I write 𝑪𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑨𝑾𝑨𝑽𝑬, a no-BS weekly newsletter that tells you what’s really going on with China — and how it’s shaking up the West. This isn’t your typical “China is rising” fluff. I’m talking about the stuff you won’t see in your news feed. The trade secrets, the tech moves, the pop culture shifts, and the quiet power plays. I’m digging into what actually matters. Like: 🟢 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐞 + 𝐁𝐚𝐢𝐣𝐢𝐮 𝐌𝐢𝐱 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝟓.𝟒 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐮𝐩𝐬. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐖𝐡𝐲. 🟢 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚’𝐬 𝐕𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐦𝐩’𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 🟢 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐭 𝐖𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐲 — 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐝. 🟢 𝐇𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐮: 𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧-𝐘𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 — 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝. 🟢 𝐗𝐢 + 𝐁𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧: 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 (𝐇𝐢𝐧𝐭: 𝐈𝐭 𝐖𝐚𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩). If you want the real story — the stuff they’re not telling you — 𝑪𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑨𝑾𝑨𝑽𝑬 is the place. Subscribe. Get smarter. Get ahead. Share it. The truth is too good to keep to yourself. https://lnkd.in/gbxEdWvC
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