Edward Wong
@ewong
Diplomatic Correspondent @nytimes. Author of "At the Edge of Empire: A Family's Reckoning with China." Harvard Nieman Fellow. Taught at Princeton & UC Berkeley.
Joined May 2009
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The World Cup always has geopolitics as a backdrop, but it’s acute today: Trump pushed Infantino and FIFA — and they reversed a decision against the US team; US plays Belgium tonight;
and Trump flies today to a NATO meeting in Turkey. He dislikes NATO, and Belgium hosts NATO HQ.
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BREAKING: Belgium has reportedly been granted the right to appeal FIFA's decision allowing Folarin Balogun to play in tonight's match.
