Eli Friedman
@elifriedman.bsky.social
Dept of Global Labor and Work at Cornell | China in Global Capitalism w/Haymarket https://t.ly/uySU6 | Labor politics in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan | @aaup.org & @jvp.bsky.social
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Eli Friedman
@elifriedman.bsky.social
· Oct 1
The Cost of China’s Prosperity - Boston Review
For Hong Kong and Taiwan, neoliberalism’s falling tides made political repression inevitable.
www.bostonreview.net
Xi: “The unification of the motherland is the historical trend... No one can stop the wheels of history”
But it's precisely bc those wheels of history reversed in the 2010s that the PRC has resorted to militarization. My take in @bostonreview.bsky.social on the PRC's 75th:
But it's precisely bc those wheels of history reversed in the 2010s that the PRC has resorted to militarization. My take in @bostonreview.bsky.social on the PRC's 75th:
Not the first time they've tried. Here's People's Daily in 2018, and the number of foreign workers has plummeted since:
“China’s door will open wider and wider. More superior human talents will settle in China, inevitably paying powerful human capital dividends for China’s future development.”
“China’s door will open wider and wider. More superior human talents will settle in China, inevitably paying powerful human capital dividends for China’s future development.”
China rolls out its version of the H-1B visa to attract foreign tech workers
It coincides with uncertainties over the U.S.'s H-1B program under tightened immigrations policies implemented by President Donald Trump.
apnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Not the first time they've tried. Here's People's Daily in 2018, and the number of foreign workers has plummeted since:
“China’s door will open wider and wider. More superior human talents will settle in China, inevitably paying powerful human capital dividends for China’s future development.”
“China’s door will open wider and wider. More superior human talents will settle in China, inevitably paying powerful human capital dividends for China’s future development.”
Saw a presentation with an AI-produced word cloud and the machine churned out made up characters. What are we even looking at here?
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Saw a presentation with an AI-produced word cloud and the machine churned out made up characters. What are we even looking at here?
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Hong Kong is the fourth best city for the wealthy elite to relocate, according to real estate firm Savills
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 8, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Hong Kong is the fourth best city for the wealthy elite to relocate, according to real estate firm Savills
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The @cornellaaup.bsky.social statement on Cornell's deal
Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government
The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…
aaup-cornell.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The @cornellaaup.bsky.social statement on Cornell's deal
Beijing offering free admission to over one thousand "scenic spots" to any Taiwanese people who have never been to China 🤔
国台办：台湾“首来族”朋友可以免门票游览上千个景区--台湾频道--人民网
人民网北京11月5日电（记者崔越、苏缨翔）国务院台湾事务办公室11月5日举行例行新闻发布会，发言人张晗主持发布会并答问。中央广播电视总台国广《海峡飞虹》记者提问：11月3日，国家出入境管理局发布政策，
tw.people.com.cn
November 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Beijing offering free admission to over one thousand "scenic spots" to any Taiwanese people who have never been to China 🤔
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Israeli politicians are announcing that they are going to use the election of Mamdani as a reason to try to convince a substantial number of NYC Jews to emigrate to Israel. I do not think they will be successful in substantial numbers. (www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...)
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Israeli politicians are announcing that they are going to use the election of Mamdani as a reason to try to convince a substantial number of NYC Jews to emigrate to Israel. I do not think they will be successful in substantial numbers. (www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...)
Us Jews have plenty of real things to worry about like if Larry David will ever make another show and the rise of literal Nazis in the Republican party. Let's not invent things to stress about
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Us Jews have plenty of real things to worry about like if Larry David will ever make another show and the rise of literal Nazis in the Republican party. Let's not invent things to stress about
Being antifascist is still a badge of honor in some places
Spain grants citizenship to descendants of civil war’s International Brigades
About 32,000 volunteered to fight Franco dictatorship, including 2,500 men and women from Britain and Ireland
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Being antifascist is still a badge of honor in some places
"there were at least 166 attacks affecting Chinese investments in Myanmar from January 2024 to March of this year... In response, China has pledged billions of dollars’ worth of aid to Myanmar’s junta, and Chinese state-owned companies are increasingly helping to arm the military"
China says it doesn’t interfere. The war next door suggests otherwise.
Despite Beijing’s stated policy of “noninterference,” analysts say its efforts to shape Myanmar’s civil war have made the conflict more intractable.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
"there were at least 166 attacks affecting Chinese investments in Myanmar from January 2024 to March of this year... In response, China has pledged billions of dollars’ worth of aid to Myanmar’s junta, and Chinese state-owned companies are increasingly helping to arm the military"
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I've long said I believed Ben Shapiro to be the canary in the coal mine for when the far right begins to explicitly push Jews out of the Republican party. The canary just metaphorically died.
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I've long said I believed Ben Shapiro to be the canary in the coal mine for when the far right begins to explicitly push Jews out of the Republican party. The canary just metaphorically died.
Will never forgive the people who insisted chanting "from the river to the sea" is an existential threat to Jews while downplaying or embracing actual Nazis
Ben Shapiro was just ratioed by Nick Fuentes on X after Shapiro called out Tucker Carlson and Fuentes for their antisemitism.
The neo nazi right is fully taking over the republican party.
The neo nazi right is fully taking over the republican party.
November 4, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Will never forgive the people who insisted chanting "from the river to the sea" is an existential threat to Jews while downplaying or embracing actual Nazis
Chinese companies are colluding with Myanmar's junta to repress unions. Ten worker activists have been imprisoned
缅甸｜中资企业勾结军方，多名工会组织者被捕
2025年7月下旬，缅甸团结工会（Solidarity Trade Union of Myanmar, STUM）多名组织者被指 “非法结社”，遭被缅甸军政府逮捕，工会办公室也遭查封，多人迄今仍在狱中，外界难以知晓详细处境。此次大规模抓捕背后，牵涉中资企业“万信达”箱包厂与军方的勾结，旨在打压工人维权行动。
cnlaborsolidarity.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Chinese companies are colluding with Myanmar's junta to repress unions. Ten worker activists have been imprisoned
Fear mongering about "debt trap diplomacy" is a distraction, but the politics of debt are very real. This one could be messy
Indonesia’s China-backed bullet train derailed by mounting debt
Jakarta is in restructuring talks with Beijing as flagship ‘Whoosh’ railway project racks up losses
on.ft.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Fear mongering about "debt trap diplomacy" is a distraction, but the politics of debt are very real. This one could be messy
Hard to defend academic freedom when you treat education as a commodity.
"the university was 'explicitly trading my academic freedom for access to the Chinese student market,'"
"the university was 'explicitly trading my academic freedom for access to the Chinese student market,'"
UK university halted human rights research after pressure from China
Exclusive: Leading professor at Sheffield Hallam was told to cease research on supply chains and forced labour in China after demands from authorities
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Hard to defend academic freedom when you treat education as a commodity.
"the university was 'explicitly trading my academic freedom for access to the Chinese student market,'"
"the university was 'explicitly trading my academic freedom for access to the Chinese student market,'"
North America's team tonight
November 2, 2025 at 2:55 AM
North America's team tonight
Aside from infrastructure, none this happened in HK post 97
"after peaceful reunification, Taiwan will enjoy stronger economic growth, greater energy and resource security, improved infrastructure, enhanced public safety, broader international engagement, and better protection of livelihoods."
"after peaceful reunification, Taiwan will enjoy stronger economic growth, greater energy and resource security, improved infrastructure, enhanced public safety, broader international engagement, and better protection of livelihoods."
The wake-up call has already sounded for 'Taiwan independence' separatists - People's Daily Online
Illustration: Chen Xia/GT
A clear trend is taking shape. The Chinese mainland is moving more deci
en.people.cn
November 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Aside from infrastructure, none this happened in HK post 97
"after peaceful reunification, Taiwan will enjoy stronger economic growth, greater energy and resource security, improved infrastructure, enhanced public safety, broader international engagement, and better protection of livelihoods."
"after peaceful reunification, Taiwan will enjoy stronger economic growth, greater energy and resource security, improved infrastructure, enhanced public safety, broader international engagement, and better protection of livelihoods."
Case in point
(haven't read it yet but assuming the authors' past performance guarantees future results)
(haven't read it yet but assuming the authors' past performance guarantees future results)
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Case in point
(haven't read it yet but assuming the authors' past performance guarantees future results)
(haven't read it yet but assuming the authors' past performance guarantees future results)
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I wrote a book with Quinn Slobodian called MUSKISM. It'll be published in the US in April 2026, and I hope you'll consider pre-ordering it.
The elevator pitch is: if Fordism defined the capitalism of the 20th century, Muskism may well define the capitalism of the 21st.
The elevator pitch is: if Fordism defined the capitalism of the 20th century, Muskism may well define the capitalism of the 21st.
October 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I wrote a book with Quinn Slobodian called MUSKISM. It'll be published in the US in April 2026, and I hope you'll consider pre-ordering it.
The elevator pitch is: if Fordism defined the capitalism of the 20th century, Muskism may well define the capitalism of the 21st.
The elevator pitch is: if Fordism defined the capitalism of the 20th century, Muskism may well define the capitalism of the 21st.
The feds want universities to hire more right wing profs, but if you do a hire on "conservative thought" you're going to have to do heavy discrimination to weed out all the great work being done by people who are not themselves right wing ideologues
October 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The feds want universities to hire more right wing profs, but if you do a hire on "conservative thought" you're going to have to do heavy discrimination to weed out all the great work being done by people who are not themselves right wing ideologues
You guys. This is just getting embarrassing for you
October 30, 2025 at 1:11 AM
You guys. This is just getting embarrassing for you
Waiting for the hit piece on Trump's dogmatic education he received at Wharton.
"The president has said his education at Wharton was formative. But critics say that his degree exemplifies how business schools steep students in capitalist dogma."
"The president has said his education at Wharton was formative. But critics say that his degree exemplifies how business schools steep students in capitalist dogma."
A few thoughts about this deeply-flawed Jeremy W. Peters article.(Gift link.) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
How a Small Elite College in Maine Influenced Mamdani’s World View
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Waiting for the hit piece on Trump's dogmatic education he received at Wharton.
"The president has said his education at Wharton was formative. But critics say that his degree exemplifies how business schools steep students in capitalist dogma."
"The president has said his education at Wharton was formative. But critics say that his degree exemplifies how business schools steep students in capitalist dogma."
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Members of the Committee to Defend Tom Alter are asking you to sign a personalized version of one of the following letters (Links in thread 👇🏽 🧵).
Tom is making a formal appeal for his unjust firing at Texas State. Please sign before the appeal's preliminary review on 11/10.
Tom is making a formal appeal for his unjust firing at Texas State. Please sign before the appeal's preliminary review on 11/10.
October 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Members of the Committee to Defend Tom Alter are asking you to sign a personalized version of one of the following letters (Links in thread 👇🏽 🧵).
Tom is making a formal appeal for his unjust firing at Texas State. Please sign before the appeal's preliminary review on 11/10.
Tom is making a formal appeal for his unjust firing at Texas State. Please sign before the appeal's preliminary review on 11/10.
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Common Prosperity 🫥
China minted a new billionaire a day last year, Hurun’s Rich List says
A record 1,434 individuals, each with a net worth of more than US$700 million, have made it onto Hurun’s list of China’s richest people.
amp.scmp.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Common Prosperity 🫥
Really want the Dodgers to lose but I need to admit to myself that I'm a huge Ohtani fan and there's nothing to be done about it
October 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Really want the Dodgers to lose but I need to admit to myself that I'm a huge Ohtani fan and there's nothing to be done about it