Sixian

Mindfulness

[李老师不是你老师 @whyyoutouzhele]

3月28日，俞敏洪在直播采访吉利汽车董事长李书福时，因李书福在直播中三次提到“六四”而导致直播间遭遇短暂封禁。

[Former Ambassador Kevin Rudd AC @AmboRudd]

Finally finished sorting books in DC study. This set (left to right) are on Chinese politics, US politics and then US-China relations. Qing Qing and Mei Mei now resting after “helping” & giving their own dramatic interpretation of the current state of super power relations.

[Derek J. Grossman @DerekJGrossman]

👀 ‼️ Most Indians STILL view Russia as an ally, or at least “a necessary partner.”

[Bonnie Glaser / 葛來儀 @BonnieGlaser]

"The sentiment among those in the room was that the trip wasn’t worth the potential domestic political costs of going, given that Blinken’s talks in China were not expected to yield much in the first place." https://t.co/02ud6b3Tow via @bpolitics

[冷山时评 @lengshanshipin]

醒着的

[Hao HONG 洪灝, CFA @HAOHONG_CFA]

1997, Clinton & Jiang Zemin’s joint press conference. Then Jiang invited Clinton to dine at the Great Hall of People, & conducted the orchestra together. Jiang even chitchatted with Hilary a little.

The good old days, when China’s charm offensive was at its best.

[Amazing Maps @amazingmap]

The Mississippi River and its tributaries

[Hao HONG 洪灝, CFA @HAOHONG_CFA]

30年前，葛优讲解如何写出更好的文章。中国情景喜剧首秀即天花板。文字是用来解放思想的，而非禁锢。

In China’s 1st sitcom 30 yrs ago, Ge You explained writing for the people, not dictating to them. Chinese sitcom peaked at debut. Words are to set the mind free, not to confine it.

[Emily Baum @emilybaumUCI]

Just concluded a 3-day workshop w/ @ACLS1919 thinking through the future of China studies & how to fund research & teaching w/ an eye to current challenges. With the end of Fulbright/IDRF, ACLS @HLuceFdn is one of the few agencies still funding China scholarship. Some takeaways:

[Yong Xiong @yongxiong2008]

On the 1st day of Shanghai resuming some subways, state media reporters interviewed a grandma. When she was saying “since I was born, I have never suffered anything like this, being locked home and couldn’t leave. It’s a big joke,” the reporters pointed mic/cam to somewhere else.

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

‘Senator McConnell, don’t you think it’s strange that you and the devil have never been seen in the same place at the same time?’ — Trevor Noah jokes about Sen. Mitch McConnell while showing off his Australian accent skills at the #WHCD

[乌鸦鸽鸽 @wuyagege]

6，对中国提供最多经济援助/优惠贷款，助推改革开放经济成就的国家是日本。

从1978-2007，日本对华优惠贷款（ODA）474亿美元，比全球其它所有国家加一起的援助都多。
除了优惠贷款，还有大量的无偿援助，比如知名大三甲中日友好医院。

[乌鸦鸽鸽 @wuyagege]

5，加拿大的小麦结束了中国的大饥荒。
经历三年残酷的大饥荒，1960年底，李先念提议加强粮食进口，1961年起批量进口加拿大、澳大利亚小麦，同时经法国转口美国小麦。
1961年中国的小麦进口量，占全球总出口量的12%。
操作小麦进口的两家国企是华润和中粮。

[乌鸦鸽鸽 @wuyagege]

4, 1930年代蒋介石政权的军事能力是德国赞助的。
一战结束后，被凡尔赛和约锁住手脚的德国国防力量根本不甘心失败，一直筹谋东山再起。
德国境内无法发展军事科技，于是德国军人们跑到苏联，还有中华民国发展军事潜力。
蒋介石国民政府与德国军事代表团一起推动了军事现代化。希特勒上台后合作仍继续。

[乌鸦鸽鸽 @wuyagege]

3，苏联的工业化底子和新技术来自美国支持。
英法等西欧国家仇视新生的苏联共产主义政权，但唯利是图且孤立主义的美国企业家不在乎。
马钢等一系列重工业都是用美国资本和技术堆起来的。大名鼎鼎的福特也参与了。
苏联人用出口农产品来付账单，于是……饿死了几百万乌克兰农民。乌克兰可是欧洲粮仓。

[乌鸦鸽鸽 @wuyagege]

2，孙中山的国民革命是苏联赞助的。
苏联成立后致力于打破西方封锁，输出革命，赞助了欧亚大陆多国的左翼/共产革命，其中多数被镇压了，比如德国巴伐利亚革命。
但在中国很成功。
苏联帮孙中山在广州建立稳固政权、党权和军队。孙去世后，进程持续加速，1927年国民党成功北伐。

[乌鸦鸽鸽 @wuyagege]

有哪些历史知识是历史学界基本共识，然而大众却很陌生的？
试举几例：

1，列宁的革命是德皇赞助的。
一战时期德国和沙俄在东欧激战，德国想出来一个奇招，资助流亡的俄国人回国闹革命，以此破坏沙俄的战争能力。
列宁坐着德国安排的专列，带着大笔赞助踏上了返俄的旅程，同行的还有德国情报人员。

[Yiqing Xu @xuyiqing]

A student asked me: What are the first things to check when conducting observational research in PoliSci? I compiled this super-basic 10-point checklist: https://t.co/wSyeuk8lHW. Hope it will be helpful.