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@uuao on Twitter. Shanghai expat, 17 years behind the GFW. Now experiencing 歷史的垃圾時間...！
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If they ban the chicken feet (paws) imports that’ll hurt US poultry farmers more than the actual chicken carcass exports - what else (apart from some to the pet food industry) can they do with them given no domestic market?
April 8, 2025 at 7:31 AM
If they ban the chicken feet (paws) imports that’ll hurt US poultry farmers more than the actual chicken carcass exports - what else (apart from some to the pet food industry) can they do with them given no domestic market?
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Speculation from a senior Xinhua Wire Service editor (obviously a Party-connected person) that #China's next round of "countermeasures" following #Trump's next round of tariffs might hit #US agricultural producers with more tariffs + ban imports of all US poultry (hello Trump heartland).
April 8, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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I think the Nintendo Switch delayed pre-orders thing is the single best example of how illogical the Trump agenda on trade is.
Implicitly his argument is that American consumers choosing to buy a Japanese product is an example of Japan ripping America off.
Implicitly his argument is that American consumers choosing to buy a Japanese product is an example of Japan ripping America off.
April 5, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I think the Nintendo Switch delayed pre-orders thing is the single best example of how illogical the Trump agenda on trade is.
Implicitly his argument is that American consumers choosing to buy a Japanese product is an example of Japan ripping America off.
Implicitly his argument is that American consumers choosing to buy a Japanese product is an example of Japan ripping America off.
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Scottish tour guide vs ancestral castles
YouTube video by Eleanor Morton
www.youtube.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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A friend of my compared gutting of federal agencies to a wrecking a car: if you remove 30% of the parts of the car, it does not go 30% slower. It stops working.
March 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A friend of my compared gutting of federal agencies to a wrecking a car: if you remove 30% of the parts of the car, it does not go 30% slower. It stops working.
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They keep coming! This "The Fast and the Führer" advertisement was crowdfunded and put up about a week ago in Tottenham, London.
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news18.com/viral/poster...
March 20, 2025 at 10:57 AM
They keep coming! This "The Fast and the Führer" advertisement was crowdfunded and put up about a week ago in Tottenham, London.
news18.com/viral/poster...
news18.com/viral/poster...
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I am having some Western visitors in Shanghai this week. Wechat keeps deleting accounts for roughly half of them. They're all visitors who registered with their passports but are using temp Chinese SIM cards.
This seems to be a problem a significant amount of tourists encounter.
This seems to be a problem a significant amount of tourists encounter.
March 20, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I am having some Western visitors in Shanghai this week. Wechat keeps deleting accounts for roughly half of them. They're all visitors who registered with their passports but are using temp Chinese SIM cards.
This seems to be a problem a significant amount of tourists encounter.
This seems to be a problem a significant amount of tourists encounter.
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The detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu along with over 100 other municipal officials and politicians is a politically motivated move to stifle lawful political activities in Türkiye.
İmamoğlu and others detained should be released immediately.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
İmamoğlu and others detained should be released immediately.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
March 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The detention of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu along with over 100 other municipal officials and politicians is a politically motivated move to stifle lawful political activities in Türkiye.
İmamoğlu and others detained should be released immediately.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
İmamoğlu and others detained should be released immediately.
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
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Erasing everyone in American history who wasn’t a white male.
Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order
Navajo Code Talkers get "DEI" label as military info disappears under Trump order
Also vanishing: The Civil War regiment from "Glory," women pilots from WWII and a Medal of Honor winner.
www.axios.com
March 18, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Erasing everyone in American history who wasn’t a white male.
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The most depressing thing I have heard, quite a lot, in the last few months, from friends in the U.S. is "let's not get political."
Reminds me of growing up in apartheid South Africa. People who said "let's not get political" actually meant that we should just accept the status quo.
Reminds me of growing up in apartheid South Africa. People who said "let's not get political" actually meant that we should just accept the status quo.
March 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The most depressing thing I have heard, quite a lot, in the last few months, from friends in the U.S. is "let's not get political."
Reminds me of growing up in apartheid South Africa. People who said "let's not get political" actually meant that we should just accept the status quo.
Reminds me of growing up in apartheid South Africa. People who said "let's not get political" actually meant that we should just accept the status quo.
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Perfect example from Caitlin on how kremlin disinformation seeps into leftist spaces by pairing social justice rhetoric with Kremlin-aligned points. This is deliberate, and by wrapping Kremlin-friendly narratives in social justice language, Johnstone and company help spread Kremlin disinformation.
March 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Perfect example from Caitlin on how kremlin disinformation seeps into leftist spaces by pairing social justice rhetoric with Kremlin-aligned points. This is deliberate, and by wrapping Kremlin-friendly narratives in social justice language, Johnstone and company help spread Kremlin disinformation.
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Taiwan will revoke a Chinese spouse's resident permit for her speech on her TikTok channel. She has reportedly advocated that the PRC 'unify' Taiwan with military force immediately on her. Case raises many interesting free speech and other questions.
www.cna.com.tw/news/asoc/20...
www.cna.com.tw/news/asoc/20...
陸配網紅「亞亞在台灣」涉武統言論 移民署廢止在台居留許可 | 社會 | 中央社 CNA
陸配網紅「亞亞在台灣」因自拍網路影片涉武統言論，日前遭舉報被移民署約談。移民署今晚表示，經依法調查並會商相關機關後，將依法廢止其在台依親居留許可，擇期安排出境。
www.cna.com.tw
March 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Taiwan will revoke a Chinese spouse's resident permit for her speech on her TikTok channel. She has reportedly advocated that the PRC 'unify' Taiwan with military force immediately on her. Case raises many interesting free speech and other questions.
www.cna.com.tw/news/asoc/20...
www.cna.com.tw/news/asoc/20...
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It would be a shame if anybody overstretched that famously inelastic concept, national security
March 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
It would be a shame if anybody overstretched that famously inelastic concept, national security
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I invite folks who think the current admin has a coherent theory of what it means to be “strong on China” to explain things like this 👇
Last night State Department sent Freedom House notification of termination of a multi-year, multimillion dollar grant for work on transnational repression that I spent most of the last year developing and setting up.
March 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I invite folks who think the current admin has a coherent theory of what it means to be “strong on China” to explain things like this 👇
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Meta offered to build a censored Facebook, hand over user data and shut down dissidents to woo the Chinese government www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Then Zuckerberg said they were an American free speech champion and TikTok was a Chinese superthreat www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Then Zuckerberg said they were an American free speech champion and TikTok was a Chinese superthreat www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Zuckerberg’s Meta considered sharing user data with China, whistleblower alleges
Meta went to extreme lengths, including developing a censorship system, in a failed attempt to bring Facebook to millions of internet users in China, according to a whistleblower complaint.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Meta offered to build a censored Facebook, hand over user data and shut down dissidents to woo the Chinese government www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Then Zuckerberg said they were an American free speech champion and TikTok was a Chinese superthreat www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Then Zuckerberg said they were an American free speech champion and TikTok was a Chinese superthreat www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
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Just a quick reminder, if Russia ceased firing there would be a cease fire
March 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Just a quick reminder, if Russia ceased firing there would be a cease fire
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I’m trying to think of another instance of a country switching sides the way the US has under Trump.
"Trump to revoke legal status for 240,000 Ukrainians as US steps up deportations" Every minute Trump gets worse. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Exclusive: Trump plans to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled to US, sources say
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled the conflict with Russia, a senior Trump official and three sources familiar with the matter said, potentially putting them on a fast-track to deportation.
www.reuters.com
March 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I’m trying to think of another instance of a country switching sides the way the US has under Trump.
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Good job 👍 #JournalismWithChineseCharacteristics
March 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Good job 👍 #JournalismWithChineseCharacteristics
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The word for this is "censorship"
apnews.com/article/dei-...
apnews.com/article/dei-...
War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge
References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts ma...
apnews.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The word for this is "censorship"
apnews.com/article/dei-...
apnews.com/article/dei-...
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Introducing Elmo Musk to ask the musical question, Who turned Enola Gay
"Photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word ”gay,” including service members with that last name and an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan."
Stop using satire in sci-fi, it's no longer necessary.
Stop using satire in sci-fi, it's no longer necessary.
Photo of Enola Gay aircraft among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge
In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word ”gay,” including service members with that last name and an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, whi...
www.oregonlive.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Introducing Elmo Musk to ask the musical question, Who turned Enola Gay
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A part of me wonders about the point of finessing over subtleties such as omitting the word "peace" when military exercises by China occur on the regular to the extent of the last few years
Experts warn of China's 'subtle' actions, omitting 'peace' in Taiwan report - Focus Taiwan
Following a Chinese government work report presented during the "Two Sessions" on Wednesday, experts said China is likely to take more "subtle" actions against Taiwan independence in 2025, while also ...
focustaiwan.tw
March 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A part of me wonders about the point of finessing over subtleties such as omitting the word "peace" when military exercises by China occur on the regular to the extent of the last few years