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So unfortunate. Twitter is not coming back

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It completely beats me as to why people still have appetite for a second but worse term of Trump

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Maybe this is the beginning of the end

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And you know more than 100% sure that they don't give a fuck about you or the harm they do to you or your family. For this alone, I don't think the trust or the resulting legitimacy, for the government or the officials, will return soon.

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It has been a few months since I left Beijing and finally felt that I may want to re-tweet again. When looking back, it seems I totally underestimated the psychological effect the three-year lock-down had on me.

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They are invisible in the sense as they don't seem to comply with existing rules and regulations and that nobody, including these on the stage and holding the daily conferences, takes responsibility for the consequences.

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It has been a few months since I left Beijing and finally felt that I may want to re-tweet again. When (cont) https://t.co/pEvcBmYPnO

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@BuyandHoldd However those numbers are gradually losing their meaningfulness or significance as both players tend to pack consumer orders from as far as a few weeks in advance into that day by actually confirming sales on that day

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@patrick_oshag I can share what I observed about Chinese startups in this space. Tech helps but operations are much more complicated: sourcing and standardization of products from suppliers, logistics, such as warehousing and distribution, can be a nightmare, fresh produce leakage, and low GM

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Then when and where can we seek the truth?

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When nuanced thinking is detested in every discourse and when patriotism trumps everything else

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When silence is preferred and deemed as granted

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When language is truncated, misspelled, redacted and mistreated

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When discussions are more about statement of positions, ad hominem attacks, labeling

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Not sure which one is scarier: the ongoing severe electricity shortage in China or the fact that nobody seems to be able tell exactly why this happened

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@CNBCnow I wish similar things can happen in this part of the world! Powerful men resign due to sexual harassment scandal

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Curious timing? So this guy knows he had to leave before this woman took the matter into her own hand, but he knew he would have left without a damaged record?

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What happened at Alibaba with respect to its treatment of a female employee just really got my blood boiling. The following is a summary of what I gathered from a few Weibo accounts.

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Another interesting development: Bytedance confirmed that the aggressor had interviews with them, and had refused him since the news broke.