Michael Kovrig ✓
@MichaelKovrig · www.linkedin.com/in/kovrig · joined 07 Nov 2014
Founder/CEO/writer/analyst/advocate/ex-diplomat | Senior Adviser, ICG | China/Indo-Pacific/geopolitics/geoeconomics | Don't start none, won't be none 己所不欲,勿施於人
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Can Trump and Xi build a lasting understanding, or are we heading for another downturn in U.S.–China relations? I joined @PamelaDWallin on the No Nonsense Podcast to discuss where the relationship is heading and what’s at stake for the rest of us.
Link to my Substack below. http
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@MichaelKovrig Canada and Europe will be hollowed out, once they let China in, but those trully responsible for this disastrous approach will be politically unharmed because ... 'we couldn't know'. Just like they did with Russia.
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Pipes carry water. Cables carry electricity. Independent media and information ventures carry verified information that lets people make informed choices, communities find common ground, and democracies stay accountable. 1/7 https://t.co/44jDfmTfFP
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That economic entanglement gives the Chinese Communist Party leverage that it’s already weaponized repeatedly against over a dozen countries. When another country controls your key technologies and supply chains, it can shape economic and geopolitical outcomes. 4/6
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Read Bloomberg’s coverage of the @CdnChamberofCom event via the link below. @RebeccaZandberg @xavierroybass @laingcandace @ShaneMackenzie_ 5/6
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@CdnChamberofCom @RebeccaZandberg @xavierroybass @laingcandace @ShaneMackenzie_ https://t.co/ULQEE2jXmO 6/6
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The Chinese model isn’t merely to compete; it aims to dominate markets, push out local industry and increase dependence on China’s market and supply chains. 3/6
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As I cautioned in a talk at the Future of Business Summit in Ottawa, Canadians risk ending up assembling imported Chinese car parts instead of fostering their own EV, battery and clean-tech industrial ecosystem. 2/6
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Allowing cheap Chinese electric vehicles to enter Canada may accelerate EV adoption, but don’t expect deeper industrial or economic benefits. China gets market access without helping Canada build anything. 1/6 https://t.co/CJnp6NOn0Y
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This tale of Yunnan’s Linden Center is reminder of the treasures of cooperation and cultural discovery that opening up brought, now lost due to Xi Jinping’s turn toward totalitarian governance
“conditions have made us realise we have to move on at some time”
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This piece is a poignant reminder of the end of an era. https://t.co/6uClZxRAPj
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@MichaelKovrig Paid by OpenAI China Smear Campaign Fund.
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The right metric for these visits is not the dollar value of the deals signed or the warmth of the welcome, but whether they enable PRC coercion or constrain it. Gift link to read more:
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Western leaders keep going to China, hoping relations can be stabilized. Instead, they get harmonized—into serving the Communist Party’s agenda and propaganda. As accommodation gets normalized, interdependence is weaponized. Next week it’s Trump’s turn. Will he get trapped in the
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Against accounts of the same size
11 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown to more people than peers of the same size.
Median views2 870this account924median for 10K–100K
Reach, %12.24%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %1.50%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K
| Metric | This account | Median for 10K–100K | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 2 870 | 924 | 3.11× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 12.24% | 3.62% | 3.38× |
| Engagement rate | 1.50% | 1.52% | 0.99× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
39.3K5 May
1.5K
1.3K
24.3K9 Aug
1.4K10 Aug
67.9K11 Aug
3.8K
3.2K
2.6K
2.7K
2.9K
1K12 Aug
39.7K
7521 Sep
Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
1.02%5 May
1.30%
12.95%
0.48%9 Aug
1.07%10 Aug
1.44%11 Aug
2.38%
3.11%
2.03%
1.50%
2.72%
2.08%12 Aug
0.73%
1.33%1 Sep
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.
What the audience does
Likes67.1%1 711 in total
Reposts16.1%410 in total
Replies8.0%205 in total
Quotes2.4%60 in total
Bookmarks6.4%163 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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