Re: Zhou Fengsuo, a former student leader in China, held a Zoom event commemorating the 31st anniversary of the June 4 Tiananmen Square Massacre through a paid Zoom account associated with the U.S.-based nonprofit Humanitarian China. On June 7, Zhou’s account was shut down after Chinese authorities contacted Zoom.

This incident is just one more item to be added to the long list of repulsive things associated with Zoom, but I think Zoom is doomed anyway. I have just bought some medium-dated puts against $ZM, and hopefully, Zoom would be dead once people start to realize there are so many better alternatives out there, such as Microsoft Teams.

Re: Indian and Chinese troops have recently been engaged in aggressive posturing in disputed areas in Ladakh, signaling that the confrontation could escalate to one unseen after the Doklam stand-off in 2017.

My hunch is that it has something to do with domestic pressures on the “single authority” (一尊). I believe he is ultimately aiming for Taiwan to divert these pressures, and there appears to be strong support inside the PRC (or what the “single authority” and his small circle of advisors presumably believe to be strong domestic support) for taking over Taiwan by force given the recent rise of “wolf warriors” (战狼) diplomats and an enhanced wave of ethnonationalism in China.

But the “single authority” also needs his army (the real one, not the 50-cent army) to be ready given that the PLA has not been in a major conflict for 40 years. A limited battle against India along the border could be seen as a proper opportunity to show off their military capabilities, sharpen their skills, and enhance their field experience.