Gregory Lee 利大英
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Gregory Lee 利大英
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Writer and academic. Emeritus Professor, University of St Andrews. Professeur émérite, Université Jean Moulin, Lyon. 香港人文學院院士. Formerly SOAS/PKU/Cambridge/UChicago/HKU/BBC/社科院. Founding Director IETT, Lyon. Gen editor Transtext(e)s Transcultures 跨文本 跨文化. .. more

Gregory B. Lee is an academic, author, and broadcaster. Lee is Founding Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of St Andrews. He was until July 2020, Director of the French research Institute for Transtextual and Transcultural Studies based at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 where he is currently Professeur émérite. Lee was previously Chair Professor of Chinese and Transcultural Studies and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong. From 2007 to 2010 Lee was First Vice-President (Research) of Jean Moulin University Lyon 3. In 2010, Lee was made a Chevalier (Knight) in the French Order of Academic Palms. In 2011, he was elected Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities. .. more

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#Christmas #birds #photography

"Not coconut shy."

Christmas Birds 9. Blue tit

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#Christmas #birds #photography

"Coconut shy?"

Christmas Birds 8. Blue tit

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"Terrified at Christmas"

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#China #photography

Christmas 1982, Five Pagoda Temple

Beijing, Haidian 海淀

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#China #photography

Christmas 1982, Five Pagoda Temple
Beijing

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#China #photography

Christmas 1982, derelict stupa

Beijing, Haidian 海淀

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#China #photography

Christmas 1982, derelict stupa

Beijing, Haidian 海淀

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#China #photography

Christmas 1982, derelict stupa

Beijing, Haidian 海淀

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#China #Beijing #Christmas

Christmas 1982, derelict stupa

Beijing, Haidian 海淀

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#China #Beijing #Christmas

Christmas 1982, Summer palace stupa

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#Christmas #birds #photography

Christmas Birds 7. Blue tit in contemplation

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#Christmas #birds #photography

Christmas Birds 6.
Great tit -parus major -mésange charbonnière

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#Christmas #birds #photography

Christmas Birds 5.
Great tit -parus major -mésange charbonnière

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#Christmas #birds #photography

Christmas Birds 4. Blue tit

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#Christmas #birds #photography

Christmas Birds 3. Robin

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#Christmas #birds #photography

Christmas Birds 2. Blue tit

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#Christmas #birds #photography

Christmas Birds 1. Robin

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#Earthquake (#地震) possibly felt 39 sec ago in #Taiwan. Felt it? Tell us via:
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via Amy Hawkins @theguardian.com

#China #Tiananmen #June4

Trial of General Xu Qinxian who refused to take his troops from the PLA’s prestigious 38th Group Army into Beijing

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Rare footage from trial of Chinese general who defied Tiananmen crackdown order leaked online
Video shows Gen Xu Qinxian explaining why he refused to deploy troops to crush 1989 student-led demonstrations
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#China #20thC #literature

Reminder: You'll find online this text I edited from my lecture notes (Chicago, Hong Kong, Lyon) on modern Chinese literature:

"The emergence of Chinese nation-state literature:
From the Late Qing to the People’s Republic of China – Pt I"
shs.hal.science/halshs-05225...
The emergence of Chinese nation-state literature
This text is based on lectures and seminars given at the University of Chicago (1990-1994), the University of Hong Kong (1994-1998) and Jean Moulin University-Lyon (1998-2020); lectures originally given in French have been translated into English here. The emphasis in these lectures was on poetry and fiction from the end of the nineteenth century onwards. The text is intended for senior undergraduate and graduate students. Every effort has been made to reference adequately the material quoted. Any discrepancies will be corrected in due course. The text is not definitive. Updates and revisions are planned. New versions will be uploaded to HAL-SHS as available. Part I Preamble Liang Qichao 梁启超 (1873-1929) - nationalist deployment of literature Huang Zunxian ⻩遵宪 and proto-New Poetry Writing and revolution: Universalism vend nationalism? Guo Moruo 郭沫若 as Anti-Colonialist Poet The Impact of an Asian Poet: Rabindranath Tagore Tagore in China Xu Zhimo 徐志摩: Liberal Romantic Wen Yiduo 聞⼀多 – Order and patriotism Ai Qing 艾⻘– Christian imagery and nation Lu Xun 鲁迅 – Constructing an imaginary of “China” Mao Dun ⽭盾 – Nation and Class Appendix 1 – TEXTUAL RELATIONS Part II will be uploaded at a later date.
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#China "push to dominate technology through state-backed industrial policy is reshaping global trade and could devastate European industry"

via @theguardian.com

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
The second China shock is coming – and the UK’s response is too timid | George Magnus
Beijing’s push to dominate technology through state-backed industrial policy is reshaping global trade and could devastate European industry
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#China #Christmas

"Elderly woman after Christmas mass, 1981"

Xuanwumen Church, Beijing, China 宣武门天主教堂 re-opened in 1980 after closure during the Cultural Revolution. Christmas was still an affair of the faithful and hadn't yet been turned into a bonanza of consumption.

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Indigné d'apprendre que le Crédit Mutuel participe au financement d'armes utilisées à Gaza par le biais des comptes d'épargne dits « verts » de ses clients.

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Avec l’argent des fonds verts, des banques financent les entreprises d’armement
Cinquante milliards d’euros issus de fonds dits « verts » des banques françaises et européennes ont été récemment investis dans la défense, avec le soutien de la Commission européenne, qui a cédé au …
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United Nations proclaimed 14 December as International Day against Colonialism in All Its Forms and Manifestations
Learn more: https://www.un.org/dppa/decolonization/en

#Caribbean "suffering twice,”
“They’re suffering from the original historical injustices of #slavery and the period after it, and then they’re also suffering from climactic shocks today. And they’ve received no recompense for either of those two things.”
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/de...
‘Rebranded plantations’: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism
Research shows that the British colonial wealth extraction system still influences the region’s tourist industry
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