Emma Rafaelof 江小莲

China/Asia policy nerd focused on trade, tech, and econ. Strong views on Star Wars, racial justice, and Jewish activism. Views my own, she/her. 🌈

[Shibani Mahtani @ShibaniMahtani]

I've been laid off from the Post today, along with too many of my incredible colleagues, after eight incredible years, most of them in Hong Kong and covering China's expansion, a story that will define our generation.

[Taisu Zhang @ZhangTaisu]

Ultimately, which system works better? I guess the jury is still out. The Chinese system (and its Indian cousin) is clearly better for rapidly building up a large reservoir of STEM talent, but may not be as good for sustaining cutting edge research across a large range of disciplines over the long term. Especially with demographic decline looming, long term sustainability will almost certainly become a larger concern in the decade to come. That said, without skilled immigration, the U.S. clearly wouldn’t be able to keep pace with China over the short term. (5)

[@elifriedman.bsky.social @EliDFriedman]

Cornell suspending a student and cancelling his visa for participating in "unreasonably loud" protest
https://t.co/4YzJgHGxDx

[Emily 🗣️ Tamkin @emilyctamkin]

So many posts about antisemitism on the left and right at this moment in our politics are like “On the left, a woman’s book event, cancelled. On the right, the person running for president of the US arguably fomented mob violence. Both sides, a problem.”

[Selina Cheng @selina_cheng]

Today I was fired from the Wall Street Journal.

This is my statement:

[Falastin Flip @TOliveFern]

I am old enough to remember last week when the whole world rightly went into shock over Ukraine’s bombed hospital.

How come no govt official or western media speak now about these Israeli soldiers not only destroying a hospital in Gaza but also posing proudly for a team photo?

[Appodlachia @appodlachia]

Well. Time to share this again.

[高大伟 David Cowhig @gaodawei]

For Chinese study, I use Pleco the most. For hard recent stuff, doing a search in Chinese online to see what similarly perplexed Chinese people are saying about a Chinese phrase or ref is great help. My post on study tools: https://t.co/AqP5ez6QpN

[Chieh-Ting Yeh @chiehtingyeh]

Does it ever feel weird, that when Washington talks about Taiwan, it's inexplicably different from when Taiwan talks about Taiwan?

@rhaddock2112 explains the "discourse gap;" feat. @FangYu_80168, @adriennecwu, @KuoChiayo, @DeepaOllapally, @syaru and others:

[Unseen Japan @UnseenJapanSite]

The protest movements of Japan, China, South Korea, and Hong Kong would all like a word.

(Hong Kong was just five years ago, there’s no excuse for ignorance here.)

[James Millward 米華健 @JimMillward]

Meanwhile, another Ivy actually agreed to consider divestment in a democratic way. Encampment gone, no police needed. Just sense, and respect for students reasonable concerns about mass killing. https://t.co/bYBxDC5Iim Who thinks Columbia has a better approach?

[Howard W. French @hofrench]

Super interesting to note the contrast between the way Brown University and Columbia University have handled these protests. Brown agreed to a governance vote about divestment, the encampment there dissolved.

[Brian Hioe 丘琦欣 @brianhioe]

It’s funny how for the US right, noble and genuine protest can only occur “over there” (in HK, wherever), and when it occurs at home, it’s some kind of foreign plot to undermine America

[Qian Julie Wang🔸王乾 🔸הֲדַסָּה @QianJulieWang]

so much admiration for my husband, who was raised zionist and led seder tonight (our baby’s first!) reminding everyone that the point of Passover is collective liberation.

he was repeatedly asked to stop. he kept going. people showed and voiced their discomfort. he kept going.

[Geeta @geeta_minocha]

Hindi speaker here. Nothing said was antisemitic. Among the chanting: “Shout it, say it while dancing, sing it, say it with love: Freedom.”

We’re dangerously close to post-9/11 “brown person using scary words I don’t understand = terrorism” thinking. Let’s nip this in the bud.

[James Millward 米華健 @JimMillward]

We are seeing unprecedented political interference in higher ed, and universities are largely buckling under to it, or worse, throwing their own faculty and students under the bus to appease ignorant, careeristic Congressmen. 🧵

[Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle]

This is a really important point. Crime should of course be covered; public safety is critical, after all. But when the harsh realities of the media industry and social media make crime coverage the most prevalent thing people see online everyday, it can be terribly corrosive.

[Barred in DC @BarredinDC]

Tragically over 500 people died in DC last year due to opioid-related overdoes driven by the rise of the fentanyl being used often unwittingly in other drugs or fake pills.

Those of us who work in/around or patronize the hospitality industry are not immune. 1/

[Kam ✨🌟💫 @spacejamkamart]

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