Is China Going to Look After Its Own Interests?

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"I'm not even mad at China. Like there's a part of me that's mad at China because they covered it up and then they didn't release the full scale of it," he says. "The dissenting view is even more important in a world where if this is the way that China's going to play, this is going to become more widespread."

Ben and James discuss masks and Twitter’s decision to delete tweets about COVID-19.

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Zeynep Tufekci: Why Telling People They Don’t Need Masks Backfired — The New York Times
Ben Thompson: Unmasking Twitter — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Compaq and Coronavirus — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Zero Trust Information — Stratechery
China’s Decision to Leave Asymptomatic Patients off Coronavirus Infection Tally Sparks Debate — Caixin
Ben Thompson: Apple’s Organizational Crossroads — Stratechery
Ben Thompson: Books and Blogs — Stratechery
Why It’s So Freaking Hard To Make A Good COVID-19 Model — FiveThirtyEight