrump in 1990 on putting down #protests
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    Tom Mackenzie
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    Mar 31, 2020
    If Beijing’s parks are anything to go by, #China continues to edge towards something resembling normal @QuickTake #coronavirus
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    Tom Mackenzie
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    Apr 1, 2022
    BREAKING: China Weighs Giving US Full Access to Audits of Most Firms - affects 200+ firms list in NY - as soon as mid-year - rare concession from Beijing - watch BABA, Baidu, NIO etc
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    Tom Mackenzie
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    Apr 13, 2020
    China reports 108 new #coronavirus cases Apr 12 plus 61 asymptomatic cases - of those 108, China says 98 from abroad - quarantine measures ramped up in Harbin amid spike in cases via Russia - 51 cases on a single Russia-Shanghai flight bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @QuickTake #COVID19
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    Tom Mackenzie
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    May 7, 2020
    It’s official: Beijing’s morning rush hour is back
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    Tom Mackenzie
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    Mar 6, 2020
    #coronavirus update: #China's official daily death rate still slowing: 30 vs 31 y'day *But new cases up for 2nd day: 143 vs 139 *Vast majority deaths, cases remain in Hubei *NEW count today: China reporting 16 imported infections bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @QuickTake #Covid_19
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    Tom Mackenzie
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    Mar 20, 2020
    A grim milestone: #Italy overtakes China as country with highest recorded #coronavirus death toll As @DavidInglesTV notes, it took 54 days for deaths in China to go from 1 to above 3000. In Italy, it took just 27 days (usual #China data caveats) bloomberg.com/news/articles/… @QuickTake
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    Tom Mackenzie
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    Sep 3, 2021
    Breaking: City of Beijing said to seek taking Didi under state control #Didi #China