Clifford Coonan
@cliffordcoonan.bsky.social
Berlin-based journalist after 15 years a correspondent in Beijing. Sharing views on China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, EU, Germany and Arsenal
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Irish library system has 41 copies of Gary Stevenson’s Trading Game. Only one branch has multiple copies - 6 in Dalkey.
Typical. The rich just horde everything - even charismatic socialists.
Typical. The rich just horde everything - even charismatic socialists.
July 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Irish library system has 41 copies of Gary Stevenson’s Trading Game. Only one branch has multiple copies - 6 in Dalkey.
Typical. The rich just horde everything - even charismatic socialists.
Typical. The rich just horde everything - even charismatic socialists.
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👀🇨🇳 "With Chinese ships suspected to have cut key undersea communications cables around the world, a Newsweek review of Chinese-language patent applications shows that engineers in China invented devices to sever such cables quickly and cheaply." By Didi Kirsten Tatlow:
Exclusive—Chinese patents reveal aim to cut undersea cables
Patent applications showed that Chinese scientists had been devising ways for severing undersea cables
www.newsweek.com
January 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
👀🇨🇳 "With Chinese ships suspected to have cut key undersea communications cables around the world, a Newsweek review of Chinese-language patent applications shows that engineers in China invented devices to sever such cables quickly and cheaply." By Didi Kirsten Tatlow:
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Just fancy that … With Chinese ships suspected to have cut key undersea communications cables around the world, a Newsweek review of Chinese-language patent applications shows that engineers in China invented devices to sever such cables quickly and cheaply. www.newsweek.com/china-confli...
Exclusive—Chinese patents reveal aim to cut undersea cables
Patent applications showed that Chinese scientists had been devising ways for severing undersea cables
www.newsweek.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Just fancy that … With Chinese ships suspected to have cut key undersea communications cables around the world, a Newsweek review of Chinese-language patent applications shows that engineers in China invented devices to sever such cables quickly and cheaply. www.newsweek.com/china-confli...
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These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
January 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
Melissa goes all in … respect. Remember that old joke? What’s a Greek urn?
Wanna know how excited I am about Christopher Nolan filming The Odyssey? THIS is my tape set of Ian McKellen’s unabridged reading, which I digitized for my iPod way back, that I listened to hiking Ithaki, Greece. And yes the vase is garnish I know it’s a Minoan style leave me alone.
January 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Melissa goes all in … respect. Remember that old joke? What’s a Greek urn?
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January 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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✈️ BAKU, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Two passengers and one crew member on the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan told Reuters that they heard at least one loud bang as it approached its original destination of Grozny in southern Russia.
December 28, 2024 at 12:22 PM
✈️ BAKU, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Two passengers and one crew member on the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan told Reuters that they heard at least one loud bang as it approached its original destination of Grozny in southern Russia.
2 more Chinese generals fall in anti-corruption campaign in military
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2 more Chinese generals fall in anti-corruption campaign in military
NPC Standing Committee announces Lieutenant General You Haitao and Vice-Admiral Li Pengcheng removed from China’s top legislature.
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December 26, 2024 at 11:30 AM
2 more Chinese generals fall in anti-corruption campaign in military
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China named a new political commissar (General Chen Hui) for its large ground forces, an unexpected move that signals Xi Jinping is tightening military discipline. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China Abruptly Changes Army General Overseeing Political Loyalty
China named a new political commissar for its large ground forces, an unexpected move that signals President Xi Jinping is tightening military discipline.
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December 24, 2024 at 9:34 AM
China named a new political commissar (General Chen Hui) for its large ground forces, an unexpected move that signals Xi Jinping is tightening military discipline. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Christopher Nolan’s next film announced as ‘mythic action epic’ The Odyssey
Christopher Nolan’s next film announced as ‘mythic action epic’ The Odyssey
The Oppenheimer director’s adaptation of Homer is scheduled for release in the summer of 2026, and will feature Tom Holland, Matt Damon, Anne Hathaway and Zendaya
Christopher Nolan’s follow-up to Oppenheimer will be an adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, it…
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December 24, 2024 at 11:54 AM
Christopher Nolan’s next film announced as ‘mythic action epic’ The Odyssey
Check our explainer on Angela Merkel's time in office youtu.be/uR2KsEPeKWY?...
Why Germany's economic fortunes changed | DW News
YouTube video by DW News
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December 19, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Check our explainer on Angela Merkel's time in office youtu.be/uR2KsEPeKWY?...
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Echoes of Germany which delayed its 2023 China strategy until after a visit by Premier Li Qiang. This walk-on-eggshells approach to Beijing should be a thing of the past
The Guardian: A review of UK- #China relations has been delayed until after the chancellor makes her first trip to Beijing next month, despite row over a United Front Work Dept employee & alleged spy who befriended Prince
Starmer’s instinct is to do nothing to hamper growth
Starmer’s instinct is to do nothing to hamper growth
Labour’s review of UK-China relations on hold until after chancellor visits Beijing
Exclusive: Despite calls for more scrutiny in light of Prince Andrew spy allegations, Starmer’s instinct is not to do anything to hamper growth
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December 18, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Echoes of Germany which delayed its 2023 China strategy until after a visit by Premier Li Qiang. This walk-on-eggshells approach to Beijing should be a thing of the past
Check out Didi Kirsten Tatlow's story about how China's ambitions in space are playing out in the dust of Chile's Atacama Desert
China's push for supremacy moves into space
A new observatory rising in Chile adds to China's extensive Latin American space network that is boosting its goal of civilian and military control in the skies
www.newsweek.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Check out Didi Kirsten Tatlow's story about how China's ambitions in space are playing out in the dust of Chile's Atacama Desert
China's People's Liberation Army has released an electronic warfare ‘kill list’ for US carrier groups, including radars and sensors to be attacked in any future conflict www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
PLA releases electronic warfare ‘kill list’ for US carrier groups
A Chinese report has revealed a catalogue of US naval targets including radars and sensors to be attacked in any future conflict.
www.scmp.com
December 18, 2024 at 2:45 PM
China's People's Liberation Army has released an electronic warfare ‘kill list’ for US carrier groups, including radars and sensors to be attacked in any future conflict www.scmp.com/news/china/s...
The EU is sanctioning Chinese firms and a North Korea minister over Ukraine war ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
EU adopts 15th sanctions package against Russia for its continued illegal war against Ukraine
The Commission welcomes the Council's adoption of the 15th sanctions package against Russia. The focus of this package is to keep cracking down on Russia's shadow fleet, as well as combating sanctions...
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December 18, 2024 at 2:44 PM
The EU is sanctioning Chinese firms and a North Korea minister over Ukraine war ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Here is the always enjoyable Marina Hyde on the Andrew-China spy scandal www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I spy another Prince Andrew disaster. Pity the royals: how could they possibly have seen this coming? | Marina Hyde
The Duke of York has proved to be a scandal magnet. He is a problem, a royal problem: it’s time they owned it, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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December 18, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Here is the always enjoyable Marina Hyde on the Andrew-China spy scandal www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...