Frieda Li
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Frieda Li
@friedali.bsky.social
Journalist, live in Beijing, born in Xinjiang
Props to Jessie J for thinking her Chinese fans can ace those English lyrics. 🎤😂😂
November 26, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Sharing the Xinjiang moon that has attracted countless netizens to watch these days with you🩷🩷
November 26, 2024 at 12:26 PM
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The story around China issuing USD-denominated sovereign bonds in Saudi Arabia is generating an enormous amount of buzz in China, and could potentially be immensely important.

I strongly suspect it's a message to the upcoming Trump administration.

A small 🧵
November 21, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Some things never change! Even a thousand years ago, kids were begging for early dismissal! Here is the evidence:
Over a millennium ago in Xinjiang, a 12-year-old student, Bu Tianshou, penned a playful poem asking his teacher to end class early before a holiday. The original Chinese version is:
November 25, 2024 at 9:45 AM
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Wow, looks like Xi was extremely straightforward during his meeting with Biden.

According to the Chinese readout (guancha.cn/internation/...) here's what he told Biden were the 7 "lessons of the past 4 years that need to be remembered" 🧵
guancha.cn
November 17, 2024 at 7:07 AM
Reading Professor Hsu Cho-yun's book made me think of a foreign friend's question: why Chinese people seem reluctant to speak about themselves to the outside world:
November 18, 2024 at 1:00 AM