Axel Jagau
@yraneac.bsky.social
Läbides inimkeelte metsi // Po puću přez lěsy rěčow // Kynii kelenii oi modoor ajalakani // בדרכי ביערות השפה
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(TÜ eesti ja üldkeeleteaduse instituut)
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(TÜ eesti ja üldkeeleteaduse instituut)
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These 1,000-Year-Old Paper Flowers, Sealed in a Cave, Are a Marvel of Preservation www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/01/pape...
These 1,000-Year-Old Paper Flowers, Sealed in a Cave, Are a Marvel of Preservation
Among the Mogao Caves' nearly 500 chambers and temples, a space known as Cave 17 revealed thousands of extraordinary objects.
www.thisiscolossal.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:36 PM
These 1,000-Year-Old Paper Flowers, Sealed in a Cave, Are a Marvel of Preservation www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/01/pape...
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What the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact teaches us about today’s alignment between Russia and China ❓
🇨🇳 🇷🇺 Ju Hyung Kim argues that the lack of a formal military alliance or mutual trust makes the current China-Russia partnership no less threatening to international stability.
ceias.eu/what-the-mol...
🇨🇳 🇷🇺 Ju Hyung Kim argues that the lack of a formal military alliance or mutual trust makes the current China-Russia partnership no less threatening to international stability.
ceias.eu/what-the-mol...
What the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact teaches us about today’s alignment between Russia and China - CEIAS
The lack of a formal military alliance or mutual trust makes the current China-Russia partnership no less threatening to international stability.
ceias.eu
January 28, 2026 at 10:02 AM
What the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact teaches us about today’s alignment between Russia and China ❓
🇨🇳 🇷🇺 Ju Hyung Kim argues that the lack of a formal military alliance or mutual trust makes the current China-Russia partnership no less threatening to international stability.
ceias.eu/what-the-mol...
🇨🇳 🇷🇺 Ju Hyung Kim argues that the lack of a formal military alliance or mutual trust makes the current China-Russia partnership no less threatening to international stability.
ceias.eu/what-the-mol...
Report from PEN America on the Situation in Inner Mongolia
pen.org/report/inner...
pen.org/report/inner...
“Save Our Mother Tongue”
Beijing has silenced Mongolian voices, all the while expanding its arsenal of tactics to influence the information ecosystem.
pen.org
January 22, 2026 at 6:36 AM
Report from PEN America on the Situation in Inner Mongolia
pen.org/report/inner...
pen.org/report/inner...
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For anyone interested in learning Austronesian languages spoken in Taiwan, all courses are offered online :)
For anyone interested in learning Austronesian languages spoken in Taiwan, all courses are offered online :)
January 14, 2026 at 11:53 AM
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For anyone interested in learning Austronesian languages spoken in Taiwan, all courses are offered online :)
For anyone interested in learning Austronesian languages spoken in Taiwan, all courses are offered online :)
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If the figures we're getting out of Iran are in the right league, this weekend was, I think, one of the bloodiest state crackdowns of all time. People are talking 12,000-20,000 dead; for comparison Hungary in 1956 was about 2,500, Tiananmen - across country, in multiple cities - probably 1000+
January 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
If the figures we're getting out of Iran are in the right league, this weekend was, I think, one of the bloodiest state crackdowns of all time. People are talking 12,000-20,000 dead; for comparison Hungary in 1956 was about 2,500, Tiananmen - across country, in multiple cities - probably 1000+
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Clothing and Hair of Medieval Mongolian Women, by @jackmeistermongols.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2026/01/clot... #history #mongols #medievalwomen
Clothing and Hair of Medieval Mongolian Women - Medievalists.net
How did medieval Mongolian women wear their hair and dress at court? This feature explores braids, shaving customs, and the iconic boqta headdress across Yuan and Ilkhanid art, travellers’ accounts,…
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January 12, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Clothing and Hair of Medieval Mongolian Women, by @jackmeistermongols.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2026/01/clot... #history #mongols #medievalwomen
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New report by CSIS on the question of Dalai Lama, has a juicy detail of how China-friendly ex-Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai's government (2021-2025) raided & pressured 10th Bogd Jebtsundamba Khutughtu's family.
It's a fact nobody in Mongolia dares to admit.
www.csis.org/analysis/whe...
It's a fact nobody in Mongolia dares to admit.
www.csis.org/analysis/whe...
January 11, 2026 at 3:51 AM
New report by CSIS on the question of Dalai Lama, has a juicy detail of how China-friendly ex-Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai's government (2021-2025) raided & pressured 10th Bogd Jebtsundamba Khutughtu's family.
It's a fact nobody in Mongolia dares to admit.
www.csis.org/analysis/whe...
It's a fact nobody in Mongolia dares to admit.
www.csis.org/analysis/whe...
‘At the start of China’s Republican era in the early twentieth century, a unique form of lettering called meishuzi (美術字), or “art lettering,” emerged that was distinctly different from both classical calligraphy and historically printed forms.’
letterformarchive.org/news/this-ju...
letterformarchive.org/news/this-ju...
This Just In: Chinese Lettering Manuals, 1930–1971
Our new meishuzi collection reflects a period of significant cultural change in China, and provides an uncommon source of inspiration for contemporary lettering artists and type designers.
letterformarchive.org
January 6, 2026 at 7:55 PM
‘At the start of China’s Republican era in the early twentieth century, a unique form of lettering called meishuzi (美術字), or “art lettering,” emerged that was distinctly different from both classical calligraphy and historically printed forms.’
letterformarchive.org/news/this-ju...
letterformarchive.org/news/this-ju...
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These rebus-style Buddhist texts were made for illiterate people. Each picture, when sounded out in Japanese, would approximate the Classical Chinese syllables in which the sutra or hymn should be recited. More here: https://buff.ly/3reC8vg
January 6, 2026 at 5:47 PM
These rebus-style Buddhist texts were made for illiterate people. Each picture, when sounded out in Japanese, would approximate the Classical Chinese syllables in which the sutra or hymn should be recited. More here: https://buff.ly/3reC8vg
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"Language is not just a medium of communication—it is the vessel of memory, poetry, and worldview. By erasing Mongolian from classrooms, the CCP ensures that future generations will think, dream, and argue in Mandarin, not Mongolian."
#InnerMongolia
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#InnerMongolia
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How CCP is ‘assimilating’ Inner Mongolia
The most decisive tool of assimilation has been language policy. Mongolian-medium education has been systematically dismantled, replaced with Mandarin instruction.
sundayguardianlive.com
January 5, 2026 at 1:26 AM
"Language is not just a medium of communication—it is the vessel of memory, poetry, and worldview. By erasing Mongolian from classrooms, the CCP ensures that future generations will think, dream, and argue in Mandarin, not Mongolian."
#InnerMongolia
sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/how-...
#InnerMongolia
sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/how-...
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International Conference: New Trends of Inner Eurasian Studies in Taiwan and South Korea
Time: January 5, 2026
Venue: Conference Room, 5th Floor, Museum of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
Registration: forms.gle/f5wYy1A8rXkTSA…
Time: January 5, 2026
Venue: Conference Room, 5th Floor, Museum of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
Registration: forms.gle/f5wYy1A8rXkTSA…
December 31, 2025 at 4:26 AM
International Conference: New Trends of Inner Eurasian Studies in Taiwan and South Korea
Time: January 5, 2026
Venue: Conference Room, 5th Floor, Museum of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
Registration: forms.gle/f5wYy1A8rXkTSA…
Time: January 5, 2026
Venue: Conference Room, 5th Floor, Museum of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica
Registration: forms.gle/f5wYy1A8rXkTSA…
‘The Chinese Service was never simply a “legacy”. At its best, it was one of Britain’s most trusted voices overseas. Its decline is not merely the story of a department diminished, but of a country forgetting the value of its own soft power.’
ukctransparency.substack.com/p/the-slow-u...
ukctransparency.substack.com/p/the-slow-u...
The Slow Unravelling of the BBC Chinese Service
Friend of UK-China Transparency, Howard Zhang, shares his thoughts on "the quiet, avoidable erosion of a once-great institution's capacity to project truth, independence and credibility abroad"
ukctransparency.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 11:18 AM
‘The Chinese Service was never simply a “legacy”. At its best, it was one of Britain’s most trusted voices overseas. Its decline is not merely the story of a department diminished, but of a country forgetting the value of its own soft power.’
ukctransparency.substack.com/p/the-slow-u...
ukctransparency.substack.com/p/the-slow-u...
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Crucial on how ChatGPT detectors imperil “non-native” writers of English. Esp if these were trained in colonial or colonial-like systems based on making you sound like the perfect “authoritative” “native speaker” who doesn’t even exists. Truly, you can’t win. marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.
I'm calm. I'm calm. I promise.
marcusolang.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Crucial on how ChatGPT detectors imperil “non-native” writers of English. Esp if these were trained in colonial or colonial-like systems based on making you sound like the perfect “authoritative” “native speaker” who doesn’t even exists. Truly, you can’t win. marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-...
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Just another gem from our collections - a late-19th-century silk scroll painting depicting the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, the largest Buddhist monastery in Shigatse, #Tibet. This captures the monastery’s grandeur alongside the sweeping view of the city. (Artwork 088.001)
December 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Just another gem from our collections - a late-19th-century silk scroll painting depicting the Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, the largest Buddhist monastery in Shigatse, #Tibet. This captures the monastery’s grandeur alongside the sweeping view of the city. (Artwork 088.001)
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HESA put the academic staff numbers in 23-24 in Essex at 1560, and given voluntary severence schemes it's likely to be lower now, so this is at least 2/3rds of all academic staff in Essex receiving risk of redundancy letters.
Ongoing decimation of British universities part 252:
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
Apx. 1000 academic staff at University of Essex just received formal ‘risk of redundancy’ letters via email.
Please share @ucuessex.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
HESA put the academic staff numbers in 23-24 in Essex at 1560, and given voluntary severence schemes it's likely to be lower now, so this is at least 2/3rds of all academic staff in Essex receiving risk of redundancy letters.
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A curated global dataset of social contact between diverse language communities
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
December 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM
A curated global dataset of social contact between diverse language communities
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Cryptic Dead Sea Scrolls script deciphered:
Altijd fijn als er weer nieuwe handschriften worden ontcijferd, nu in Groningen: brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Cryptic Dead Sea Scrolls script deciphered:
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New article alert! 📘
A comparative look at teaching & learning resources for minority language certifications in Catalan, Galician, Irish, Welsh, Upper & Lower Sorbian. Great insights into CEFR-aligned materials and gaps.
DOI: doi.org/10.53779/ANH...
#MinorityLanguages #JEMIE #LanguageTesting
A comparative look at teaching & learning resources for minority language certifications in Catalan, Galician, Irish, Welsh, Upper & Lower Sorbian. Great insights into CEFR-aligned materials and gaps.
DOI: doi.org/10.53779/ANH...
#MinorityLanguages #JEMIE #LanguageTesting
December 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
New article alert! 📘
A comparative look at teaching & learning resources for minority language certifications in Catalan, Galician, Irish, Welsh, Upper & Lower Sorbian. Great insights into CEFR-aligned materials and gaps.
DOI: doi.org/10.53779/ANH...
#MinorityLanguages #JEMIE #LanguageTesting
A comparative look at teaching & learning resources for minority language certifications in Catalan, Galician, Irish, Welsh, Upper & Lower Sorbian. Great insights into CEFR-aligned materials and gaps.
DOI: doi.org/10.53779/ANH...
#MinorityLanguages #JEMIE #LanguageTesting
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#TaiwanArchives: In 1955, #Taipei welcomed the arrival of the bone relics of #Xuanzang (玄奘), a Tang dynasty monk who traveled to India to procure 657 Buddhist scriptures. His 17-year pilgrimage was immortalized in the Chinese classic "Journey to the West (西遊記)." The Śarīra, however, came from Japan.
December 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
#TaiwanArchives: In 1955, #Taipei welcomed the arrival of the bone relics of #Xuanzang (玄奘), a Tang dynasty monk who traveled to India to procure 657 Buddhist scriptures. His 17-year pilgrimage was immortalized in the Chinese classic "Journey to the West (西遊記)." The Śarīra, however, came from Japan.