Joshua Rosenzweig
@siweiluozi.xyz
Researcher, analyst, and advocate focused on Chinese human rights, supply chains, criminal justice, and foreign policy. Still dreaming about HK.
Finally, the truth is out.
‘Karl Marx's ancestors were Chinese Muslims, surnamed Ma (and thus ethnically Hui), who followed the Mongols to Europe, though of course if you go back further they were descended from Zhou-dynasty Jews' is a world-class opener and the author doesn't appear to be joking
May 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Finally, the truth is out.
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‘Karl Marx's ancestors were Chinese Muslims, surnamed Ma (and thus ethnically Hui), who followed the Mongols to Europe, though of course if you go back further they were descended from Zhou-dynasty Jews' is a world-class opener and the author doesn't appear to be joking
May 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
‘Karl Marx's ancestors were Chinese Muslims, surnamed Ma (and thus ethnically Hui), who followed the Mongols to Europe, though of course if you go back further they were descended from Zhou-dynasty Jews' is a world-class opener and the author doesn't appear to be joking
It's sad to see that time-honored institution, children's story time at the Library of Congress, meet its demise like this.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It's sad to see that time-honored institution, children's story time at the Library of Congress, meet its demise like this.
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My piece in today's NYT, in which I urge Americans to show courage in front of Trump. Being courageous is not simply a display of moral strength. It is also an effective strategy: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
Opinion | What I Learned in China: Obedience Gets You Nowhere
www.nytimes.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
My piece in today's NYT, in which I urge Americans to show courage in front of Trump. Being courageous is not simply a display of moral strength. It is also an effective strategy: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/o...
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New @amnesty.org investigation out today.
Advanced Chinese weaponry provided by UAE identified in #Sudan in breach of the UN arms embargo.
Time to enforce the embargo & extend it to all of Sudan.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Advanced Chinese weaponry provided by UAE identified in #Sudan in breach of the UN arms embargo.
Time to enforce the embargo & extend it to all of Sudan.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Sudan: Advanced Chinese weaponry provided by UAE identified in breach of arms embargo – new investigation
Sophisticated Chinese weaponry, re-exported by the United Arab Emirates (UAE), has been captured in Khartoum, as well as used in Darfur in a blatant breach of the existing UN arms embargo, Amnesty Int...
www.amnesty.org
May 8, 2025 at 11:49 AM
New @amnesty.org investigation out today.
Advanced Chinese weaponry provided by UAE identified in #Sudan in breach of the UN arms embargo.
Time to enforce the embargo & extend it to all of Sudan.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
Advanced Chinese weaponry provided by UAE identified in #Sudan in breach of the UN arms embargo.
Time to enforce the embargo & extend it to all of Sudan.
www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...
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State Media Reminds Workers that Labor Rights Are “Granted” by the Party
"Instead of exposing and reporting on serious issues, the media are encouraging people to sacrifice their health and well-being in pursuit of profit."
chinadigitaltimes.net/2025/05/stat...
"Instead of exposing and reporting on serious issues, the media are encouraging people to sacrifice their health and well-being in pursuit of profit."
chinadigitaltimes.net/2025/05/stat...
State Media Reminds Workers that Labor Rights Are "Granted" by the Party
A series of state-media reports on the theme of the May 1 International Workers Day provide a window into the CCP’s perception of labor rights in China. This week, China Daily published a series of qu...
chinadigitaltimes.net
May 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM
State Media Reminds Workers that Labor Rights Are “Granted” by the Party
"Instead of exposing and reporting on serious issues, the media are encouraging people to sacrifice their health and well-being in pursuit of profit."
chinadigitaltimes.net/2025/05/stat...
"Instead of exposing and reporting on serious issues, the media are encouraging people to sacrifice their health and well-being in pursuit of profit."
chinadigitaltimes.net/2025/05/stat...
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Former lawmaker Claudia Mo published her first social media post on Friday, three days after she completed her jail term of four years and two months for a conspiracy to commit subversion.
Photo: Claudia Mo, via Facebook.
Photo: Claudia Mo, via Facebook.
May 2, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Former lawmaker Claudia Mo published her first social media post on Friday, three days after she completed her jail term of four years and two months for a conspiracy to commit subversion.
Photo: Claudia Mo, via Facebook.
Photo: Claudia Mo, via Facebook.
Or perhaps he’s been pegged as someone who can be controlled by giving him a few titles and no power?
May 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Or perhaps he’s been pegged as someone who can be controlled by giving him a few titles and no power?
He wishes www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
Marco Rubio, Secretary of Everything
The former senator from Florida is now the head of four government bodies. He has outdone Henry Kissinger and even Xi Jinping, China’s leader, who has only three titles.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
He wishes www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...
Zuck: the average American has three friends
May 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Zuck: the average American has three friends
Beattie can't stop won't stop
Scoop:
Trump appointed snr state dept official sought stafff's internal comms w/ journalists, European officials, + critics of Trump for a “Twitter files”-style dump to try + prove that the State Dept's Global Engagement Center censored conservatives.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/01/1...
Trump appointed snr state dept official sought stafff's internal comms w/ journalists, European officials, + critics of Trump for a “Twitter files”-style dump to try + prove that the State Dept's Global Engagement Center censored conservatives.
www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/01/1...
Senior State Department official sought internal communications with journalists, European officials, and Trump critics
Trump appointee Darren Beattie requested records regarding a large list of high-profile names, organizations, and right-wing buzzwords for a “Twitter files”-style document dump about alleged conservat...
www.technologyreview.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Beattie can't stop won't stop
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Never forget this: Working people outnumber the billionaires and CEOs by a huge margin.
When workers stand together, they win.
Solidarity. #MayDay
When workers stand together, they win.
Solidarity. #MayDay
May 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Never forget this: Working people outnumber the billionaires and CEOs by a huge margin.
When workers stand together, they win.
Solidarity. #MayDay
When workers stand together, they win.
Solidarity. #MayDay
Wait, I’m not going to be able to get a US job screwing all those China-made components together?
Apple aims to source all US iPhones from India in pivot away from China
https://www.ft.com/content/c2be45b8-cfad-4cbb-9a1a-bfd0626be372
https://www.ft.com/content/c2be45b8-cfad-4cbb-9a1a-bfd0626be372
Apple aims to source all US iPhones from India in pivot away from China
FT Exclusive: Tech giant plans to shift assembly as soon as next year in response to Donald Trump’s trade war
www.ft.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Wait, I’m not going to be able to get a US job screwing all those China-made components together?
This is the kind of thing that happens when you bring your Johnson out in public.
jeez louise -- Sen. Ron Johnson and Benny Johnson suggest 9/11 was an inside job and Johnson says he wants to hold hearings
April 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is the kind of thing that happens when you bring your Johnson out in public.
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The draft executive order calls for ending the foreign service exam for aspiring diplomats, and it lays out new criteria for hiring, including “alignment with the president’s foreign policy vision.” Scoop by @edwong.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
Trump Draft Order Would Drastically Overhaul U.S. State Department
The draft executive order to be signed by President Trump would eliminate Africa operations and shut down bureaus working on democracy, human rights and refugee issues.
www.nytimes.com
April 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The draft executive order calls for ending the foreign service exam for aspiring diplomats, and it lays out new criteria for hiring, including “alignment with the president’s foreign policy vision.” Scoop by @edwong.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...
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👀🇺🇸 KEY LINE in @asia.nikkei.com: "Before, companies responded to the threat of tariffs by looking for alternative production sites outside China. Now, more are looking for alternative markets to sell to outside the U.S."
From Apple to Samsung, Trump's tariffs force supply chains to adapt -- fast
Asian suppliers to HP, Dell and more reckon with a deeper, longer trade war
asia.nikkei.com
April 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
👀🇺🇸 KEY LINE in @asia.nikkei.com: "Before, companies responded to the threat of tariffs by looking for alternative production sites outside China. Now, more are looking for alternative markets to sell to outside the U.S."
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every day I think of the fake Succession chyron "GENDER FLUID ILLEGALS MAY BE ENTERING THE COUNTRY TWICE"
Me trying to explain fascism to students: "A lot has to do with fear of supposedly stable gendered boundaries blurring, and how that maps onto racial and national hierarchies. But can I really say transphobia is the lodestone to fascism?"
Aleksandr Dugin: "Ukrainians are collective transgenders."
Aleksandr Dugin: "Ukrainians are collective transgenders."
April 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
every day I think of the fake Succession chyron "GENDER FLUID ILLEGALS MAY BE ENTERING THE COUNTRY TWICE"
Yep.
Rep. AOC is accusing Trump of manipulating the market to insiders' benefit.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has called for an investigation into Trump’s volatile change of course and Sen. Adam Schiff warned against the "dangerous opportunities for insider trading.”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren has called for an investigation into Trump’s volatile change of course and Sen. Adam Schiff warned against the "dangerous opportunities for insider trading.”
AOC Calls Out Suspicious Stock Trades in Congress Amid Tariff Fiasco
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is using Trump’s tariffs whiplash to call for an end to insider trading in Congress.
newrepublic.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Yep.
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Today we are proud to launch the Hong Kong Accountability Archive (HKAA), an independent database of videos from the 2019 pro-democracy protests aimed at protecting freedom of peaceful assembly by preserving evidence of human rights violations. Watch this promo for more on the project.
April 9, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Today we are proud to launch the Hong Kong Accountability Archive (HKAA), an independent database of videos from the 2019 pro-democracy protests aimed at protecting freedom of peaceful assembly by preserving evidence of human rights violations. Watch this promo for more on the project.
Someone in Trumpworld must be making money from this. I can’t think of a more plausible explanation.
April 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Someone in Trumpworld must be making money from this. I can’t think of a more plausible explanation.
Trump’s chief economic adviser…
a woman in a white shirt and tie is making a funny face and says `` am i boverred ? ''
ALT: a woman in a white shirt and tie is making a funny face and says `` am i boverred ? ''
media.tenor.com
April 7, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Trump’s chief economic adviser…
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I made a Substack yesterday. It's a space for the China-watching community to reflect on our positionality and responsibilities, at a moment when the foundations of the field are under attack in the West. I hope this will spark a broader conversation.
thelasttrain.substack.com/about
thelasttrain.substack.com/about
About - Last Train
China-watchers rediscovering home, and getting their house in order. Click to read Last Train, a Substack publication. Launched an hour ago.
thelasttrain.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I made a Substack yesterday. It's a space for the China-watching community to reflect on our positionality and responsibilities, at a moment when the foundations of the field are under attack in the West. I hope this will spark a broader conversation.
thelasttrain.substack.com/about
thelasttrain.substack.com/about
Is this about slime or babies?
April 6, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Is this about slime or babies?
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.
Last week, we brought together CSOs to confront this reality and strategise on how to fight back.
Lessons:
🌍Monopolies are global and so should be our solutions
🤝We have an opportunity to build bold new alliances
Read more ⬇️
Last week, we brought together CSOs to confront this reality and strategise on how to fight back.
Lessons:
🌍Monopolies are global and so should be our solutions
🤝We have an opportunity to build bold new alliances
Read more ⬇️
No time to lose - SOMO
Tackling monopoly power to protect democracy Last week, SOMO hosted a civil society gathering to confront the rising tide of corporate monopoly power and its deepening entanglement with the global far...
www.somo.nl
April 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳.
Last week, we brought together CSOs to confront this reality and strategise on how to fight back.
Lessons:
🌍Monopolies are global and so should be our solutions
🤝We have an opportunity to build bold new alliances
Read more ⬇️
Last week, we brought together CSOs to confront this reality and strategise on how to fight back.
Lessons:
🌍Monopolies are global and so should be our solutions
🤝We have an opportunity to build bold new alliances
Read more ⬇️