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
素氣東來
Pinned
The end of a Mongolian-language newspaper
From wolf hearts to Xi Jinping thought: Journalist Soyonbo Borjgin talks about growing up in Hohhot and his “re-education” after protests against the suppression of Mongolian language.
www.rhymingchaos.com
I chat to Soyonbo Borjgn about:
- Growing up in a Mongolian-speaking community and working as a journalist in Inner Mongolia
- Scandals and corruption at state media
- Changes in China’s ethnic policies
- Shaman curses and creative resistance against language suppression
- Drinking, and more:
- Growing up in a Mongolian-speaking community and working as a journalist in Inner Mongolia
- Scandals and corruption at state media
- Changes in China’s ethnic policies
- Shaman curses and creative resistance against language suppression
- Drinking, and more:
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The reason I liked the movie Civil War, and thought some missed the point, was that it depicted the miserably chaotic societal breakdown of a civil conflict, in contrast to fantasists’ imagination of what a civil war would look like.
Just about anyone who thinks they’d like a real one is wrong.
Just about anyone who thinks they’d like a real one is wrong.
December 7, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The reason I liked the movie Civil War, and thought some missed the point, was that it depicted the miserably chaotic societal breakdown of a civil conflict, in contrast to fantasists’ imagination of what a civil war would look like.
Just about anyone who thinks they’d like a real one is wrong.
Just about anyone who thinks they’d like a real one is wrong.
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As someone who went through this process, just…no words
If you've ever been to a naturalization ceremony, you know they're filled with people whose palpable love of this country is twenty times stronger than the pinched "patriotism" of any native-born MAGA chud.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Just unspeakable assholery.
Read this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
December 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
As someone who went through this process, just…no words
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Don't skip this Rhyming Chaos podcast, hosted by @goldkorn.bsky.social, in which journalist Soyonbo Borjgin discusses his life in Inner Mongolia, protests against CCP ethnic minority policies, and going through re-education.
The end of a Mongolian-language newspaper
From wolf hearts to Xi Jinping thought: Journalist Soyonbo Borjgin talks about growing up in Hohhot and his “re-education” after protests against the suppression of Mongolian language.
www.rhymingchaos.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Don't skip this Rhyming Chaos podcast, hosted by @goldkorn.bsky.social, in which journalist Soyonbo Borjgin discusses his life in Inner Mongolia, protests against CCP ethnic minority policies, and going through re-education.
Is there a graphic novel of Ubu Roi?
UBU ROI, by Alfred Jarry
YouTube video by iDiOM Theater
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Is there a graphic novel of Ubu Roi?
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I did a Q&A with Violet Feng on her new film:
Violet Feng's "The Dating Game" follows a romance coach in Chongqing and three of his students. In this Q&A, Feng talks about:
• China's gender imbalance
• 'Left behind' children
• AI boyfriends in China
• Pick up artist culture & global crises of masculinity
• China's gender imbalance
• 'Left behind' children
• AI boyfriends in China
• Pick up artist culture & global crises of masculinity
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I did a Q&A with Violet Feng on her new film:
From R. Crumb's satirical "City of the Future" in Zap Comix (1968)
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
From R. Crumb's satirical "City of the Future" in Zap Comix (1968)
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I chat to Soyonbo Borjgn about:
- Growing up in a Mongolian-speaking community and working as a journalist in Inner Mongolia
- Scandals and corruption at state media
- Changes in China’s ethnic policies
- Shaman curses and creative resistance against language suppression
- Drinking, and more:
- Growing up in a Mongolian-speaking community and working as a journalist in Inner Mongolia
- Scandals and corruption at state media
- Changes in China’s ethnic policies
- Shaman curses and creative resistance against language suppression
- Drinking, and more:
The end of a Mongolian-language newspaper
From wolf hearts to Xi Jinping thought: Journalist Soyonbo Borjgin talks about growing up in Hohhot and his “re-education” after protests against the suppression of Mongolian language.
www.rhymingchaos.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I chat to Soyonbo Borjgn about:
- Growing up in a Mongolian-speaking community and working as a journalist in Inner Mongolia
- Scandals and corruption at state media
- Changes in China’s ethnic policies
- Shaman curses and creative resistance against language suppression
- Drinking, and more:
- Growing up in a Mongolian-speaking community and working as a journalist in Inner Mongolia
- Scandals and corruption at state media
- Changes in China’s ethnic policies
- Shaman curses and creative resistance against language suppression
- Drinking, and more:
Reposted by Jeremy Goldkorn
hahaha the 1980s Japan discourse all over again
Throwback Thursday -- 1988 www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/...
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 AM
hahaha the 1980s Japan discourse all over again
I chat to Soyonbo Borjgn about:
- Growing up in a Mongolian-speaking community and working as a journalist in Inner Mongolia
- Scandals and corruption at state media
- Changes in China’s ethnic policies
- Shaman curses and creative resistance against language suppression
- Drinking, and more:
- Growing up in a Mongolian-speaking community and working as a journalist in Inner Mongolia
- Scandals and corruption at state media
- Changes in China’s ethnic policies
- Shaman curses and creative resistance against language suppression
- Drinking, and more:
The end of a Mongolian-language newspaper
From wolf hearts to Xi Jinping thought: Journalist Soyonbo Borjgin talks about growing up in Hohhot and his “re-education” after protests against the suppression of Mongolian language.
www.rhymingchaos.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I chat to Soyonbo Borjgn about:
- Growing up in a Mongolian-speaking community and working as a journalist in Inner Mongolia
- Scandals and corruption at state media
- Changes in China’s ethnic policies
- Shaman curses and creative resistance against language suppression
- Drinking, and more:
- Growing up in a Mongolian-speaking community and working as a journalist in Inner Mongolia
- Scandals and corruption at state media
- Changes in China’s ethnic policies
- Shaman curses and creative resistance against language suppression
- Drinking, and more:
Reposted by Jeremy Goldkorn
The weekly 驻京办 dinner club that a few friends and I founded 10 years ago is still going strong and eating well, as nicely reflected in this piece by a current participant www.eastside.asia/articles/the...
The Beijing government offices where you can eat your way across China — Beijing, China ✦ eastside.asia
The first thing I did once I landed in Beijing after a year of living away was to hop into a taxi with some urgency.
www.eastside.asia
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The weekly 驻京办 dinner club that a few friends and I founded 10 years ago is still going strong and eating well, as nicely reflected in this piece by a current participant www.eastside.asia/articles/the...
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The greatest danger is when the tide turns…
I decided to write up this “Dutch Auction” theory in a little more depth: open.substack.com/pub/nilsgilm...
The Dutch Auction Theory of Authoritarianism
Why Inflection Points in Regime Power Constitute the Period of Maximum Danger
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The greatest danger is when the tide turns…
Putin knows how to flatter narccissists.
Look at the size of the escort Putin provided for Witkoff and Kushner.. with closed highways and all.
The meeting is happening now in Kremlin
The meeting is happening now in Kremlin
December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Putin knows how to flatter narccissists.
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Just want to call out this incredible move by the Guardian to embed a year on their social sharing graphic so it's very clear that something is not new reporting. Should be standard operating procedure.
December 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just want to call out this incredible move by the Guardian to embed a year on their social sharing graphic so it's very clear that something is not new reporting. Should be standard operating procedure.
China started doing this right after the Snowden revelations
“Our mid-term goal should be the complete phase-out of Microsoft products, including the Windows operating system. It’s easier than it sounds.”
A cross-party group of lawmakers are pushing for the European Parliament to get off US tech, starting with Microsoft.
A cross-party group of lawmakers are pushing for the European Parliament to get off US tech, starting with Microsoft.
Get us off Microsoft! Lawmakers press EU Parliament to change in-house IT.
“We cannot afford this level of dependence on foreign tech,” lawmakers say in letter obtained by POLITICO.
www.politico.eu
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 PM
China started doing this right after the Snowden revelations
In the latest @thechinaweek.com:
• ‘How Israel’s embassy lost China’
• A surprise call from Xi Jinping pleases Trump
• China brainrot, from creator schlock to AI propaganda
• Recommended reading and listening
• Important China news from the last week or so
• ‘How Israel’s embassy lost China’
• A surprise call from Xi Jinping pleases Trump
• China brainrot, from creator schlock to AI propaganda
• Recommended reading and listening
• Important China news from the last week or so
How Israel’s embassy lost China, Xi call pleases Trump, and China brainrot
The world is undergoing "great changes unseen in a century" as Xi Jinping likes to say.
www.thechinaweek.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
In the latest @thechinaweek.com:
• ‘How Israel’s embassy lost China’
• A surprise call from Xi Jinping pleases Trump
• China brainrot, from creator schlock to AI propaganda
• Recommended reading and listening
• Important China news from the last week or so
• ‘How Israel’s embassy lost China’
• A surprise call from Xi Jinping pleases Trump
• China brainrot, from creator schlock to AI propaganda
• Recommended reading and listening
• Important China news from the last week or so
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A camel train leaving Peking, early 1920s by Herbert G Ponting. Camels arrived with coal,fruit, charcoal or vegetables from the Western Hills nearby or from further with tea etc. But, they left with at best some rugs, grass mats (pongs) or small toys and other items for the return journey….
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A camel train leaving Peking, early 1920s by Herbert G Ponting. Camels arrived with coal,fruit, charcoal or vegetables from the Western Hills nearby or from further with tea etc. But, they left with at best some rugs, grass mats (pongs) or small toys and other items for the return journey….
War is peace over at Trump's Truth Social feed:
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
War is peace over at Trump's Truth Social feed:
China vs US
US workforce stats 2022: agriculture 1.62%, industry 19.28%, services 79.1%
US household spend 2023: housing 32.9%, transportation 17%, food 12.9%, personal insurance & pensions 12.4%, healthcare 8%, entertainment 4.7%
Sources:
www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/201...
www.bls.gov/news.release...
US workforce stats 2022: agriculture 1.62%, industry 19.28%, services 79.1%
US household spend 2023: housing 32.9%, transportation 17%, food 12.9%, personal insurance & pensions 12.4%, healthcare 8%, entertainment 4.7%
Sources:
www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/201...
www.bls.gov/news.release...
November 27, 2025 at 3:09 PM
China vs US
US workforce stats 2022: agriculture 1.62%, industry 19.28%, services 79.1%
US household spend 2023: housing 32.9%, transportation 17%, food 12.9%, personal insurance & pensions 12.4%, healthcare 8%, entertainment 4.7%
Sources:
www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/201...
www.bls.gov/news.release...
US workforce stats 2022: agriculture 1.62%, industry 19.28%, services 79.1%
US household spend 2023: housing 32.9%, transportation 17%, food 12.9%, personal insurance & pensions 12.4%, healthcare 8%, entertainment 4.7%
Sources:
www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/201...
www.bls.gov/news.release...
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Tennessee-7 can elect a progressive woman who wants to eliminate the grocery tax in TN, or they can elect a Tr*mp loyalist who supports every terrible thing Tr*mp is doing to regress America. @aftynbehn.bsky.social
Tr*mp PANICS over Tennessee special election as progressive poised to flip red district BLUE
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Tennessee-7 can elect a progressive woman who wants to eliminate the grocery tax in TN, or they can elect a Tr*mp loyalist who supports every terrible thing Tr*mp is doing to regress America. @aftynbehn.bsky.social
New AI-generated propaganda music video from China’s state-owned Xinhua news agency.From a tweet with this text: “‘Mess with fire, you're gonna get fried…’ Enjoy a new song from China's CD Rev rap group, say no to Japanese militarism”
From: x.com/XHNews/statu...
From: x.com/XHNews/statu...
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
New AI-generated propaganda music video from China’s state-owned Xinhua news agency.From a tweet with this text: “‘Mess with fire, you're gonna get fried…’ Enjoy a new song from China's CD Rev rap group, say no to Japanese militarism”
From: x.com/XHNews/statu...
From: x.com/XHNews/statu...
Elon Musk did it for the LOLz
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Elon Musk did it for the LOLz
RIP Google Reader 😭
Don’t get me started on how they ruined google scholar
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
RIP Google Reader 😭
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November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM