Donald Clarke
@donaldcclarke.bsky.social
Professor emeritus, George Washington University Law School, specializing in modern Chinese law. Gradually shifting over from Twitter/X.
Website: http://donaldclarke.net
Twitter: @donaldcclarke
Website: http://donaldclarke.net
Twitter: @donaldcclarke
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We know the Chinese regime have been cultivating NY city & state politicians, fooling them with United Front "community group" outfits that coerce voters for them. They've been planting spies. And so on.
So, is this the explanation why no NY politicians are stepping up now?
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So, is this the explanation why no NY politicians are stepping up now?
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November 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We know the Chinese regime have been cultivating NY city & state politicians, fooling them with United Front "community group" outfits that coerce voters for them. They've been planting spies. And so on.
So, is this the explanation why no NY politicians are stepping up now?
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So, is this the explanation why no NY politicians are stepping up now?
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In case you're wondering what's going on with the SNAP case: www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:45 AM
In case you're wondering what's going on with the SNAP case: www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Transnational repression at the IndieChina Film Festival: Transnational repression at the IndieChina Film Festival: open.substack.com/pub/donaldcl...
Transnational repression at the IndieChina Film Festival
Some distressing news from New York: a festival of independent Chinese films scheduled for November 2025 has been crippled by Chinese government threats against participants and others connected with ...
open.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Transnational repression at the IndieChina Film Festival: Transnational repression at the IndieChina Film Festival: open.substack.com/pub/donaldcl...
More proof that rich people are incredibly cheap. Cuomo had $4.9 million AGI in 2024; he donated $75K (1.53%!) to charity. He’s way below even the other cheapskates in his income bracket.
October 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
More proof that rich people are incredibly cheap. Cuomo had $4.9 million AGI in 2024; he donated $75K (1.53%!) to charity. He’s way below even the other cheapskates in his income bracket.
It’s ridiculous that it should need to be said that the US becoming less trustworthy does not make China more trustworthy. It’s the same China it was before Trump came back to the White House.
Angus: Canada is reconsidering that relationship with China. Why? Because we can no longer trust the US.
And we know that we have 150, maybe more, Canadians in custody at ICE detention centers. We had two Canadians under Chinese custody and it caused a huge outcry. We now have over 150 in the US.
And we know that we have 150, maybe more, Canadians in custody at ICE detention centers. We had two Canadians under Chinese custody and it caused a huge outcry. We now have over 150 in the US.
October 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
It’s ridiculous that it should need to be said that the US becoming less trustworthy does not make China more trustworthy. It’s the same China it was before Trump came back to the White House.
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It's official: Trump is insane
All these events he claims happened in 2020 - when none of these people were in any position of power and when Trump, not Biden, was president
There are no documents, just the things Crazy Trump hallucinates
All these events he claims happened in 2020 - when none of these people were in any position of power and when Trump, not Biden, was president
There are no documents, just the things Crazy Trump hallucinates
October 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
It's official: Trump is insane
All these events he claims happened in 2020 - when none of these people were in any position of power and when Trump, not Biden, was president
There are no documents, just the things Crazy Trump hallucinates
All these events he claims happened in 2020 - when none of these people were in any position of power and when Trump, not Biden, was president
There are no documents, just the things Crazy Trump hallucinates
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"Xilinhot, a city in Inner Mongolia, announced plans to collect blood samples to update an identification database [...]"
China collected DNA and blood samples in the Uyghur Region in 2017, building a highly problematic database for surveillance.
www.business-standard.com/world-news/c...
China collected DNA and blood samples in the Uyghur Region in 2017, building a highly problematic database for surveillance.
www.business-standard.com/world-news/c...
www.business-standard.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"Xilinhot, a city in Inner Mongolia, announced plans to collect blood samples to update an identification database [...]"
China collected DNA and blood samples in the Uyghur Region in 2017, building a highly problematic database for surveillance.
www.business-standard.com/world-news/c...
China collected DNA and blood samples in the Uyghur Region in 2017, building a highly problematic database for surveillance.
www.business-standard.com/world-news/c...
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Vandalism.
Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom. n.pr/48AUON2
The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom
Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom.
n.pr
October 21, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Vandalism.
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How many classes today were canceled because a whole suite of EdTech services are built atop AWS?
You know what platform never crashes?
You know what platform never crashes?
October 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
How many classes today were canceled because a whole suite of EdTech services are built atop AWS?
You know what platform never crashes?
You know what platform never crashes?
reason.com/volokh/2025/... Here we go again. Giving them the benefit of the doubt and assuming they didn't affirmatively intend to mislead the court, there's still no excuse for this kind of stupidity and laziness.
Court Concludes Filings (from >250-Lawyer Firm) Contained AI Hallucinations
Tovar v. American Automatic Fire Suppression Inc., decided Oct. 3 by San Diego County Superior Court Judge Carolyn M. Caietti,...
reason.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
reason.com/volokh/2025/... Here we go again. Giving them the benefit of the doubt and assuming they didn't affirmatively intend to mislead the court, there's still no excuse for this kind of stupidity and laziness.
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Holy cow who is running Andrew Cuomo’s campaign and how do they not understand the difference between South Asians and Southeast Asians.
October 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Holy cow who is running Andrew Cuomo’s campaign and how do they not understand the difference between South Asians and Southeast Asians.
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everyone on that stage went along with pardons for jan 6 participants
Mike Johnson: "They berated a Capitol police officer, screamed at him. He was merely standing his post. It shows, again, their disdain for law enforcement, the Democrats, screaming, assaulting officers."
October 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
everyone on that stage went along with pardons for jan 6 participants
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Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."
He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.
He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.
‘College Group Chat’: JD Vance Dismisses ‘Pearl Clutching’ Over Young Republicans Leak to Attack Jay Jones
Liberals hit back at Vance's blunt dismissal of racist, antisemitic and misogynistic messages leaked from a Young Republicans group chat.
www.mediaite.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Fascinating. Politico notes that when notified of the texts, many state-level Republicans fired or condemned these cretins. Now Vance emerges to excuse the racism, and calls the reaction to it "pearl clutching."
He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.
He seems determined to purge the party of its last enclaves of decency.
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Congrats again to the elites who told us this guy was a credible Treasury Secretary because he went to the right schools & cocktail parties (bsky.app/profile/mcop...)
We have treaty obligations with our allies. Resign. Or start acting like an adult who swore an oath to country & Constitution.
We have treaty obligations with our allies. Resign. Or start acting like an adult who swore an oath to country & Constitution.
Bessent on why US troops won't get involved in defending Europe: "As I told my European counterparts about two weeks ago, 'All I hear from you is that Putin wants to march into Warsaw. The one thing I'm sure of is that Putin isn't marching into Boston.'"
September 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Congrats again to the elites who told us this guy was a credible Treasury Secretary because he went to the right schools & cocktail parties (bsky.app/profile/mcop...)
We have treaty obligations with our allies. Resign. Or start acting like an adult who swore an oath to country & Constitution.
We have treaty obligations with our allies. Resign. Or start acting like an adult who swore an oath to country & Constitution.
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Talk today by the indomitable Willie Wo-Lap Lam.
He predicts that, even though Xi Jinping’s health is bad and nobody in Beijing likes him, it is increasingly likely that he will go for a fourth term and stay in power until 2032.
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He predicts that, even though Xi Jinping’s health is bad and nobody in Beijing likes him, it is increasingly likely that he will go for a fourth term and stay in power until 2032.
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October 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Talk today by the indomitable Willie Wo-Lap Lam.
He predicts that, even though Xi Jinping’s health is bad and nobody in Beijing likes him, it is increasingly likely that he will go for a fourth term and stay in power until 2032.
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He predicts that, even though Xi Jinping’s health is bad and nobody in Beijing likes him, it is increasingly likely that he will go for a fourth term and stay in power until 2032.
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Sorry, Warsaw.
Bessent: "All I hear from the Europeans is that Putin is coming to Warsaw. There are very few things in life I am sure about. I am sure he's not coming to Boston."
October 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Sorry, Warsaw.
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Capitalism is a funny thing, because GenAI/LLM technology is considered successful not because of what it does, but because of its ability to attract venture capitalist investors
AI bubble now 17 times bigger than dot-com boom and four times larger than subprime crisis, per MW
October 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Capitalism is a funny thing, because GenAI/LLM technology is considered successful not because of what it does, but because of its ability to attract venture capitalist investors
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📌“The fact that I am American means, among other things, people can’t say, like they did about Francis, ‘he doesn’t understand the United States, he just doesn’t see what’s going on.’
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”
-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”
-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump
October 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
📌“The fact that I am American means, among other things, people can’t say, like they did about Francis, ‘he doesn’t understand the United States, he just doesn’t see what’s going on.’
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”
-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?”
-Pope Leo in a direct rebuke of the hideous Trump
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I told someone in China who doesn't usually follow politics that this is happening in America. She was like, "What? Can't be!" The cruelty of this stuff is so beyond the pale that even the Chinese - who are accustomed to government unaccountability and abuses - are in disbelief.
Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck
October 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I told someone in China who doesn't usually follow politics that this is happening in America. She was like, "What? Can't be!" The cruelty of this stuff is so beyond the pale that even the Chinese - who are accustomed to government unaccountability and abuses - are in disbelief.
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Yeah, this CNN framing is bullshit. I would tell pollsters that Trump is doing what he promised. Sure as hell doesn’t mean I support him.
posting tomorrow morning at strength in numbers: is trump "dong what he promised"? and what does that even mean? www.gelliottmorris.com/p/is-trump-d...
Is Trump "doing what he promised"? | Weekly roundup for October 12, 2025
And what does that even mean? Also this week: Shutdown polls; Left-wing populism; Low favorability ratings for all U.S. leaders; Judges' concerns about Trump; + more!
www.gelliottmorris.com
October 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Yeah, this CNN framing is bullshit. I would tell pollsters that Trump is doing what he promised. Sure as hell doesn’t mean I support him.
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That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.
October 12, 2025 at 11:38 AM
That’s a nice trick, since Biden wasn’t the president on Jan 6.
October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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The House Majority Whip is also insisting that a peaceful "No Kings" demonstration is in fact a "hate America rally" held for the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.
Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.
Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.
Emmer: "This is about one thing and one thing alone -- to score political points with the terrorist wing of their party, which is set to hold a hate America rally in DC next week."
October 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The House Majority Whip is also insisting that a peaceful "No Kings" demonstration is in fact a "hate America rally" held for the "terrorist wing" of the Democratic Party.
Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.
Really feels like they're trying to manifest a violent reaction to it.
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I’m glad people are aware of this, but it isn’t new. People in immigration detention were consistently moved away from their attorneys in the Biden admin. We reported on it then, but very few people cared about migrants when they weren’t a partisan tool.
ICE abducts people and then immediately moves them around to prevent access to lawyers and habeas corpus petitions. @emmarjanssen.bsky.social has the story on this consistent game being played to frustrate due process.
prospect.org/justice/2025...
prospect.org/justice/2025...
How ICE Hides Detainees From Their Lawyers
‘It seems like cruelty is the point,’ one attorney said.
prospect.org
October 6, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I’m glad people are aware of this, but it isn’t new. People in immigration detention were consistently moved away from their attorneys in the Biden admin. We reported on it then, but very few people cared about migrants when they weren’t a partisan tool.