China: society-digital-religion / Faith, Poetry and Piano / Professor for Contemporary China Studies at @TrierUni / Senior Associate Fellow at @merics_eu
"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."
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
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.
These rules do three things at once: protect Chinese investors abroad, retaliate against governments that block them, and keep Beijing's hand on the dial for which capital leaves and where it goes. A legal toolkit, not at all a liberalization signal.
“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
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
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
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
"(...)#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
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
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
#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
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 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