Axel Dessein
@axeldessein.bsky.social
Dr & 中文通 // Research Ops @ UK ENIC // China Studies
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It’s a great day for Sinology - thanks to Brendan we have a feed that can help rebuild our community of nerds, I mean scholars. I’ve missed this.
A new era should be marked by celebrations and promotions, so I hereby memorialize that he be rewarded with the position of 🀄️📚令
A new era should be marked by celebrations and promotions, so I hereby memorialize that he be rewarded with the position of 🀄️📚令
Sinologists! Never mind the other post: here is a feed that actually works! Posts tagged with 🀄️📚 should show up automatically, for real this time. Thanks to @rawkitbawl.bsky.social and @852dude.bsky.social for their help!
November 14, 2024 at 5:10 PM
It’s a great day for Sinology - thanks to Brendan we have a feed that can help rebuild our community of nerds, I mean scholars. I’ve missed this.
A new era should be marked by celebrations and promotions, so I hereby memorialize that he be rewarded with the position of 🀄️📚令
A new era should be marked by celebrations and promotions, so I hereby memorialize that he be rewarded with the position of 🀄️📚令
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Sinologists! Never mind the other post: here is a feed that actually works! Posts tagged with 🀄️📚 should show up automatically, for real this time. Thanks to @rawkitbawl.bsky.social and @852dude.bsky.social for their help!
November 14, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Sinologists! Never mind the other post: here is a feed that actually works! Posts tagged with 🀄️📚 should show up automatically, for real this time. Thanks to @rawkitbawl.bsky.social and @852dude.bsky.social for their help!
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Not sure I really answered my own question, but my point is that China has limits on its revisionism. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/just-how-r...
Just How Revisionist is China?
Or, what Is China's stake in the global economic order?
danieldrezner.substack.com
February 1, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Not sure I really answered my own question, but my point is that China has limits on its revisionism. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/just-how-r...
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🗃️ Welcome to the Editors Digest!
@mzorki.bsky.social is examining our #Sinology #research contributions, find out what you may have missed over the past few months! #digitalhumanities #history #linguistics #ResearchRoundup
Stay informed, Stay ahead! digitalorientalist.com?p=11874
@mzorki.bsky.social is examining our #Sinology #research contributions, find out what you may have missed over the past few months! #digitalhumanities #history #linguistics #ResearchRoundup
Stay informed, Stay ahead! digitalorientalist.com?p=11874
Editor’s Digest December 2023: Chinese Studies
Starting this academic year, the Digital Orientalist is introducing a new type of post: the editor’s digest, where editors summarize the posts within an area study, so that our readers have a chance...
digitalorientalist.com
December 29, 2023 at 4:46 PM
🗃️ Welcome to the Editors Digest!
@mzorki.bsky.social is examining our #Sinology #research contributions, find out what you may have missed over the past few months! #digitalhumanities #history #linguistics #ResearchRoundup
Stay informed, Stay ahead! digitalorientalist.com?p=11874
@mzorki.bsky.social is examining our #Sinology #research contributions, find out what you may have missed over the past few months! #digitalhumanities #history #linguistics #ResearchRoundup
Stay informed, Stay ahead! digitalorientalist.com?p=11874
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Farcical
Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai set for landmark trial
One of Chinese Communist party’s most outspoken critics faces prospect of life in prison
www.ft.com
December 16, 2023 at 8:57 AM
Farcical
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Absolutely thrilled that my book LEFTOVER WOMEN, 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION was named a China Books Review best book of 2023 alongside great new books by Tania Branigan, Tahir Izgil and more! chinabooksreview.com/2023/12/14/b...
Best China Books of 2023 | China Books Review
Our round-up of recommended titles (and one anti-recommendation) from the past year, selected by our editors and various guests.
chinabooksreview.com
December 14, 2023 at 2:43 PM
Absolutely thrilled that my book LEFTOVER WOMEN, 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION was named a China Books Review best book of 2023 alongside great new books by Tania Branigan, Tahir Izgil and more! chinabooksreview.com/2023/12/14/b...
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ICYMI - this is definitely worth your time. On the use of #AI in the IDF’s operations in Gaza
‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza | Israel | The Guardian
‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza | Israel | The Guardian
‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza
Concerns over data-driven ‘factory’ that significantly increases the number of targets for strikes in the Palestinian territory
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2023 at 4:01 PM
ICYMI - this is definitely worth your time. On the use of #AI in the IDF’s operations in Gaza
‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza | Israel | The Guardian
‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza | Israel | The Guardian
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@axeldessein.bsky.social – I like your Chinese eaves profile banner, so I thought I'd offer you this photo, which I took myself...
November 19, 2023 at 9:54 PM
@axeldessein.bsky.social – I like your Chinese eaves profile banner, so I thought I'd offer you this photo, which I took myself...
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Xi Jinping is unlikely to have the capability to conduct a successful amphibious invasion of Taiwan by 2027, top Taiwanese security official Wellington Koo says, casting doubts on China's military modernisation plans – Bloomberg
Taiwan Doubts China’s Xi Will Have the Ability to Invade by 2027
Chinese President Xi Jinping is unlikely to have the capability to conduct a successful invasion of Taiwan by 2027, according to a top Taiwanese security official, casting doubts on the progress of Be...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2023 at 11:18 AM
Xi Jinping is unlikely to have the capability to conduct a successful amphibious invasion of Taiwan by 2027, top Taiwanese security official Wellington Koo says, casting doubts on China's military modernisation plans – Bloomberg
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Ever wondered where the idea of #SocialCredit came from, and how it landed on the agenda of China's leaders? Pierre Sel has you covered in his forthcoming article in the China Review.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
November 12, 2023 at 12:50 PM
Ever wondered where the idea of #SocialCredit came from, and how it landed on the agenda of China's leaders? Pierre Sel has you covered in his forthcoming article in the China Review.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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The skulls of four tribal warriors killed nearly 150 years ago have been returned by a Scottish university to a Taiwanese Indigenous community in a move hailed as a “milestone of transitional justice”.
Scottish university returns tribal warrior skulls to Taiwanese Indigenous people
University of Edinburgh repatriates ancestral remains of Paiwan fighters in ‘milestone of transitional justice for Indigenous peoples’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2023 at 5:07 PM
The skulls of four tribal warriors killed nearly 150 years ago have been returned by a Scottish university to a Taiwanese Indigenous community in a move hailed as a “milestone of transitional justice”.
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🚨 New Publication 🚨
In the Journal of International Relations and Development, Jan Smolenski and I critique the trend of IR theorists with little expertise in regional politics making broad descriptive and prescriptive claims about the war in Ukraine.
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1057...
In the Journal of International Relations and Development, Jan Smolenski and I critique the trend of IR theorists with little expertise in regional politics making broad descriptive and prescriptive claims about the war in Ukraine.
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1057...
November 2, 2023 at 12:39 PM
🚨 New Publication 🚨
In the Journal of International Relations and Development, Jan Smolenski and I critique the trend of IR theorists with little expertise in regional politics making broad descriptive and prescriptive claims about the war in Ukraine.
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1057...
In the Journal of International Relations and Development, Jan Smolenski and I critique the trend of IR theorists with little expertise in regional politics making broad descriptive and prescriptive claims about the war in Ukraine.
link.springer.com/epdf/10.1057...
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Hello to all our new followers! 👋
As this account starts firing up you will be to find news on our team, colleagues and upcoming events!
As this account starts firing up you will be to find news on our team, colleagues and upcoming events!
October 17, 2023 at 12:29 PM
Hello to all our new followers! 👋
As this account starts firing up you will be to find news on our team, colleagues and upcoming events!
As this account starts firing up you will be to find news on our team, colleagues and upcoming events!
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Before dianhua (< J. denwa) 電話 became the universal term for telephone in Sinitic languages, there was the loanword Teq-liq-fon 德律風 (Wu; > Mandarin Delüfeng)! 😁
October 17, 2023 at 10:40 AM
Before dianhua (< J. denwa) 電話 became the universal term for telephone in Sinitic languages, there was the loanword Teq-liq-fon 德律風 (Wu; > Mandarin Delüfeng)! 😁