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I often hear Westerners claiming nobody in China gets in trouble for using a VPN. Now, once again, authorities are proudly announcing they nabbed a man for just that. Fines can be as steep at RMB 15,000. So yeah, it does happen. mp.weixin.qq.com/s/LuedWrhoTc6E…

A new essay by Yan Lianke on the Chan practice of knowing without speaking, and speaking without communicating, in contemporary Chinese society. shanghailiterary.com/tslr-online-co…

“Prosecutors said Sun, at request of Chinese officials, blocked Taiwan Gov representatives from access to high-level officials in NY state, altered state gov messaging on Chinese gov issues & attempted to facilitate trip to China for high-level NY politician, among other things.”

The Rights Practice & Chinese Human Rights Defenders sent a communiqué to UN Special Procedures alleging arbitrary detention of Chinese HRDs #JiXiaolong & #ChenPinlin for exercising right to freedom of expression about COVID-19 pandemic rights-practice.org/news/chrd-and-… CHRD人权捍卫者 @UNhumanrights

wenfeixiang I find it strange that I checked these details carefully with It Juzi before and sent the chart before pub. IT Juzi has also published the same chart before in previous reports, I was merely updating it. Can you explain why you changed your position after the piece came out?

Delighted to welcome Joseph Torigian (Stanford University / American University) on Tuesday, 1 October, 15:30-17:00, Newman Building F301 for a talk on “Princeling Politics: Succession Politics and the Xi Family After the Cultural Revolution”. Please join us! Joseph Torigian

"Speaking at a concert ahead of Taiwan's national day celebrations on Oct. 10, Lai noted that the People's Republic had celebrated its 75th anniversary on Oct. 1, and in a few days it would be the Republic of China's 113th birthday."

65 doctors, nurses, and paramedics told the New York Times what they saw in Gaza. What they saw was a pattern of children being shot in the head.

I have never experienced water and power outages until I moved here... Baffling given the per capita GDP and personal income tax rates in Ireland. This must be the fourth or fifth power outage in the past month or so. Powering on with work with the help of candles!

It was a pleasure to be part of this IJPP panel (Threats and Challenges to Journalistic Work) with Ricardo Ribeiro Ferreira, Roei Davidson, Oren, Russell Hansen, & Simone Benazzo as chair. I'm grateful for all the feedback. & yes, I am still not giving up on X, as it has given me a lot over the years

Singapore blocks 10 websites set up by foreign actors over potential hostile information threat channelnewsasia.com/singapore/mha-…

Shanghai highly securitized to prevent Halloween activities why? because last year it was a street party of playful resistance

Thanks Saipira Furstenberg & ToRS colleagues University of Copenhagen for organising the panel 'Journalism and Media in Exile'. Happy to have been able to present some findings from my recent fieldwork & learnt from the other panellists Marcus Michaelsen, Yana Gorokhovskaia, Negin Shiraghaei, and Mohamed Mandour

Despite shared stakes, Southeast & Northeast Asia diverge on security strategy. Northeast Asia & the Philippines focus on deterrence, while most Southeast Asian nations rely on their neighbors to maintain the status quo. Why? Ian Chong 莊嘉穎 discusses ⬇️ carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/…

In 2017, this man — an undocumented Uyghur refugee named Hasan Imam — planned and executed a daring escape from a Thai detention center, digging through the wall of his compound with a rusty nail.

sharing this podcast to celebrate the novelist Chiung Yao, who - through the tv adaptation of 还珠格格 - transformed an entire generation brought up to not talk about feelings, to not question authority, and to operate driven by duty rather than passion open.spotify.com/episode/45rzPm…

Registered postal voters, have you downloaded your Postal Ballot Paper? Log in to Voter Services (eld.gov.sg/online.html) to download and mail out your Postal Ballot Paper and Return Envelope by 2 May 2025. Once you have done so, send them back early!

Happy polling day. Posted mine early this week. Majulah.

State Dept now officially disseminating calls for “civilizational allies” in Europe based on “common culture, faith, familial ties” and “cultural heritage.” Defends AfD, Marine Le Pen, and “Christian nations like Hungary” and questions very basis of EU. open.substack.com/pub/statedept/…