Kristin Shi-Kupfer

China: society-digital-religion / Faith, Poetry and Piano / Professor for Contemporary China Studies at @TrierUni / Senior Associate Fellow at @merics_eu

[Kristin Shi-Kupfer @gusiting]

"One of the things that gets forgotten was that at the early phase of [the protests], there was this incredible kind of joyousness and sense of possibility,” says [history professor Jeff ] Wasserstrom."

[Ian Johnson @iandenisjohnson]

Thanks @amyhawk_ for this thoughtful piece on the fragile memory of Tiananmen inside China. It quotes a @MinjianArchives editor, @ZhouFengSuo Jeff Wasserstrom and makes use of the Helmut Opletal visual archives.
https://t.co/yinulu5QnG

[Bin Xie @bxieus]

China’s new way of spying America and the West — using LinkedIn and targeting at military and govt personnels, Chinese intelligence officers are posing as recruiters to use fake job ads to commission research reports on sensitive topics.
https://t.co/4WOE5UJzAl

Intelligence officials warned that even if the information being handed over isn't explicitly classified, the Chinese spies can piece it together with other data to create a tactical advantage, potentially putting frontline lives at risk or interfering with democratic processes.

[中国民主转型研究所(ICDT) @chinatransition]

很多人都埋怨过民主运动没有取得什么进展。在反省社会行动为什么进展艰难的时候，我们会发现有很多因素都在瘫痪社会行动，除了极权国家不断升级更严酷的专制统治之外，我们也看不到社会活动家们有相应的学习和成长。这么多年了，国际社会流行的抗争理念，几乎没有传播到华人世界来，连书都没有翻译过来。

翻译《革命蓝图》就是在补课，就像中共在改革开放初期要补经济发展的课一样，我们反对运动也要补课，补社会抗争的课。

这个补课不止是学习他国经验，更重要的是从他国经验中反省我们自身的不足，以便更好地认识在中国开展社会抗争的具体困难和特殊环境，最终发现更适合中国具体环境的全新抗争模式。这些都是从学习中得来的。

社会上有一类人是最不缺的：不屑于学习外国经验，开口闭口就是中国跟其他国家不一样——那所以中国人就谁的经验也不研究了吗❓全靠坐而论道还是全靠瞎打乱撞❓

还有人动辄就谈牺牲。是的，社会抗争当然有风险，社会活动家自发学习外国经验就是为了降低风险，为了减少不必要的损失。如果社会活动家在这方面特别薄弱，其结果就是最活跃、最有政治热情的一批人变成了最没有领导力和最懒惰的一伙人。

瞎打乱撞式盲目试错并不会培养高明的社会活动家，高明的社会活动家如果连基本的学习和自我升级的能力都没有的话，还凭什么组织和领导社会抗争呢❓大家想一想是不是这个道理❓

我们呼吁公众学习外国经验，不是鼓励照搬照抄，而是跟所有学习一样，是通过案例去摸索规律，是透过经验去拓展新的未知领域，是经过分析去学习分析手段。这就像建造师造船，他学习造船技术不是为了只造一种一模一样的船，而是为了造各种不同的船出来，只有这样才配得上懂建造技术。

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[Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr]

“Those who were in Beijing at the time will never forget the deafening gunfire, the roar of armored vehicles, the wailing of ambulance sirens, and the angry cries of the crowds that night“ https://t.co/t7QMLXDVwQ

[Donald Clarke @donaldcclarke]

And the massacre was of ordinary citizens, not students. Munro explains the significance of that.

So let’s call it the Beijing Massacre instead of the Tiananmen Massacre. There’s no reason to let denialists make a stupid and misleading propaganda point.

https://t.co/xS1dkc2Qui

[蔡霞 @realcaixia]

1989年6月4日中共当局下令中国人民解放军向自己的人民开枪——枪杀和平理性争取民主的学生市民，引发民众震惊和悲愤抗议！
这是1989年6月4日前后北京街头的一个访谈实况，据悉由英国ITN记者拍摄。

[象牙山王云 @Gaomixiaodaren]

视频来自YouTube博主Leonard，六四从未公开的画面—英国INT公开封存30年的原始影像

[Kristin Shi-Kupfer @gusiting]

Report on Sino-Russian Youth Friendship and Cultural Exchange published by Renmin University. Amid high percentages/mutual alignement, biggest difference: 75.5% of Chinese want to study/improve #Russian, 52,8% of Russians want to study/improve #Chinese. https://t.co/sprSOEl17R

[Kristin Shi-Kupfer @gusiting]

Mainly a tightening ideological/political control in the name of anti-corruption/commercialization...
"New regulations in #China target online #religious content"
https://t.co/hMYXtjayND

[Kristin Shi-Kupfer @gusiting]

"(...)#Democracy rarely dies in a single moment. (...) This is the enduring lesson of Weimar: #extremism (...) succeeds because others enable it—because of their ambition, because of their fear, or because they misjudge the dangers of small concessions."
https://t.co/uQzi9g7ADF

[Caixin Global @caixin]

A new wave of cost-conscious parents in China is spurning pricey private high schools in favor of public education and newly appealing vocational tracks, leading to layoffs and school closures. https://t.co/QIjGAdva9L

[波士頓書評Boston Review of Books @luosiling]

编者按：“我受够了人间的不公平/厌倦了虚伪的情/我打翻了生活的酸醋瓶/心里是难念的经/身在异乡我孤零零/心事给谁听/我擦干了眼泪摔碎了心/最后还是信了命”，北京青年深夜在地铁唱起一首消极歌曲《我终于信了命》，因表达对经济困境、失业和生活压力的不满，引起车厢里的人共鸣，最终成为合唱。这种事情在中国已经发生多次。这样的丧歌已不知何时开始，有些从来没有流行过，一旦流行便被随即删除。然而在作家慕容雪村看来，这种文化抗争具有一种象征性的反抗意义。

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慕容雪村 | “丧歌”中的中国 https://t.co/oQsEfxILYy

[Christoph Rehage🇪🇺 @crehage]

诺特巴德

[Kristin Shi-Kupfer @gusiting]

What event/topical fields in Q3 does the CCP leadership consider to be "ideologically risky"? Issues related to the beginning of the new school/university semester rather surprising-shows high anxiety level. Thanks to @whyyoutouzhele and CDT
https://t.co/u69e4b9O4h
#china #media

[Kristin Shi-Kupfer @gusiting]

#Chinese lens on societal #habits #rules: The old rule "stand right, walk left" on escalators hinders the flow of people and creates more accidents, based on cited stats. Well, how about some more stairs for light travelling people? #society
https://t.co/69ICbkCEST

[Caixin Global @caixin]

In Depth: With Chinese authorities tightening the noose around online fraud, scammers are using freight delivery apps to evade detection. These van-for-hire services are loosely regulated, with little authority or responsibility over what they ship. https://t.co/6Qc9mtnKbp

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Many are staying at home or studying elsewhere in Asia https://t.co/rqbAAGSa0x

[Andreas Landwehr @andreaslandwehr]

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China’s report “New Red Lines: Increasing Obstacles for Foreign Journalists in China” documents an alarming expansion of “off-limit” topics and growing unpredictability in boundaries Chinese authorities deem sensitive https://t.co/9Ur7Pjzg5o

[Birds want to fly @Birds_b_r_32309]

#阮晓寰 终于在7月底从看守所（待了4年多）转入监狱了。
现在他在上海提篮桥监狱（已从市区的旧址搬迁到了青浦区西庆路709号），11监区2组，番号01913。
8月的家属会见也已通过审批，这周五终于能见到了。
所以来给关心他的朋友们报个信。
现在他睡单人铺，8人间，有空调和风扇，伙食也有改善了。