Claire vd Heever 范明非

Author of China's Art Factory | portrait writer | tapas aficionado | Mandarin speaker | slow traveler | language learner

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📍NEW TOUR: Realejo is a vibrant and cosmopolitan place with a fascinating history. Its synagogues and mosques gave way to churches over 500 years ago but, if you know where to look, many traces of its Jewish and Muslim heritage remain.

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South Africa’s national anthem being sung by thousands of fans here at the trophy tour in Long street, Cape Town.

#SpringboksRWC #Springboks @TimesLIVE

[Claire vd Heever 范明非 @clairevdh]

“In order to change skins, evolve into new cycles, I feel one has to learn to discard. If one changes internally, one should not continue to live with the same objects.”
— Anaïs Nin

via @tferriss

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“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden where doing nothing was not boring – it was peace.”

― Milan Kundera

via @tferriss

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#MyTwitterAnniversary

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

How to do a media interview while being carried away by police for protest. 10/10, no notes.

[Claire vd Heever 范明非 @clairevdh]

.@ArtistShengQi's My Left Hand series is widely recognised but the chilling tale of how he lost his finger is less known. Chapter 3 of Paint By Numbers: China's Art Factory from Mao to Now tells the story. https://t.co/dAuspPXSAH
https://t.co/UfwGZ5DPEJ

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Meilin is 25 & unmarried in locked-down in Shanghai. Her boyfriend Huang is on scholarship in Jo'burg. Tian Chen's is a story about finding love in China, where one woman said on nationwide TV she'd “rather weep in a BMW than laugh on a bike”. #ChinaAfrica
https://t.co/caDtGvKjpz

[VoiceMap @MyVoiceMap]

Take in "The Willard Hotel Coup-mand Center", "The Battle of Little Muffin Top" and "The Mike Pence Pre-Memorial Gallows" on this satirical tour of Washington DC

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NEW: We've partnered with @MyVoiceMap to launch an interactive self-guided walking tour through the events of January 6th in Washington D.C.

Walk the famed route taken by the Jan 6 patriots on the ground in D.C. or from home: https://t.co/NrlWtH8vd3

[Claire vd Heever 范明非 @clairevdh]

An inspired video about an inspired initiative. #RefugeesWelcome

[The Bike Project 🧡 @The_BikeProject]

There is no illegal way to seek asylum.

People seeking sanctuary in the UK should not be punished or criminalised, rather treated with solidarity.

With misinformation commonplace, hear from @hassan_akkad about the environment people seeking sanctuary navigate...

#WeWillStand

[Claire vd Heever 范明非 @clairevdh]

Recalling "the potency of that moment en route to Beijing in the middle of the night" fills me with sadness for the China of today. Thanks to Tian Chen's encouragement, I've returned to the joy of writing, as we relaunch our blog of #ChinaAfrica musings.
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[Claire vd Heever 范明非 @clairevdh]

Apparently @Uber has a Lost & Found Index'! I find data (or, trivia) like this so appealing; it's a microcosmic window onto another world. It makes me wish I'd thought of compiling such an index myself, or even dedicating a blog to it!
#Travel #nostalgia
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[Claire vd Heever 范明非 @clairevdh]

Just as education is inescapably political in South Africa, it is political in China, Tian Chen reflects. It took years in Cape Town –where campuses burned during the #RhodesMustFall & #FeesMustFall movements – to see this. He shares insights.
#ChinaAfrica
https://t.co/eGcIQs8055

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@CityofCT, Good Morning, is the vehicle registration centre at Cape Town civic centre open tomorrow (15 Dec)?

[James Shinfah Wan @jamesjwan]

In his usual comprehensive, engaging and insightful way, @ssishuwa breaks down all the ins and outs and behind-the-scenes of #Zambia's 12 August #election. #mustread

https://t.co/X067DQ0jVM

[Zoe Flood @Zoe_Flood]

Love this by BBC journalist @patuhaire about the peace and joy she has found in running!

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@henrysgao @SciTechJunkie Bwahahaha!

[Claire vd Heever 范明非 @clairevdh]

Yet another bureaucratic nightmare for South Africa's homeless – and stateless. First thing I wondered last week when presenting my ID to get vaccinated against COVID.
https://t.co/2UUYgQBG8D

[Claire vd Heever 范明非 @clairevdh]

Helpful context on China's latest private education crackdown on @qz, in which @Jane_Li911 interviews law professor @henrysgao, who points out that Xi warned us this was coming.
HT @IainManley
https://t.co/n2nsCmxHO7