Duncan Hewitt

Journalist, translator; former BBC China/Newsweek Shanghai correspondent. Affiliate @lauchinainst King’s College London; visiting lecturer @cityjournalism

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

as you do... https://t.co/GlRsPW7WyD

[David Cameron @David_Cameron]

I dropped into The Plough at Cadsden for a pint of IPA and some fish and chips with China's President Xi.

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

A touching tribute to Lynn Pan, one of the most elegant chroniclers of modern China and Shanghai history, culture and society — with Paul French, Frances Wood, Michelle Garnaut and Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers @bickers https://t.co/rTQ4H5hPqH

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

Good to hear from directors @xinyanyu and @maximduncan about their film ‘Made in Ethiopia’, which takes a closeup look at the human impact of Chinese investment in Africa, on the SOAS China Institute podcast. With added insights from Carlos Oya @estariade https://t.co/B9fHy1intA

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

@5liveSport @fredsirieix1 Nice coverage of the 10m platform final — but it would be good to pronounce the leader’s name correctly: the letter Q in Mandarin pinyin is pronounced like a ‘Ch’ sound in English — so to say ‘Quan’ imagine ‘ch’ followed by the English word ‘when’ ( i.e. ‘chwen’)…

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

Such sad news: as well as being one of the greatest chroniclers of Shanghai, the city where she was born and which her grandfather helped build, Lynn Pan was one of the most elegant writers of the English language — and one of the kindest and wittiest people imaginable. RIP Lynn.

[Historic Shanghai @HistoricSH]

Very sad to share that we’ve lost one of the greats of Shanghai history. Lynn’s legacy will live on in her beautifully written, profound works on her beloved city, and in our hearts.

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

“Putin is a good man — big muscles and as handsome as Xi Jinping…” A little piece I wrote on Chinese media coverage of the Russian leader, back in the early days of Beijing’s love-in with Moscow in 2015. https://t.co/lx4wUjs9RZ

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

@goldkorn Really sad news Jeremy, and a depressing sign of the times we live in. Your entertaining, diverse approach to China coverage will be greatly missed: your incorporation of history, culture, literature into the news agenda has been particularly valuable. All best for the future!

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

@megmaggio88 @EarnshawBooks @melindaliu1984 @chinarhyming @grahamearnshaw And you can download copies of this edition (2022) and previous years’ here — just select from the list at the bottom of the page: https://t.co/0BPgGh38Za

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

@megmaggio88 @EarnshawBooks @melindaliu1984 @chinarhyming @grahamearnshaw Digital version here: https://t.co/KDePY4azLQ

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

RAS China journal 2022 (and previous editions) can also be downloaded here (scroll down the page and select from the list) https://t.co/KuXmPPPx3G

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

Latest RAS China journal, edited by Melinda Liu, has Paul French on Hsiao Ch’ien (Xiao Qian)’s wartime BBC broadcasts, @jayjamescarter on Japan’s reprisals in China for the Doolittle raid, me on JG Ballard and Shanghai, & much more… @goldkorn @jwassers https://t.co/KDePY4azLQ

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

Also features Graham Earnshaw on reporting Elizabeth II’s 1986 China trip, @JeremiahJenne on C19th missionaries, @MOFBACN on the history of Kiessling’s bakery in Tianjin/Shanghai, Frances Wood on Reginald Johnston, Julie Chun on women in BAT’s Chinese advertising etc @bickers

[Stephen McDonell @StephenMcDonell]

#China’s Communist Party imported a bunch of “friendly” foreign journalists to ask planted/approved questions at the Congress show “press conferences”. Fake correspondents have been coming for years but now also limiting the number of real China-based reporters who can attend.

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

Impressive collection of authentic voices describing their experience of Shanghai’s lockdown, from Sixth Tone https://t.co/qJRDnY2vAo

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

So terribly sad. RIP Chito Santa Romana, one of the nicest people you could meet. Kind, gentle, smart, witty, he did one of the most difficult diplomatic jobs with typical grace and charm, and was just weeks away from a well-deserved retirement when he caught COVID.

[World News Tonight @ABCWorldNews]

.@DavidMuir reports on Chito Stana Romana, who died at the age of 74. He was also a longtime and beloved member of @ABC News and previously served as Beijing bureau chief. https://t.co/090dTLs4Xf

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

Russia’s ‘fake news’ law and targeting of prominent bloggers has echoes of China’s 2013 internet crackdown, with its anti-rumour law & targeting of ‘Big Vs’. Beijing’s learned a lot from Putin; seems he now wants to replicate its approach to online control https://t.co/0EGCiLPmyN

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

Such sad news — Jonathan Spence was without equal in inspiring generations of students of China; his brilliant writing, from the Gate of Heavenly Peace and To Change China, to The Question of Hu and God’s Chinese Son, always broke new ground, taking Sinology to another level. RIP

[Edward Wong @ewong]

This is a great loss. I had the pleasure of meeting Jonathan Spence several times after starting my reporting in China, and I've read more books by him than any other historian of China. Must-reads for Westerners living in China: “To Change China” & “The Gate of Heavenly Peace.”

[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

RIP Professor Paul Bailey, who sadly passed away last month. A pioneer of research into the WWI Chinese Labour Corps, he specialised in Chinese gender issues/education reform, and was an inspiring and encouraging teacher. @bickers @jwassers @jayjamescarter @dianayeh @chinarhyming

[Faculti @FacultiNet]

Paul Bailey @durham_uni @durham_history discusses Chinese Workers in World War One France https://t.co/V0XZlUasti #history @dulib

[Reuters @Reuters]

Three hours a week is the maximum amount of time under-18s can spend on video games in China after the country introduced a drastic new limit to combat gaming addiction 🎮 https://t.co/1hdiS8lClT

[Rachel Yeo @racporter]

Apple Daily editorial writer arrested at airport while trying to leave city, while Stand News announces to remove remove most of its commentaries and halt its fundraising drive.

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[Duncan Hewitt @dhewittChina]

@jwassers @sebastianveghk Thanks Jeff. In ‘The Story of Kuling’, Little says he “did not like” the area’s original name, and “call[ed] it Kuling... making it the Chinese form of the English word ‘cooling’, so that the name might describe its destined use... for the cooling off of over heated foreigners.”