(He/他) The fourth Hudson Coleman Lockett. Asia columnist at Reuters Breakingviews; former Asia capital markets corro for the Financial Times; longtime China and Hong Kong corro. Decent Mando, swears in Canto, brushing up on Japanese. Views = minehttps://bsky.app/profile/hudsonlockett.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hudsonlockett.bsky.social/post/3mlslfkmyus2eEveryone should in fact bang on about this every day [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:kjcv4x7o7nl5y45jl4vv4yph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlslfkmyus2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/hudsonlockett.bsky.social/post/3mlnvvlmv3c24This piece is like a journalistic Rorschach test—written in a register so perfectly neutral that any of the people quoted could read it top to bottom and come away thinking it does a bang-up job of getting their legitimate and very well-reasoned views out to a wider audience. [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:kjcv4x7o7nl5y45jl4vv4yph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnvvlmv3c24https://bsky.app/profile/hudsonlockett.bsky.social/post/3mldj2elqa22oMiss Hoover is a bad teacher who hates her students and drinks on the job. There are no good teachers on The Simpsons because they've all been worn down from working long years at a public school that's chronically underfunded. I don't know why I am surprised that they don't understand this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:kjcv4x7o7nl5y45jl4vv4yph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mldj2elqa22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/hudsonlockett.bsky.social/post/3mkxbgo7qis2dDo this instead of the Shogun sequel season, you cowards [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 May 2026 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:kjcv4x7o7nl5y45jl4vv4yph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxbgo7qis2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hudsonlockett.bsky.social/post/3mkjvypypnc2rI love love love when reporters walk up to the chalkboard, draw a circle around the big thing nobody's pointed out yet, and everyone gasps. This is exactly that—a classic of the genre https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/average-price-car-us-you-could-buy-5-new-chinese-evs-2026-04-28/28 Apr 2026 06:03 +0000at://did:plc:kjcv4x7o7nl5y45jl4vv4yph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjvypypnc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/hudsonlockett.bsky.social/post/3mkhdpcxlhc2mYou may be pleased to learn that kids playing in street beneath the spray of a busted water main--their peals of joyous laughter ringing out like springtime birdsong--is just as wonderful and life-affirming in Hong Kong as it is everywhere else27 Apr 2026 05:30 +0000at://did:plc:kjcv4x7o7nl5y45jl4vv4yph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhdpcxlhc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/hudsonlockett.bsky.social/post/3mk5u4renak2tBrutal. So brutal I suspect I enjoyed the write-up more than I would the exhibition. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:kjcv4x7o7nl5y45jl4vv4yph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5u4renak2thttps://bsky.app/profile/hudsonlockett.bsky.social/post/3mk33fj62ec2aNot a serious proposal and mostly—as this piece notes—a "tough on crime" swipe at the rival DPP. But I'm now mildly concerned this will break containment and caning will become a major talking point in US politics ahead of midterm elections this year because 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑖𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑖𝑡 [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:kjcv4x7o7nl5y45jl4vv4yph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk33fj62ec2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/hudsonlockett.bsky.social/post/3mk32mob3ws2a"The Long March of Lucky Luke" goes so hard I may never recover. Mad respect as well to the cover designer(s) for setting pure white title text against a snowstorm backdrop, shouldn't work but it does. Also yay Bonhomme and cowboys, huzzah, etc etc, _if only it was in English_ [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Apr 2026 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:kjcv4x7o7nl5y45jl4vv4yph/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk32mob3ws2a