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[Fryang @frabbone]

@SwannMarcus89 Considering the last iteration of the discourse was that *wearing glasses* was a disability, this is actually a step forward

[Fryang @frabbone]

@berthofmanecon @ZhangTaisu @peterfrankopan He's also State Councilor and was not removed from that post. The process would appear to be the same as for ministers, that is could be removed by NPC Standing Committee as well.

[Andrew Batson @andrewbatson]

There's a lot of useful reporting in here but also I think some gaslighting by Chinese government officials. The reality is that Covid was already out of control before the government decided to drop restrictions, and its rapid spread would have occurred anyway.

[倪爽 @nishuang]

工具之美

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

When you blindly follow others, there are consequences

Army ants are blind, relying on pheromones to track the ones in front, if one ant intersects with its old trail, it results in a circular death trap where they spiral until they die from exhaustion

[Yaling Jiang @yaling_jiang]

This looks like part of the global corporate culture that tries to "schoolify" themselves to appear more amiable: Nike and GE call their offices "campuses", China's Big Techs call their staff "classmates" (同学), while certain consultancies call their former employees "alumni"

[Henry Gao @henrysgao]

"Congratulations on your Graduation!"
This is the message the employees get when they are fired by the internet giants in China nowadays.

A few years ago, graduation from college means unemployment, now unemployment becomes graduation. Really confusing!

[Fryang @frabbone]

@IlariaMariaSala Wrong black woman 🤨

[China Beige Book @ChinaBeigeBook]

Keep in mind, people in #China talk their book too.

[Interpret: China @CSIS_Interpret]

Iain Johnston of Harvard’s @FairbankCenter explores the importance of accurate, contextualized translation of Chinese documents and phrases to inform policy analysis and interpretation of China’s intentions.

https://t.co/JWCwEiiY8t

[Gérard Araud @GerardAraud]

We should be aware that a lot of non-western observers are marveling at our indignation about the invasion of Ukraine while not remembering the same emotions about the invasion of Iraq.

[Chen Dingding @ChenDingding]

A short thread on how the US can gain China's cooperation regarding the Ukraine war.

[Henry Gao @henrysgao]

论懂中文的重要性: 萨达姆和卡扎菲现身说法。

[Gérard Araud @GerardAraud]

Anyway, it is neither to you or to me but to Ukraine to decide at which conditions it is ready to reach an agreement with Russia.

[James Laurenceson 罗震 @j_laurenceson]

Good on Mike Seccombe @SatPaper for drawing attention to how the Morrison's government's has shifted on China & to the tough-guy rhetoric that keeps getting more extreme and ahead of even Washington. I was happy to contribute some observations. @UTSEngage https://t.co/YMu6VvTSBu

[Andrew Batson @andrewbatson]

What happened to common prosperity? https://t.co/4FzZpAmrkd

[Michael Anti @mranti]

世界领土最大的国家还觉得自己需要缓冲区，这让小国情何以堪？当然，俄罗斯人的确这么想的，我在读杜金教授的《地缘政治学基础》，据说这本书是俄罗斯民族主义的重要读本，的确俄罗斯人非常重视土地意义上的空间，太忽略贸易全球化、金融全球化、互联网全球化后的扩展空间，被伟大的土地限制了想象力。

[Fryang @frabbone]

@JohnCulver689 Excellent points. Quite similar issue with the notorious "break their roots" phrase, which in its original context does not prove genocidal intent but is used in English language reports in a similarly outsized position

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Yoko Ono released four powerful, adventurous and wildly varied albums within a three-year period at the start of the 1970s https://t.co/HdyzDGlyEM

[Mike Mazarr @MMazarr]

The shaming of Mearsheimer as a Russian stooge is wrong + dangerous. But this interview does illustrate another point: His theory, and especially its application to specific cases, is totally incoherent when it gets beyond the most generic truisms THREAD
https://t.co/xFS1aPgrP5