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        <title><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan - Bloomberg Opinion Columnist]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion covering culture and business. He previously served as Bloomberg Opinion's international editor and is a former news director at Time magazine. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is Second-Hand Worth It on Bond Street?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Secondary markets are of primary concern for Hermes and other luxury purveyors.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-05-01/hermes-needs-to-take-control-of-the-secondary-birkin-market</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 15:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A London red bus goes past a street with a poster of the latest James Bond film &quot;No Time To Die&quot; in London on October 4, 2021. (Photo by Tolga Akmen / AFP) (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Many Godzillas Is Too Many Godzillas?]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-05-01/godzilla-world-is-toho-s-vehicle-to-integrate-legendary-s-monsterverse</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 04:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The house that Godzilla built.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Could Robot Health Care Be An Improvement?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[As the quality and quantity of human workers shrink, cyborg nursing may be coming for all of us.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-04-24/robot-health-and-elder-care-may-be-in-all-our-futures</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>American actor and filmmaker Jack Nicholson as &apos;RP McMurphy&apos; and American actress Louise Fletcher as &apos;Nurse Ratched&apos; in drama film &apos;One Flew Over the Cuckoo&apos;s Nest&apos;, 1975. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is Your Favorite Restaurant a Singular or a Plural Place?]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-24/should-top-restaurants-be-singular-sensations-or-global-franchises</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 03:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>General view of The Ivy restaurant, in central London. (Photo by Dominic Lipinski/PA Images via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[India Might Be Headed for a Slowdown]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Demonstrations against working conditions break out in the suburbs of New Delhi.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-04-17/india-labor-unrest-and-weak-rupee-may-reflect-deeper-issues</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 15:00:08 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>NOIDA, INDIA - APRIL 13: A vehicle set ablaze by workers during protest over wage hike demands turned violent at Noida Phase 2 industrial area on April 13, 2026 in Noida, India. The protest turned violent with incidents of arson, stone-pelting and vandalism reported. The unrest intensified in industrial clusters, particularly in Sectors 1, 60 and 84, where large groups of workers gathered and blocked key roads. Protesters allegedly set vehicles on fire, damaged property and hurled stones during clashes, as the agitation entered its third consecutive day.(Photo by Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Is the Pope American? No, He’s Catholic]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-13/trump-versus-the-pope-the-hearts-and-minds-and-votes-of-catholics</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:47:32 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - MAY 19: (EDITOR NOTE: STRICTLY EDITORIAL USE ONLY - NO MERCHANDISING). Pope Leo XIV holds a private audience with US Vice President J.D. Vance at the Apostolic Palace on May 19, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. The Holy See Press Office announced that Pope Leo XIV met with the Vice President of the United States of America, James David Vance, on Monday morning. The US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, and their wives were also present at the audience.The US Vice President and Secretary of State represented the United States at the Pope’s Mass of Inauguration of his Petrine Ministry on Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Square. (Photo by Simone Risoluti Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Meanwhile, Along Another Dire Strait in Asia ...]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Hormuz crisis has exposed the weaknesses of Taiwan as it faces Chinese pressure.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-04-10/iran-war-china-has-learned-from-hormuz-to-deal-with-the-taiwan-strait</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The harbor of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. Taiwan’s economy expanded at the quickest pace for a quarter since 1987, propelled by unquenchable demand for the tech goods needed to develop AI.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Do You Too Have a Fear of Not Flying?]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-10/fear-of-not-flying-the-unfriendly-skies-can-trigger-anxiety</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 03:30:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Fear of not flying during times of chaos can trigger anxiety.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Paper Tigers and 'Becoming Chinese' in High Places]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump adopted a catchphrase from Mao Zedong and inadvertently joined a trend.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-04-03/is-trump-s-paper-tigers-insult-the-peak-of-chinamaxxing</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 15:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>HANDAN, CHINA - JANUARY 18, 2022 - A piece of paper cutting created by a folk paper cutting artist in Handan city, North China&apos;s Hebei Province, Jan. 18, 2022. (Photo credit should read Hao Qunying / Costfoto/Future Publishing via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bombing Iran’s Great Mosque Could Cost the World]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-03/iran-war-bombing-iran-s-great-mosque-could-cost-the-world</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Courtyard of Isfahan’s Shah mosque, built a few decades earlier than India’s Taj Mahal.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Peter Thiel’s Antichrist Tour Steps onto the Pope’s Turf]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-18/peter-thiel-brings-his-antichrist-lecture-to-catholics-in-pope-leo-s-rome</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 05:00:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOPSHOT - A cloud of smoke and ash is seen over the Grimsvoetn volcano on Iceland on May 21, 2011. The cloud rising up from Grimsvoetn as a result of the eruption was seen first time around 1900 GMT and in less than an hour it had reached an altitude of 11 kilometres (6.8 miles),&quot; according to the Icellandic meterological institute. AFP PHOTO Sigurlaug Linnet (Photo by Sigurlaug Linnet / AFP) (Photo by SIGURLAUG LINNET/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Welcome to the World of Submerging Markets]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[On the verge of a comeback, developing nations are set back again by the Iran war.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-03-13/iran-war-is-the-world-of-emerging-markets-in-danger-of-submerging</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Avast, emerging markets!</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Noma’s Latest Apology Tour Is Not Enough]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-03-11/noma-chef-rene-redzepi-apology-for-abuse-allegations-is-not-enough</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 05:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The unshelled lobster at Noma required hours of work and an assembly line of cooks.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Iran War Through the Eyes of India and China]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Beijing and New Delhi are trying to keep their distance from the attacks in the Persian Gulf, but that may prove impossible.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-03-06/iran-war-india-and-china-are-very-worried-bystanders</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 16:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOPSHOT - A yacht sails past a plume of smoke rising from the port of Jebel Ali following a reported Iranian strike in Dubai on March 1, 2026. Fresh blasts were heard across the Gulf cities of Dubai, Doha and Manama on Sunday morning after a day of Iran strikes in the region in retaliation for US and Israeli attacks. (Photo by Fadel SENNA / AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What’s That About the Royal Decline of Succession?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[There’s a lot more public vivisection to come for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-02-27/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-and-the-succession-to-king-charles-iii</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 16:00:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>How much further does he have to fall?</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[King Charles Should Take a Lesson From His Spanish Cousin]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-02-25/king-charles-should-learn-from-his-spanish-cousin-king-felipe</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:15:10 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>LONDON, ENGLAND - JULY 12: Britain&apos;s Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall greet King Felipe VI of Spain and Queen Letizia of Spain as they visit Clarence House in central London on July 12, 2017 in London, England. This is the first state visit by the current King Felipe and Queen Letizia, the last being in 1986 with King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe - WPA Pool/Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cats Win and Japan Is No Longer Going to the Dogs]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Felines now rule Tokyo’s halls of political power and royal prestige.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/newsletters/2026-02-20/happy-cat-day-in-japan-on-february-22</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 16:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Maneki Neko are pictured at GotokujiTemple in tokyo May 22, 2015. Thought to bring luck and prosperity to their owners, these cats are frequently found outside businesses and within homes. (Photo by Hitoshi Yamada/NurPhoto) (Photo by NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[When Bad Things Happen to Good Restaurants]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-02-20/restaurants-require-more-than-insurance-to-help-them-survive-bad-times</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:30:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Is Xi Jinping Doomscrolling Now?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[“Becoming Chinese” is trending in the US, but being Chinese has different rules in China.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:00:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Photo taken Oct. 18, 2019, in Beijing shows a smartphone app developed by the Communist Party of China to teach the thought of the country&apos;s President Xi Jinping. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The ‘Becoming Chinese’ Meme Is a Flex of Soft Power]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-02-13/chinamaxxing-and-becoming-chinese-memes-have-a-serious-message</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Howard Chua-Eoan]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 05:30:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>CHONGQING, CHINA - APRIL 02: American online streamer Darren Jason Watkins Jr., also known as IShowSpeed (C), tastes preserved egg at Xiahaoli Old Street on April 2, 2025 in Chongqing, China. (Photo by He Penglei/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images)</media:description>
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