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Jake Maxwell Watts
Management
A Chinese City Is Asking Its Companies To Pay Public Sector Salaries Because It Can’t Afford Them
The city of Ordos, in northern China’s Inner Mongolia, had accumulated almost six and a half times its annual revenue in debt.
- Jake Maxwell Watts, Quartz
Defense
US Ambassador to China Visits Tibet Amid Wave of Self-Immolations
This is the first visit by an American ambassador to the region since 2010.
- Adam Pasick and Jake Maxwell Watts, Quartz
Tech
The US Got Edward Snowden’s Middle Name Wrong on Extradition Documents
Although Snowden is a household name, U.S. authorities didn't get it exactly right.
- Jake Maxwell Watts, Quartz
Defense
Next Move China—Will Hong Kong (or Beijing) Refuse to Extradite the NSA Leaker?
Edward Snowden’s reasons for choosing Hong Kong may have included its determination to stand up for freedom of expression.
- Jake Maxwell Watts, Quartz