Elizabeth Lindley

林瓅白 Policy Fellow @ConGeostrategy
Thinks about Chinese politics, PLA, UK-China relations, security & defence ~ art and motorbike lover. Views my own

[Nathan Law 羅冠聰 @nathanlawkc]

I've come across posts like this many, many times – praising China's safety while denouncing democracies that spend too much time debating "freedoms."

I get it. I don't want to live somewhere I have to watch my surroundings constantly.

But safety isn't the price you pay for freedom. Taiwan, Japan, and Korea are among the safest places. You can walk the streets at 2 a.m without a second thought, and none of them required a surveillance state to get there. Culture, state capacity, and enforcement all shape this, no single model owns it.

China's version comes down to a tyrannical policing and surveillance apparatus that makes the personal cost of committing even petty crime extraordinarily high. But that same apparatus is also the one that disappears the lawyer, the journalist, the dissident.

Europe may have a problem, but China is not the answer to it. Hinting that the problem is having too much “freedom debate” is such a bad take.

[Sam Dunning @samdunningo]

🚨🚨🚨Why are Chinese diplomats in the UK close to To Ming Lam, who owns @RoyalChinaGroup & who Hong Kong’s former chief of criminal intelligence said was known as a 14K triad member?

What's it got to do with a spy trial that just finished in London?

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[李老师不是你老师 @whyyoutouzhele]

6月2日，北大饶毅公开直言中国学术不端的数量和比例都是世界第一
​饶毅曾于2011年公开宣布“永远退出院士评选”，日前在北大演讲直言，中国在科学的学术不端方面同样“创造了世界历史纪录”。
他强调，这不仅是因为中国科研体量大导致违规绝对数量多，更在于不端的“实际比例”在世界历史上也是空前的。
饶毅指出，国内对于学术不端的惩罚机制极少，导致许多人未能意识到其危害性。学术界内部往往抱着“能不说就不说，能过就过”的消极态度。
饶毅指出，科研人员同时也是老师。如果老师带着学生一起搞学术不端、允许学术舞弊，那么从各个学校毕业的学生走向社会也会继续舞弊。这种对国家和整个社会信用体系造成的毒害，远比损害科学本身要严重得多。
​饶毅曾于2007年全职回国出任北京大学生命科学学院院长；并在2019年公开举报过三名涉嫌学术不端的知名科学家，被称为学术界的“打假鲁迅”。

[Laura Harth @LauraHarth]

北京所谓维稳的一部分：伪造色情内容

社交媒体上流传着一些由 AI 生成的、将我性化的图片。我会在这篇文章中分享其中的一部分。我没有什么可羞耻的。这个故事里真正变态的不是我。这个自诩为“全球超级大国”的政权，不去改善普通民众的生活，却将国家资源耗费在这样的事情上。 https://t.co/wUa6wCDLWj

[Elizabeth Lindley @Elizabeth_AWL]

@benedictrogers Fabulous speech

[Elizabeth Lindley @Elizabeth_AWL]

@hkfp Hi all, I made a brief video about the Kwok’s case and its significance, for anyone interested:
https://t.co/wRPAjrAJqi

[Elizabeth Lindley @Elizabeth_AWL]

@Reuters Hi all, I made a brief video about the Kwok’s case and its significance, for anyone interested: https://t.co/2xiZSiRZYz

[Ruby Osman @rubyosman_]

Forget EVs & solar panels—China's true edge is in its African diplomacy.

The first in-person FOCAC in 6 yrs kicks off today - some thoughts from @EddieKnight98 and I for @InstituteGC on why Beijing will be showcasing its most sophisticated approach yet🧵

https://t.co/GyJEQ28u3P

[Elizabeth Lindley @Elizabeth_AWL]

Interesting how closely Miliband's language mirrors that of the CCP here. Incidentally, he has approved solar farms linked to CCP-directed forced labour practices in Xinjiang.

[Ed Miliband @Ed_Miliband]

The Government will unleash a UK solar rooftop revolution.

We want to bring this win-win technology to millions of addresses in the UK so people can provide their own electricity, cut their bills, and at the same time help fight climate change. ☀️

https://t.co/wvG7JQX1FF

[Sam @Discoplomacy]

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology is hiring a China Policy Adviser.

Critical role. Not a great salary though: £38,860 p/a.

[Alexander Boyd @alexludoboyd]

sometimes while reading Party docs I feel like my brain is glitching out

[George Magnus @georgemagnus1]

So much 3rd plenum parsing about, much of it questionable. Here are a few takeaways so far but we really have to await the Decisions doc details to be fair. But here goes, for the moment 1/6

[James Rogers @james_rogers]

Our fourth newsletter on #UK-#China relations, by my colleague @Elizabeth_AWL, is out now...

[James Kynge @JKynge]

Congratulations to Yuan Yang, @YuanfenYang on becoming the first Chinese-born MP in UK history. Labour gain in the seat of Earley and Woodley in Berkshire.

[Elizabeth Lindley @Elizabeth_AWL]

@lukedepulford That being said, interesting and illuminating article - & I very much hope your predictions aren't realised

[Elizabeth Lindley @Elizabeth_AWL]

@lukedepulford That, and people with competing interests and value systems being unable to reach a balanced view. Which is of course less possible if certain groups are confrontational and exclusionary🤔

[Elizabeth Lindley @Elizabeth_AWL]

@lukedepulford I'm new to this world so forgive my potential ignorance, Luke, but surely this kind of attitude is counterproductive? I was under the impression the cliquishness is a direct result of the complexity of looking at relations with the PRC..

[Elizabeth Lindley @Elizabeth_AWL]

🌏📢 In Observing China's latest newsletter: Xi meets Putin & Erdogan, the PRC localises OS systems, and Norway blocks Chinese Arctic property purchase. How will the UK manage 🇨🇳 diplomatic relations post-election?
#UKPolitics #ChinaNews

https://t.co/yvPfm1o44R

[Elizabeth Lindley @Elizabeth_AWL]

China Coast Guard (CCG) continues assertive behaviour in the Taiwan Strait, now seizing a Taiwanese vessel.. when will HM Government designate the CCG as a branch of the PLA?

#taiwan #China

https://t.co/gq5icqS1Oz

[Council on Geostrategy @ConGeostrategy]

What are the most pressing foreign and security policy issues for the new government in the first 100 days? 🗳️

✍️ Neil Brown, @ameliahadfield1, @RJohnsonCCW1, @Elizabeth_AWL, @paulmasonnews, @jgmaber, @eerishika, Charles Parton, @salisbot and @RGWhitman
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