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We surface trending news from China insiders - made w/ love by @SmartTypes

[Laurie Chen @lauriechenwords]

"It's three or four times busier than in previous years, we are cremating over 40 bodies per day when before it was only a dozen or so," a Guangzhou crematorium staffer said. Other funeral homes in Chongqing, Shenyang said similar. With @matthewwalsh91
https://t.co/OitcwZD4wm

[Special Collections @BrisUniSpColl]

The rebuilt Historical Photographs of China web site is now launched! Great work by @MrJ1971 @BrisUniRIT @bickers – many thanks all. 21,271 images in 98 collections. @BrisUniSpColl is providing a secure home for the collections. Details at: https://t.co/6Iyj5RnuhI @vischina 欢迎!

[Primal Scream @ScreamOfficial]

Hard to write this. We never know how to speak around death other than polite platidudes. All I want to say is that our soul brother Martin Duffy passed away on Sunday. He suffered a brain injury due to a fall at his home in Brighton. We in Primal Scream are all so sad.

[ChinaNews @ChinaInsiders]

@ChengTingFang We made you something, trending news tailored to your interests: https://t.co/d1sZf92yJ5

[Cheng Ting-Fang @ChengTingFang]

$AAPL to produce #Macbook for the first time in Vietnam as early as mid 2023, in a symbolic move that would make all its iconic products from iPhones, AirPods, iPads, Apple Watch to its laptops all have production base beyond #China @NikkeiAsia https://t.co/3XtcweNl1h

[Nathan Ruser @Nrg8000]

10 days ago Indian and Chinese troops clashed on the LAC, the most violent incident since the 2020 Galwan clashes. With @GrewalBaani and new satellite imagery, we have mapped the area and explained the clashes. Read our report at https://t.co/pVIHYL0ikn
& this thread 🧵

[Dawn Wei Tan @dawn_wei_tan]

Best piece of news today: Singapore Airlines is reinstating direct flights between Singapore and Beijing from Dec 30. Waited nearly three years for this.

[Jessie Pang @JessiePang0125]

In the past few years, at least 10 news outlets in Hong Kong have shut down, and several senior editors have been arrested under the NSL or sedition law. This is a story by independent journalist @ChengCiCi1 on how reporters persist in difficult times: https://t.co/7NzAmHXpHD

[Uyghur Human Rights Project @UyghurProject]

New report TOMORROW ➡️➡️➡️

"Decolonizing the Discussion of Uyghurs:
Recommendations for Journalists & Researchers"

We offer a guide 🔎 to:

1⃣ Decolonize the conversation re: Uyghurs
2⃣ Foreground Uyghur versions of names/places
3⃣ Respond to 🇨🇳's erasure of the Uyghur language

[Senator Penny Wong @SenatorWong]

I've just landed in Beijing for bilateral discussions with China's State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Wang Yi.

Our talks coincide with the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Australia and the People’s Republic of China.

[China Commission @CECCgov]

Barrister #ChowHangTung, despite winning an appeal on her conviction for inciting others to join an unauthorized assembly, continues to be detained arbitrarily and faces trumped up national security charges. #HongKong authorities must release her immediately. #PoliticalPrisoner

[Shivshankar Menon @ShivshankaMenon]

Remarkable work. https://t.co/ow43k5JunC

[Finbarr Bermingham @fbermingham]

China blocked EU move to establish WTO panels on coercion of Lithuania and anti-suit injunctions in Geneva today, per trade source

On Lithuania, China "believes it is premature to establish a panel"

China said it "regretted and was puzzled" by the EU request on patent suits

[Garance Burke @garanceburke]

NEW: How did the pandemic change policing worldwide, @AP colleagues + I asked? After months of digging, we found: law enforcement across the globe co-opted tech tools meant to stop COVID-19 to halt activists’ travel, amass private data + investigate crimes https://t.co/zhmZBMgVvG

[Shabnam Nasimi @NasimiShabnam]

So after almost 17 months of banning teenage girls from school. The Taliban decide to BAN women from universities too.

Afghanistan is the ONLY country in the world that bans women and girls from going to school & university.

This is a crime against humanity & it must not stand.

[Philip Heijmans @PJHeijmans]

SCOOP: Chinese maritime militias have carried out construction activities at four features in the Spratly Islands in the first known instances of a SCS claimant doing so on territory it doesn’t already occupy, say western officials. Latest via @bpolitics

https://t.co/wYTC5bU6El

[Stefan Rousseau @StefanRousseau]

Photo du Jour: Passengers on the District Line on London Underground. By Stefan Rousseau/PA

[BBC Breaking News @BBCBreaking]

All women banned from university in Afghanistan, Taliban says - further restricting the rights of girls and women to education https://t.co/yl6joTZ7kw

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

BREAKING: The Taliban have banned women from universities.

This is a shameful decision that violates the right to education for women and girls in Afghanistan. The Taliban are making it clear every day that they don't respect the fundamental rights of Afghans, especially women.

[Yalda Hakim @SkyYaldaHakim]

Horrendous news for Afghan women and girls. The Taliban have announced the closure of universities for women in Afghanistan, according to a letter by the higher education minister. It is expected to take effect immediately