Consineo
@consineo.bsky.social
Living the life in #Beijing
"I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that even my mama thinks that my mind is gone"
"I've been blastin' and laughin' so long, that even my mama thinks that my mind is gone"
Pinned
"Standing up for women’s rights is increasingly sensitive in China where the government views feminism as disruptive, especially as officials push women toward more traditional roles in hopes of reversing falling birthrates."
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Secret Filming of Women Thrives in China as Officials Silence Activists
Hidden cameras capture women in intimate moments without their consent, yet the authorities do little to stop it.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:29 PM
"Standing up for women’s rights is increasingly sensitive in China where the government views feminism as disruptive, especially as officials push women toward more traditional roles in hopes of reversing falling birthrates."
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www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"People share and trade photos and videos of their girlfriends, wives, relatives and acquaintances — a practice known in Chinese as “toupai chumai,” or “secret filming betrayal.”"
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Secret Filming of Women Thrives in China as Officials Silence Activists
Hidden cameras capture women in intimate moments without their consent, yet the authorities do little to stop it.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
"People share and trade photos and videos of their girlfriends, wives, relatives and acquaintances — a practice known in Chinese as “toupai chumai,” or “secret filming betrayal.”"
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
"Well-off urbanites used to look down their noses at migrant workers and gripe about their lack of suzhi, or quality. Today, as people begin to grapple with the unfairness of life, those judgements have softened."
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/23/c...
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/23/c...
The Great Chinese Vibe Shift
A country once obsessed with success is taking things slower.
foreignpolicy.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:25 PM
"Well-off urbanites used to look down their noses at migrant workers and gripe about their lack of suzhi, or quality. Today, as people begin to grapple with the unfairness of life, those judgements have softened."
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/23/c...
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/23/c...
"According to government statistics, they now account for around 20 per cent of households, up from fewer than 3 per cent in 2000.
By 2030, the number of people living alone in China could reach between 150 million and 200 million - more than 30 per cent of households "
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By 2030, the number of people living alone in China could reach between 150 million and 200 million - more than 30 per cent of households "
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'I felt like the only person in the universe': The quiet rise of living alone in China
As one-person households rise across China, more young adults are finding freedom in living alone - and confronting the emotional costs that come with it.
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February 3, 2026 at 2:23 PM
"According to government statistics, they now account for around 20 per cent of households, up from fewer than 3 per cent in 2000.
By 2030, the number of people living alone in China could reach between 150 million and 200 million - more than 30 per cent of households "
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By 2030, the number of people living alone in China could reach between 150 million and 200 million - more than 30 per cent of households "
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Every now and then we get a reminder that in addition to stealing from their own supporters, MAGA leaders really don’t care if their supporters live or die.
Dr Oz on rural healthcare: "There's no question about it, whether you want it or not -- the best way to help some of these communities is gonna be AI-based avatars"
February 2, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Every now and then we get a reminder that in addition to stealing from their own supporters, MAGA leaders really don’t care if their supporters live or die.
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UCLA law professor Alex Wang has been studying one of the critical ways China has been making inroads around the world. The US has been ceding this ground.
Excited to announce the publication of my new book – Chinese Global Environmentalism – later this month!
The environment was once one of China's greatest weaknesses. It is now becoming a pillar of China’s global power.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
The environment was once one of China's greatest weaknesses. It is now becoming a pillar of China’s global power.
www.cambridge.org/core/element...
February 2, 2026 at 6:05 AM
UCLA law professor Alex Wang has been studying one of the critical ways China has been making inroads around the world. The US has been ceding this ground.
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Rock. Home. Village.
That’s literally what the Chinese characters for Shijiazhuang — 石家庄 — actually means.
This place used to be a total nothingburger. Two rail lines crossed paths. The rest is history.
My first #Chunyun city for 2026 — Shijiazhuang. And the main station.
That’s literally what the Chinese characters for Shijiazhuang — 石家庄 — actually means.
This place used to be a total nothingburger. Two rail lines crossed paths. The rest is history.
My first #Chunyun city for 2026 — Shijiazhuang. And the main station.
February 2, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Rock. Home. Village.
That’s literally what the Chinese characters for Shijiazhuang — 石家庄 — actually means.
This place used to be a total nothingburger. Two rail lines crossed paths. The rest is history.
My first #Chunyun city for 2026 — Shijiazhuang. And the main station.
That’s literally what the Chinese characters for Shijiazhuang — 石家庄 — actually means.
This place used to be a total nothingburger. Two rail lines crossed paths. The rest is history.
My first #Chunyun city for 2026 — Shijiazhuang. And the main station.
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Putin appears in the Epstein files 1,000 times. Masha Drokova (here) and Jagland, former prime minister of Norway, coordinated their financial plans. These alliances—between oil and sex, pedofiles and crypto-utopians, corrupt and ‘clean’ governments—paved the way to the current ordeal
February 1, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Putin appears in the Epstein files 1,000 times. Masha Drokova (here) and Jagland, former prime minister of Norway, coordinated their financial plans. These alliances—between oil and sex, pedofiles and crypto-utopians, corrupt and ‘clean’ governments—paved the way to the current ordeal
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Shanghai, 1978. A so called:“status photography.”
A man, a car, in front from a modern hotel, expensive Mao suit (56 RMB = 2+ months’ salary). This was not propaganda, but aspiration longing for change. The first visual language of reform for: individual success will replace collective identity.
A man, a car, in front from a modern hotel, expensive Mao suit (56 RMB = 2+ months’ salary). This was not propaganda, but aspiration longing for change. The first visual language of reform for: individual success will replace collective identity.
January 31, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Shanghai, 1978. A so called:“status photography.”
A man, a car, in front from a modern hotel, expensive Mao suit (56 RMB = 2+ months’ salary). This was not propaganda, but aspiration longing for change. The first visual language of reform for: individual success will replace collective identity.
A man, a car, in front from a modern hotel, expensive Mao suit (56 RMB = 2+ months’ salary). This was not propaganda, but aspiration longing for change. The first visual language of reform for: individual success will replace collective identity.
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This might be the most China story I've seen all year.
Villagers paint a patriotic Tiananmen mural.
State media praises it.
Tourists arrive.
Officials panic.
….So they paint it over in blue.
Villagers paint a patriotic Tiananmen mural.
State media praises it.
Tourists arrive.
Officials panic.
….So they paint it over in blue.
January 31, 2026 at 4:56 AM
This might be the most China story I've seen all year.
Villagers paint a patriotic Tiananmen mural.
State media praises it.
Tourists arrive.
Officials panic.
….So they paint it over in blue.
Villagers paint a patriotic Tiananmen mural.
State media praises it.
Tourists arrive.
Officials panic.
….So they paint it over in blue.
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#Shanghai’s Huangpu River is still a busy working river. Large ships pass the gleaming financial towers.
#China #UK
#China #UK
January 31, 2026 at 5:47 AM
#Shanghai’s Huangpu River is still a busy working river. Large ships pass the gleaming financial towers.
#China #UK
#China #UK
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The view from the Weihaiwei (Weihai) city wall, c.1908, probably by Reginald Johnston
January 30, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The view from the Weihaiwei (Weihai) city wall, c.1908, probably by Reginald Johnston
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'she was located at her next refuge by a private investigator hired by her abuser, using suspected tracking via technology. She reported the breaches to police but was told no crime had been committed because she had “not come to any harm”.'
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Abusers using AI and digital tech to attack and control women, charity warns
Exclusive: Smartwatches, Oura rings, smart home devices and Fitbits being weaponised, says Refuge
www.theguardian.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:13 AM
'she was located at her next refuge by a private investigator hired by her abuser, using suspected tracking via technology. She reported the breaches to police but was told no crime had been committed because she had “not come to any harm”.'
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Sacrificing the health of your children to own the libs and because nobody is the boss of you
Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases
January 28, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Sacrificing the health of your children to own the libs and because nobody is the boss of you
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Incredible self own for the US. The damage being done to the US scientific enterprise is generational. We will look back on this as a tipping point where the US chose all on its own to stop leading the world in science.
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U.S. government has lost more than 10,000 STEM Ph.D.s since Trump took office
A Science analysis reveals how many were fired, retired, or quit across 14 agencies
www.science.org
January 28, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Incredible self own for the US. The damage being done to the US scientific enterprise is generational. We will look back on this as a tipping point where the US chose all on its own to stop leading the world in science.
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Google has agreed to pay $68M to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the technology giant's voice assistant had illegally recorded users (even if they didn’t activate it with “Hey Google”) and then shared their private conversations with advertisers.
January 27, 2026 at 6:08 AM
Google has agreed to pay $68M to settle a class-action lawsuit that alleged the technology giant's voice assistant had illegally recorded users (even if they didn’t activate it with “Hey Google”) and then shared their private conversations with advertisers.
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Shrine of a local deity, northern China, c.1905, by Missionary Arthur H Smith
January 25, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Shrine of a local deity, northern China, c.1905, by Missionary Arthur H Smith
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#China #1980s
In case you are not aware of it, you can find my podcasts and historical, China films (8mm) on The G.B. Lee Archive on Youtube.
www.youtube.com/@theg.b.leea...
In case you are not aware of it, you can find my podcasts and historical, China films (8mm) on The G.B. Lee Archive on Youtube.
www.youtube.com/@theg.b.leea...
The G. B. Lee Archive
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January 25, 2026 at 1:16 PM
#China #1980s
In case you are not aware of it, you can find my podcasts and historical, China films (8mm) on The G.B. Lee Archive on Youtube.
www.youtube.com/@theg.b.leea...
In case you are not aware of it, you can find my podcasts and historical, China films (8mm) on The G.B. Lee Archive on Youtube.
www.youtube.com/@theg.b.leea...
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#photography #China
This is on my website homepage. It shows the demolition of a Beijing concrete propaganda hoarding in late September 1979. This taking-down of a Mao-era slogan was to demonstrate the Cultural Revolution was truly over.
Also one my favourite shots in terms of composition.
©GBLee
This is on my website homepage. It shows the demolition of a Beijing concrete propaganda hoarding in late September 1979. This taking-down of a Mao-era slogan was to demonstrate the Cultural Revolution was truly over.
Also one my favourite shots in terms of composition.
©GBLee
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
#photography #China
This is on my website homepage. It shows the demolition of a Beijing concrete propaganda hoarding in late September 1979. This taking-down of a Mao-era slogan was to demonstrate the Cultural Revolution was truly over.
Also one my favourite shots in terms of composition.
©GBLee
This is on my website homepage. It shows the demolition of a Beijing concrete propaganda hoarding in late September 1979. This taking-down of a Mao-era slogan was to demonstrate the Cultural Revolution was truly over.
Also one my favourite shots in terms of composition.
©GBLee
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This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges. This leaves in place a federal judge's ruling that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment and federal procedural rules. (Via AP) apnews.com/article/dei-... #ncpol #nced
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
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January 23, 2026 at 1:45 PM
This must be weird news to see if you’re one of the literally hundreds or even thousands of university administrators who preemptively censored faculty, scrubbed websites, changed the names of centers, etc.
Somewhere in #Beijing
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#architecture #cityscape #street #streetphotography
#urban #China
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#architecture #cityscape #street #streetphotography
#urban #China
January 14, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Liangma river in downtown #Beijing
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#architecture #cityscape #street #streetphotography
#urban #China #mirror
#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#architecture #cityscape #street #streetphotography
#urban #China #mirror
January 11, 2026 at 11:51 PM
Reading Chinese regulations is not always interesting... but this new one about funeral services is illuminating... not to mention the articles supporting (of course!) them...
www.gov.cn/zhengce/cont...
www.gov.cn/zhengce/cont...
殡葬管理条例_其他_中国政府网
《殡葬管理条例》已经2025年11月14日国务院第72次常务会议修订通过，现予公布，自2026年3月30日起施行。
www.gov.cn
January 10, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Reading Chinese regulations is not always interesting... but this new one about funeral services is illuminating... not to mention the articles supporting (of course!) them...
www.gov.cn/zhengce/cont...
www.gov.cn/zhengce/cont...