"The museum, previously called the Museum of Coastal Defence, was renamed to refer to the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression" hongkongfp.com/2024/10/01/vis…

Reading Timothy Snyder in the Biden era just induces dizziness; one has to be already completely immersed in "the resistance" (never mind the Executive) to get it. See his expert (!!!) testimony on "Chinese Communist Party Political Warfare" oversight.house.gov/hearing/defend… Sam Haselby

My dispatch from a Trump town hall in Michigan. Also on the poverty and dysfunction all over America today. Shocking to a European

Quite a bit of Lankovian projection in the FT, but still a useful piece. Harder data is available via documentary analysis of Chinese think tank sources on Kim-Putin pact institutmontaigne.org/ressources/doc… (pdf)

I find it odd that the spokesperson was not asked about North Korean troops deployed to Russia. There has been complete radio silence from Beijing suggesting it does not endorse this strategic move but doesn't want to offend Putin. fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xw/fyrbt/l…

Lin Jian: “The DPRK and Russia are two independent sovereign states, and how to develop bilateral relations is a matter for themselves. China is not aware of the specifics of bilateral exchanges and cooperation between the DPRK and Russia.” fmprc.gov.cn/eng/xw/fyrbt/l…

Quick 🧵 Russian and N.Korea troops are preparing an offensive in the Ukrainian-held Russian territory of Kursk. A lot is riding on this battle (1) nytimes.com/2024/11/10/us/…

Xiism is not the GMD in the 1930s but is rather close in certain aspects (Brian Tsui's China's Conservative Revolution)

These Bloody Ties: A Review of “The Unloved Republic” by Brian Myers sinonk.com/2024/11/14/the… via Sino-NK

Such stark numbers here. "For the fall of 2024, the [University of Iowa] admitted five [history PhD] students, which is nearly a 90% decline from 1991...Ohio State admitted 25 graduate students in history in the year 2000. The past few years, they admitted 4-6 students..."

PLA Assessment: "Although the U.S. military is equipped with sophisticated weaponry, it is extremely afraid of getting injured or killed ... Although the U.S. military won the Gulf War with relatively low casualties, due to the inherent nature of its bourgeois army, the fear of

We have published “The Growing Rift between Holocaust Scholars over Israel/Palestine” by Shira Klein in our Gaza forum. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…