"People are going to have to start getting a little bit more uncomfortable. Frankly, will it be a little bit detrimental to people's careers? I don't know, maybe… But at the end of the day, do you want to do what's easy or do you want to do what's right?"

"If somebody made their name on human rights and pushing back against authoritarian practices, then [Gaza] is definitely something they should be talking about, because otherwise what are you doing? What are you waiting for?"

"We owe it to our discipline and to our mission to talk with the public, to make things understandable, to frankly assess authoritarianism, censorship, propaganda, and overreach by law enforcement entities, regardless of who is conducting the overreach."

ICYMI, do check out my first post about our need to push back against the censorship of pro-Palestine voices in the US, and the parallels with censorship in China.
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A highlight: "There has to be a point for why we are doing our work...There is a relationship between your words and justice in the world. You have to believe in what you say and stand up for what you say, because those are not just words."

My first post is about how the American China-watching community has an important role to fulfill in countering the crackdown on free speech, starting with Palestine. Our silence has consequences for everyone, and we must speak out before it's too late.
thelasttrain.substack.com/p/from-the-r...

My first post is about how the American China-watching community has an important role to fulfill in countering the crackdown on free speech, starting with Palestine. Our silence has consequences for everyone, and we must speak out before it's too late.
thelasttrain.substack.com/p/from-the-r...