Gabriel Fung

MPhil IR @Politics_Oxford + RA @HKUniversity // ex @JMSCHKU // Deputy Students Editor @E_IR // Words @Diplomat_APAC and @hkfp // Likes + retweets ≠ endorsements

[Gabriel Fung @gabfung]

My thanks to @Diplomat_APAC for publishing my article on Yasukuni Shrine visits! Following the recent visits last month, I thought it timely to examine claims of "rising nationalism" in Japan. TL;DR: evidence points to the opposite

https://t.co/bfEV2rL4qq

[Gabriel Fung @gabfung]

@JiaqianNi @n_nationalism exciting!!

[Gabriel Fung @gabfung]

@Yubs89 @GidongKim3 @JinhoKim05 @aramhur @MizzouTSGPA @MizzouIKS Congratulations!!

[Thankful Musgrave 🦃 @profmusgrave]

The politics of shifting baselines https://t.co/onfgDMpO46

[Hong Kong Free Press HKFP @hkfp]

Troubled by the horrors of war from afar, a Ukrainian restaurant in Hong Kong finds solidarity and support in the city

https://t.co/rogcutdjtt

[Motoko Rich @motokorich]

Happy Birthday to Emperor Naruhito. For the family saga that got him to this seat: https://t.co/k9z2Qv07U4

[Seva @SevaUT]

new Hegemon post on Putin, grand theory, and Kaiser Wilhelm’s withered arm. How do we reconcile structural and individual-level explanations in politics?
https://t.co/JXXtBAZ52Q

[Evan A. Feigenbaum @EvanFeigenbaum]

Decoupling denied: Japan Inc lays its bets on China https://t.co/tRQksJngLi

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

For U.S. presidents, drawing redlines has often been a self-defeating foreign policy strategy. But as Washington responds to new crises around the world, carefully calibrated public threats can still serve a purpose, argue @daltman_IR and @ke_powers.
https://t.co/F1dp75mb5Y

[Gabriel Fung @gabfung]

Happy to share that the documentary was screened at two Lift-Off Film Festivals! Thanks @liftoffnetwork for the opportunity!!

[Gabriel Fung @gabfung]

My documentary on Japanese whaling is officially out! I explain that the whaling triangle, akin to the ubiquitous iron triangles of the country, is the main driving force behind its resumption of commercial whaling. (1/6)
https://t.co/qbGtT9gezT

[Gabriel Fung @gabfung]

This is, of course, just a snippet of my findings. For more, please watch the full documentary available on Youtube! (6/6)

[Motoko Rich @motokorich]

In rapidly aging Japan, where more diapers are used by incontinent adults than by babies, the country is groaning under this growing pile of waste. Houki, in western Japan, has a solution https://t.co/PqTuVV3WHh @imakiky and I went to check out the diaper recycling operation

[李其 Lizzi @wstv_lizzi]

难怪觉得在哪儿见过…
图1 美国卫星公司Maxar Technologies发布卫星图像显示，解放军在塔克拉玛干沙漠靶场打造了形如美国航母及战舰的标靶。

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

While Komeito’s total seat count in the Diet (Japan’s parliament) remains modest, it punches above its weight by mobilizing its religious supporters for every election, from village assemblies up to the Diet, @mclaughlin_levi and @observingjapan write.
https://t.co/SZg2JavqgL

[alexandre afonso @alexandreafonso]

What happens when you submit international treaties to Turnitin:
https://t.co/i4ZSZGO4zD

[Tetsuro Kobayashi @tkobyashi]

No time to die: An in-depth analysis of James Bond's exposure to infectious agents https://t.co/4Sn3655jG6

[BBC Archive @BBCArchive]

#OnThisDay 1976: The Water Margin was first broadcast on BBC Two. Here's how a Japanese TV epic, based on a Chinese Classic, was dubbed into English by a writer who understood neither Chinese nor Japanese.

[Mitsuru Obe @mit_obe]

LDP chose the status quo over change on key policy issues, experts say.
https://t.co/sECFtEfWc5

[Gabriel Fung @gabfung]

@E_IR's methods page is up! A fantastic place for IR folks to find online materials on research. Very happy to have worked with @mcglincheyst @Tusharika24 @MattiSpara @R_Schulenburg and others on this project
https://t.co/rXCIoaAMdp

[Tom Corben @CorbenTom]

"Political observers in South Korea say it could be another two or three years before the countries can turn around their relations as there is no strong will on either side to break the impasse."

https://t.co/yZg07Qm0AR