Jeremy Goldkorn
@goldkorn.bsky.social
What you need to know about China this week: thechinaweek.com
Lessons from China, Russia, South Africa, North Korea etc. for Trump's America: rhymingchaos.com
Other links: jeremygoldkorn.com
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Lessons from China, Russia, South Africa, North Korea etc. for Trump's America: rhymingchaos.com
Other links: jeremygoldkorn.com
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Pinned
How does a city feel when it's invaded by an occupying army?
Clarissa Ward has reported for CNN on many of the major wars of the last decade. She talks about entering Kabul as it fell to the Taliban, Syria, Ukraine, and more.
www.rhymingchaos.com
New Rhyming Chaos podcast in which I interview CNN chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward on reporting from a capital city as a horde of religious extremists take over—and I'm not talking about Washington D.C.!
She knows where to find the real Nazis now:
"A prominent far-right German activist and influencer is seeking political asylum in the US, arguing she is being persecuted at home for her beliefs."
www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
"A prominent far-right German activist and influencer is seeking political asylum in the US, arguing she is being persecuted at home for her beliefs."
www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
November 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
She knows where to find the real Nazis now:
"A prominent far-right German activist and influencer is seeking political asylum in the US, arguing she is being persecuted at home for her beliefs."
www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
"A prominent far-right German activist and influencer is seeking political asylum in the US, arguing she is being persecuted at home for her beliefs."
www.semafor.com/newsletter/1...
It’s like a bizarro British version of Trump’s TikTok dilemma. The risks and incentives are all mixed up. None of the current options are palatable, so the decision is kicked down the road.
Very British China problems
London's awkward relationship with Beijing, laughing Xi, China launches another aircraft carrier, recommended articles and podcasts etc.
www.thechinaweek.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 PM
It’s like a bizarro British version of Trump’s TikTok dilemma. The risks and incentives are all mixed up. None of the current options are palatable, so the decision is kicked down the road.
Reposted by Jeremy Goldkorn
When he loses the NY Post.
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 PM
When he loses the NY Post.
New Rhyming Chaos podcast in which I interview CNN chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward on reporting from a capital city as a horde of religious extremists take over—and I'm not talking about Washington D.C.!
How does a city feel when it's invaded by an occupying army?
Clarissa Ward has reported for CNN on many of the major wars of the last decade. She talks about entering Kabul as it fell to the Taliban, Syria, Ukraine, and more.
www.rhymingchaos.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:36 AM
New Rhyming Chaos podcast in which I interview CNN chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward on reporting from a capital city as a horde of religious extremists take over—and I'm not talking about Washington D.C.!
Sorry, typing before thinking...: "U.S. President Donald Trump will host the leaders of five Central Asian nations at the White House on Thursday," he is not goin g to Central Asia!
*fellow authoritarian. doh!
November 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Sorry, typing before thinking...: "U.S. President Donald Trump will host the leaders of five Central Asian nations at the White House on Thursday," he is not goin g to Central Asia!
Trump is going to Central Asia. Here's an interview with @edwardschatz.bsky.social on Rhyming Chaos about the varieties of fellow of authoritarian he might meet there:
www.rhymingchaos.com/p/when-will-...
www.rhymingchaos.com/p/when-will-...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Trump is going to Central Asia. Here's an interview with @edwardschatz.bsky.social on Rhyming Chaos about the varieties of fellow of authoritarian he might meet there:
www.rhymingchaos.com/p/when-will-...
www.rhymingchaos.com/p/when-will-...
With mini profiles of filmmaker/curators Echo Xuedan Tang and Zhu Rikun, and a quote from @shellyk.bsky.social
As China’s space for independent film continues to shrink, two filmmakers-turned-curators have established festivals in Berlin and New York, creating vital platforms for Chinese cinema that can no longer be shown at home.
A New Global Scene for Independent Chinese Film | ChinaFile
This November, two unrelated festivals of independent Chinese-language films are taking place outside of China. The CiLENS Berlin Indie Chinese Cinema Week, which runs from November 1 to 9, is now in its fourth year. In New York, the inaugural IndieChina Film Festival is on from November 8 to 15.It’s a surprisingly positive development. “Many of us attending a conference on
www.chinafile.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
With mini profiles of filmmaker/curators Echo Xuedan Tang and Zhu Rikun, and a quote from @shellyk.bsky.social
"As China’s space for independent film continues to shrink, two filmmakers-turned-curators have established festivals in Berlin and New York, creating vital platforms for Chinese cinema that can no longer be shown at home."
A New Global Scene for Independent Chinese Film
This November, two unrelated festivals of independent Chinese-language films are taking place outside of China. The CiLENS Berlin Indie Chinese Cinema Week, which runs from November 1 to 9, is now in ...
www.chinafile.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"As China’s space for independent film continues to shrink, two filmmakers-turned-curators have established festivals in Berlin and New York, creating vital platforms for Chinese cinema that can no longer be shown at home."
Amazing set of photos of Trump showing Xi a note that cracks him up, and more, from their meeting this week.
Source: www.whitehouse.gov/gallery/pres...
Source: www.whitehouse.gov/gallery/pres...
November 2, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Amazing set of photos of Trump showing Xi a note that cracks him up, and more, from their meeting this week.
Source: www.whitehouse.gov/gallery/pres...
Source: www.whitehouse.gov/gallery/pres...
Let them eat ca- no. Let them admire my golden toilet trashcan!
November 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Let them eat ca- no. Let them admire my golden toilet trashcan!
Trump's China theatrics of the last nine months have achieved nothing, except for concentrating minds in Beijing on the urgent need for technological and financial independence from the U.S., and maing clear "how much stronger China has become":
The emperor's new deal and the chairman's new tech plan
An extremely underwhelming meeting between Xi and Trump, details on Beijing's drive for tech self-reliance, plus more news and links.
www.thechinaweek.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Trump's China theatrics of the last nine months have achieved nothing, except for concentrating minds in Beijing on the urgent need for technological and financial independence from the U.S., and maing clear "how much stronger China has become":
Reposted by Jeremy Goldkorn
The Trump leader of Belarus and his malcontents: a new Rhyming Chaos podcast with Natalya Chernyshova and @mariarepnikova.bsky.social
Protest and repression in Belarus
COVID taught Belarusians to self-organize. Then they started demonstrating. Author Natalya Chernyshova discusses the protests, crackdown, and dodgy democracy under Trumpian Lukashenko.
www.rhymingchaos.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Trump leader of Belarus and his malcontents: a new Rhyming Chaos podcast with Natalya Chernyshova and @mariarepnikova.bsky.social
"Meanwhile, Trump has stripped security details from his political opponents. It’s worth noting that the only politicians who have been assassinated in the last year were Democrats."
Stephen Miller Is Hiding From Protesters by Living on Military Base
Top Trump officials including Miller, Marco Rubio, and Kristi Noem are opting for housing situations that keep them away from the public.
newrepublic.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"Meanwhile, Trump has stripped security details from his political opponents. It’s worth noting that the only politicians who have been assassinated in the last year were Democrats."
Reposted by Jeremy Goldkorn
There are 4 times more signatories to this 24-hour-old petition than there are "refugees".
www.afrikanersvirsa.co.za/en
"We are not pawns in America’s culture wars. We are South Africans, part of a diverse, evolving nation still grappling with its past and striving toward a more just future...."
www.afrikanersvirsa.co.za/en
"We are not pawns in America’s culture wars. We are South Africans, part of a diverse, evolving nation still grappling with its past and striving toward a more just future...."
Home | Afrikaners Vir Sa
www.afrikanersvirsa.co.za
October 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
There are 4 times more signatories to this 24-hour-old petition than there are "refugees".
www.afrikanersvirsa.co.za/en
"We are not pawns in America’s culture wars. We are South Africans, part of a diverse, evolving nation still grappling with its past and striving toward a more just future...."
www.afrikanersvirsa.co.za/en
"We are not pawns in America’s culture wars. We are South Africans, part of a diverse, evolving nation still grappling with its past and striving toward a more just future...."
Reposted by Jeremy Goldkorn
Trump’s China deal appears to be the minimum required to be market neutral. A modest tariff reduction, delay of rare earth restrictions, possibility of Nvidia chip sales, some soybean purchases. Maybe more importantly there’s a commitment to ongoing talks. Just enough to shrug at.
October 30, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Trump’s China deal appears to be the minimum required to be market neutral. A modest tariff reduction, delay of rare earth restrictions, possibility of Nvidia chip sales, some soybean purchases. Maybe more importantly there’s a commitment to ongoing talks. Just enough to shrug at.
Reposted by Jeremy Goldkorn
Read this China Heritage essay collection on Double Nine. Just delightful.
October 30, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Read this China Heritage essay collection on Double Nine. Just delightful.
Reposted by Jeremy Goldkorn
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
October 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.
Indeed, but also:
Cameroun's president Biya, in power since 1982, just got put in office again in a dodgy election. He is 92 years old and non compos mentis…
Cameroun's president Biya, in power since 1982, just got put in office again in a dodgy election. He is 92 years old and non compos mentis…
The whole Third Term Project isn’t actually about Trump. The people behind it know he will likely be dead or enfeebled by 2029. It is about them, the vastly unpopular group around Trump, wanting to grift us forever without elections.
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Indeed, but also:
Cameroun's president Biya, in power since 1982, just got put in office again in a dodgy election. He is 92 years old and non compos mentis…
Cameroun's president Biya, in power since 1982, just got put in office again in a dodgy election. He is 92 years old and non compos mentis…
![Screenshot of two Bluesky posts in my feed:
Senator Eric Schmitt says Antifa "is a well-coordinated organization with safe houses and money that is laundered internationally." [with CPAN image]
https://bsky.app/profile/kenklippenstein.bsky.social/post/3m4cgd36rx225
AND
A person in Alabama was arrested with a suitcase full of ammunition, body armor, and other items, intending to attack synagogues across the US South.
With a CNN story featuring a photo of body armor, guns, and ammo.
https://bsky.app/profile/joelhs.bsky.social/post/3m4cg2jbwec2b](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:fyiqa4cbbuzkft3u5a3fp3xc/bafkreibneadn2hxhsyp4ima5wzmrqm65ygm64ebzqb2cqdmgvi344zxkmq@jpeg)
Reposted by Jeremy Goldkorn
Maybe my favorite Food Map, ever.
April 11, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Maybe my favorite Food Map, ever.
The Trump leader of Belarus and his malcontents: a new Rhyming Chaos podcast with Natalya Chernyshova and @mariarepnikova.bsky.social
Protest and repression in Belarus
COVID taught Belarusians to self-organize. Then they started demonstrating. Author Natalya Chernyshova discusses the protests, crackdown, and dodgy democracy under Trumpian Lukashenko.
www.rhymingchaos.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Trump leader of Belarus and his malcontents: a new Rhyming Chaos podcast with Natalya Chernyshova and @mariarepnikova.bsky.social
The art of the deal: "The Trump administration is hailing a potential deal that may return the U.S.-China relationship to where it was before the president began a trade war against Beijing."
Trump’s China Deal May Avert a Crisis of His Own Making
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The art of the deal: "The Trump administration is hailing a potential deal that may return the U.S.-China relationship to where it was before the president began a trade war against Beijing."
What could go wrong?
Elon Musk Wants ‘Strong Influence’ Over the ‘Robot Army’ He’s Building
In a Tesla earnings call Wednesday, the world’s richest man pondered the future of his company’s Optimus robots—and his control over them.
www.wired.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
What could go wrong?
New Rhyming Chaos podcast: Kazakhstan, clan politics, doing bizness and more.
When will people rise up and overthrow the dictator? Not now.
Shades of authoritarianism in Central Asia, with scholar Edward Schatz.
www.rhymingchaos.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:56 AM
New Rhyming Chaos podcast: Kazakhstan, clan politics, doing bizness and more.