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[Altoum @Altoum_]

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[Andrew Greene @AndrewBGreene]

China’s next Ambassador to Australia is expected to be a ‘wolf warrior’ diplomat as Xiao Qian exits Canberra | The Nightly https://t.co/1Ucr1M3xnI

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

“China’s expanding commercial reach deepens the problems that pushed its firms abroad in the first place,” write @wstv_lizzi and @eric_olander.
https://t.co/Xn6uH8FJQO

[The Diplomat @Diplomat_APAC]

More than 500 people are feared dead following reports of two large shipwrecks off the coast of Myanmar since late last month, the United Nations said yesterday. https://t.co/RorUzyzmHK

[Caixin Global @caixin]

Exclusive: The former head of asset management at ICBC has been sentenced to life in prison for bribery and embezzlement involving roughly $21 million, sources told Caixin. https://t.co/Zq6ExlECCX

[Michael Ron Bowling @mrbcyber]

China is now using AI to assist with its foreign interference operations

A social media campaign against US technology infrastructure was actually developed by a Chinese tech company using American AI. The CCP has always been active on social media, AI just make it easier 🔗

[Michael Pettis @michaelxpettis]

Caixin: "China’s industrial capacity utilization fell to a six-year low in the second quarter of 2026, weighed down mainly by weakness in the coal and petrochemical sectors, dropping to 73%, down 0.6 percentage point from the first quarter and 1 percentage point lower than a year earlier.

The decline highlights the persistent difficulty of balancing supply and demand in the world’s second-largest economy, as China seeks to rein in excessive industrial competition while shifting toward high-tech growth drivers."
https://t.co/rDkFp2aDpb

[Jonathan Cheng @JChengWSJ]

Bloomberg: “Within President Donald Trump’s trade team, two sobering conclusions are emerging: China is cheating on its trade deal. And the US isn’t going to do much about it.”
@jendeben
https://t.co/1xBpatNRjV

[ThinkChina @ThinkChinaSG]

... trademark law does not protect ideas or source material; it protects specific designs and their distinctiveness.

https://t.co/VY1m6W3Wvb

#LouisVuitton #MollyTea #ThinkChina

[China Books Review @chinabksreview]

We made a game! Test your China knowledge by seeing if you can match a book we reviewed with a quote we pulled from it — if you need a hint, read the reviews 😉

Play now: https://t.co/CYaYJXemOQ

[ThinkChina @ThinkChinaSG]

... Thai durians transported via the Lancang-Mekong Express international cold chain service can reach Kunming in as little as 26 hours during the peak season...

https://t.co/LrVOi5zH0L

#China #durian #ThinkChina

[Michael Pettis @michaelxpettis]

1/5
Bloomberg: "Beijing has been open to exploring how to increase imports from the EU but less keen to find ways to tame its own exports. Both are key to the EU given the vast trade gap as well as China’s market barriers and moderate consumption levels."
https://t.co/V2BsaOqdjS

[China Books Review @chinabksreview]

Read Brian Spivey's review-essay on In Search of Green China and the future of Chinese environmentalism: https://t.co/uFv5RFzwTK

[Granta @GrantaMag]

We're proud to unveil the cover of Granta 147: 40th Birthday Special, designed by Neville Brody. #GrantaTurns40

This issue brings together some of the best writing we've published in the past forty years, featuring Angela Carter, Kazuo Ishiguro, Todd McEwen, Bruce Chatwin (1/3)

[BookBrunch @BookBrunch]

.@GrantaMag celebrates second Young Spanish-Language Novelists list - published on 29 April in the UK, Granta 155 contains new writing from 25 exciting writers from across the Spanish-speaking world

https://t.co/vUbPo0lJW6 (£)

[Granta @GrantaMag]

Next week we publish Granta 168: Significant Other, including fiction from J.M. Coetzee, Mary Gaitskill’s unsettling physical therapy memoir, Susan Pedersen on paranormal love in the Balfour family and part two of James Pogue’s reporting from the coup-belt in North Africa.

[Granta @GrantaMag]

We are pleased to reveal the cover and contributors to Granta 169: China.

At a time when China has become a unifying spectre of menace for Western governments, this issue brings the country’s literary culture closer and into focus.

This special issue launches on Thursday 7th.

[Tony @tony_malone]

Around a month ago, I enjoyed a leisurely reread of Anri Yasuda's excellent 'Beauty Matters: Modern Japanese Literature and the Question of Aesthetics, 1890-1930' (link to my review in the comments).

[Japan Foundation UK @jpflondon]

Think you’ve read every novel from Japan? Think again! For the summer, we have prepared a short list of thrilling Japanese crime and mystery novels. From classic “whodunits” to slow-burn, intricate social mysteries, this selection offers something to excite every reader.

[MONKEY New Writing from Japan VOL. 6 OUT NOW @monkeybizjapan]

Monkey Business has been reborn as a brand new magazine called MONKEY, and is now available for preorder!

MONKEY VOL.1 FOOD: A MONKEY’S DOZEN will be available in digital October 2020 and in print December 2020, but you can preorder your print copy now!
https://t.co/88Hq3XgEuz

[The Diplomat @Diplomat_APAC]

Did you know, you can support The Diplomat by buying books via our Bookshop store? Read The Diplomat, Read like The Diplomat.

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