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Eilish Hart @eilishhart.bsky.social · 7d

Impressive investigation by @claramarchaud.bsky.social into the “great confiscation” Russia is carrying out in the occupied territories of Ukraine — a systematic campaign targeting some 25,000 homes belonging to Ukrainians who were displaced or killed during the war. www.lefigaro.fr/fig-data/ils...

“They Moved Into My Home”: How Russians Are Confiscating Homes en Masse in Ukraine

EXCLUSIVE – Moscow has seized tens of thousands of properties belonging to Ukrainians who fled the occupation. Nearly 25,000 properties in the four regions annexed by Russia have been identified by Le...

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Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham.bsky.social · 13h

Was off yesterday so missed this, but looks like the Nexperia situation got messier

Nexperia China, the local unit of the Dutch chipmaker, has told its employees to follow orders from local management and ignore instructions from the Dutch head office

Nexperia China tells employees to ignore orders from Dutch head office

Letter to employees of company owned by China’s Wingtech asserts that ‘independent’ mainland entity is the one that pays workers’ salaries.

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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 18h

Translations: “How Can a Country That Blocks the Nobel Website Hope to Win a Nobel Prize?”

"To sum up: if the winner was backed by the Chinese government, it’s the correct decision; if not, it’s using the Nobel Prize to fan anti-China sentiment."

Translations: “How Can a Country That Blocks the Nobel Website Hope to Win a Nobel Prize?”

The news that two more Japanese scientists were awarded Nobel Prizes in the natural sciences has been met with considerable consternation on the Chinese internet. Shimon Sakaguchi of Osaka University ...

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Ian Johnson @iandenisjohnson.bsky.social · 10h

This week's @minjianarchives.bsky.social newsletter is by one of China's foremost public intellectuals, Ai Xiaoming, on an investigation she wrote on the myth that China's natural scientists were insulated from Mao-era political campaigns. EN/ZH.
chinaunofficialarchives.substack.com/p/19571967

1957—1967：一位青年物理学者的生死劫—从中科院反右开始的追寻

1957–1967: A Young Physicist’s Trial by Fire

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Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social · 9h

🇨🇦 One thing I want to emphasize to my fellow Americans: Trump's threat to invade Canada was a news cycle that went away after a week. But that distrust didn't go away in Canada and I don't think folks south of the border (i.e., in the US) fully understand what that did and how it changed Canadians.

Melissa Chan @melissakchan.bsky.social · 10h

The @migsinstitute.bsky.social just held its annual summit where I led a discussion on countering foreign interference. We heard from Beatriz Saab, Qiang Xiao, Steve Feldstein, and Nad'a Kovalcikova. Congrats to Kyle Matthews and Marie Lamensch for organizing such an important gathering.

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China Digital Times @chinadigitaltimes.net · 6d

Photo: A diner with fans, by Gauthier Delecroix
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A couple wearing padded jackets eat a simple rice-cooker dinner underneath the bright lights of a small shop selling traditional Chinese fans. There are hundreds of fans on display on the walls and shelves of the shop—folding fans, many adorned with calligraphy or landscapes; round and oval fans; fans made of palm fronds; and many more.

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Consineo @consineo.bsky.social · 7d

www.sixthtone.com/news/1017709

In China’s New Livestream Factories, Bodies, Data, and Dreams Collide

With idol reality shows off the air, group livestreams have filled the void, where dancers perform in rotating squads as viewers send gifts and even pay to control the show.

www.sixthtone.com

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Stephen McDonell @stephenmcdonell.bsky.social · 7d

Autumn is such an awesome time in #Beijing. It’s hard not to be happy. #China

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Consineo @consineo.bsky.social · 14d

"Young people have very little grasp of how everyday life around them is organized, nor are they interested in learning more about it."

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The Unbearable Busyness of Hummingbirds w/ Xiang Biao

Alienation in Chinese society means moving as fast as possible to nowhere

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Cameron D. Campbell 康文林 @camerondcampbell.blog · 14d

I think people's brains have been addled by watching too many costume dramas and these old men who were asking the questions were imagining that if they lived during the 18th century, they'd be the heads of important families, not farmers eking out an existence in some rural area. 3/3

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Consineo @consineo.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks!

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Consineo @consineo.bsky.social · 15d

Interesting. Could you define "local"? How much was the deposit before admission? Private room means VIP (aka international) section of the hospital, right?

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Consineo @consineo.bsky.social · 16d

"“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor,” said Adio Dinika, a researcher at the Distributed AI Research Institute based in Bremen, Germany. "

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart

Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent

www.theguardian.com

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Consineo @consineo.bsky.social · 16d

"Since 2000, China has accumulated more dead rocket mass in long-lived orbits than the rest of the world combined"

arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...

Removing these 50 objects from orbit would cut danger from space junk in half

“In their rush to move quickly, they are adding to the long-term collision hazard.”…

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Consineo @consineo.bsky.social · 16d

"The Chinese Eastern Railway, a pseudo-private but effectively Russian-owned enterprise, became the largest railroad concession any foreign power had ever wrested from the Qing Empire."

newlinesmag.com/essays/the-h...

The History of Aggression in Asia That Moscow Wants to Erase

Today, Tehran, Pyongyang and Beijing support the Kremlin’s war effort while it poses as anti-imperialist — but Iran, China, and Korea were once the prey of tsarist Russia

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Consineo @consineo.bsky.social · 16d

"Today, as we watch new forms of bloc politics on parade, history reminds us to be modest about the conclusions we draw in the moment and to stay alert to the contradictions lurking beneath the surface logic of events."

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Beijing’s Military Parade May Not Be the Show of Unity That It Seems

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Consineo @consineo.bsky.social · 16d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Dear computer boffins please stop trying to fix problems I don’t have | First Dog on the Moon

I don’t want AI in anything and certainly not everything please stop asking

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 17d

AD 701 mural depicting the walls of Chang'an (now Xi'an), China, which was sacked during a peasant revolt #OnThisDay in AD 23. The mural itself is from the tomb of imperial prince of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chongrun. 1/2

🏺 #Archaeology

Mural painting depicting Que towers along the walls of Tang-era Chang'an.

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Sense Hofstede @sensehofstede.nl · 17d

China provides Russia with satellite data for missile strikes on Ukraine, intelligence says – Ukrinform: ‘in particular on foreign investors’ facilities.’ ‘This was reported by Oleh Aleksandrov, an employee of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, in a comment to Ukrinform.’

China provides Russia with satellite data for missile strikes on Ukraine — intelligence

The Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine has recorded evidence of China providing Russia with satellite intelligence data for missile strikes on Ukraine, in particular on foreign investors' facilit...

www.ukrinform.net

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The China-Global South Project @chinagsproject.bsky.social · 18d

Zambia hits Chinese miners with a staggering $80B lawsuit after the Kafue River spill, and now Chinese social media is in uproar. What does this mean for China-Africa ties?

Full analysis 👉 tinyurl.com/35k3runv

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Consineo @consineo.bsky.social · 18d

Let's not forget that last Sunday was a working day, and so will Saturday Oct 11, so... actual holidays: 4 days...

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Shelly Kraicer @shellyk.bsky.social · 20d

When I used to live in China, over 10 years ago, websites based outside China were usually blocked for reasons that were clear and identifiable (news sites, political sites, Wikipedia, “open” search engines like Google that could lead to blocked sites or generate information). … 1/

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Shelly Kraicer @shellyk.bsky.social · 20d

An entire universe in a ceiling: in the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum 北京古代建筑博物馆，a preserved Ming dynasty caisson ceiling from the Longfu Temple. 隆福寺. Concentric rings house stacks of buildings. A star chart, the cosmos, in the centre.

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Shelly Kraicer @shellyk.bsky.social · 21d

Not too far from Beijing, in the western Qing tombs 清西陵 in Hebei. This was the last tomb we saw, the Muling 慕陵, which was the most simple and beautiful. The relatively modest Daoguang emperor used extravagantly expensive Nanmu wood, unpainted. It’s still fragrant after 175 years.

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China Books Review @chinabooksreview.com · 21d

What is China listening to? A 25-year-old’s eclectic pop; electronic music influenced by traditional Asian & African music; experimental rock; a controversial TikTok-famous rapper; and ethereal “Asian horror” music.

Read Jake Newby's reviews of five new albums: chinabooksreview.com/2025/09/30/w...

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