Looking back at 2020, I'm delighted to see these three @monkeycageblog pieces get so much recognition: 1/ in this year's Albies, @dandrezner writes that "Fuchs and Eaton do an excellent job of explaining the confluence of interests that led Berlin and Beijing to work together...

...in standard-setting bodies. If Germany and China form an alliance on standard-setting, the United States will find itself on the outside looking in as other actors write the rules of the global political economy." https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/11/16/how-china-germany-became-partners-technical-standardization/

2/ Also pleased that in the top 10 most popular @monkeycageblog posts of 2020, two were about Chinese politics and the pandemic. @jerometenk wrote about China's performance in fighting COVID-19 and whether we should trust the numbers out of China: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/23/china-is-reporting-big-successes-coronavirus-fight-dont-trust-numbers/

and @Dali_Yang wrote about the early delays and coverups in Wuhan that made it impossible to contain the virus: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/03/10/wuhan-officials-tried-cover-up-covid-19-sent-it-careening-outward/

Looking back on 2020, I'm grateful especially to the professional editors at @monkeycageblog, @vanessa_lide and @ejgraff, for such stellar and tireless work on these and so many other pieces we ran this past year. Here's to better news--and a less punishing pace--in 2021! /end