Karen Miller

Enthusiastic student of Chinese language, history and culture.

[Julie Borowski @JulieBorowski]

I'm an American, and I spent two weeks in Kazakhstan.

Here are my thoughts:

[THIERRY D "ardéchois et français" @ThierryTout]

LA CHINE EN 1908
Images rares d'une caravane de chameaux longeant la Grande Muraille et arrivant à Pékin.
Le dernier plan est une vue vers le sud depuis Qianmen.
Une autre époque, une autre Chine...🧐
(🎥Albert Khan)

[leehsienloong @leehsienloong]

Happy Father’s Day! Fathers should be pillars of strength, guiding us through life with wisdom & courage. We remember our fathers, grandfathers & the fatherly figures in our lives, especially today, for their countless sacrifices & unwavering love. – LHL https://t.co/hZKItQSNTs

[Colonial Williamsburg @colonialwmsburg]

Made in Williamsburg around 1735, the chair for the Speaker of the Virginia House of Burgesses has literally been a front row seat to history. Learn more from Senior furniture curator Tara Chicirda explains!

#VA250 #CW250 #TalesFromTheCollection

[BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI]

On one day every June, the streets of Dublin are transformed to a bygone era.

What is Bloomsday? And why do people celebrate it?

Read more here: https://t.co/TnsEWoveZs

[Ingrid McKenzie @McKenzieoxox]

I’m always impressed by self-made entrepreneurs. Inherited wealth and generous seed money? Predictable. Expected.

Zhang Xin once lived with her mother in Hong Kong, working six days a week on an assembly line. Through extraordinary determination and vision, she rose to become one of the world’s richest self-made billionaires. The former CEO and co-founder of SOHO China, as well as the founder of Closer Media and CEO of Closer Properties, is a powerful reminder that humble beginnings do not define your future.

[BBC Newsline @bbcnewsline]

Warrenpoint is used to seeing large ships sailing up Carlingford Lough, but this week a replica Spanish trading ship has berthed in the town. It cost five million euro to build. our south east reporter Cormac Campbell went on board.

[The Good Life France @lifefrance]

The Good Life France Magazine Summer 2026 is out! Totally FREE, & totally fab: https://t.co/LNXh7Bzng2
#thegoodlifefrance

[TaiwanPlus News @taiwanplusnews]

Two men were jailed in the UK after being convicted of spying for China. It's believed to be the first case in the UK where people have been convicted of espionage on behalf of Beijing.

[Varpu Rusila @her_finland]

Did you know that in Finland we light a bonfire on Midsummer Eve (today!) to celebrate Midsummer, bring good luck and keep away evil spirits? 🔥

I wish you a magical Midsummer filled with light, nature and great memories… maybe even a few spells 🥰💗

[Jay Tarriela @jaytaryela]

Are we hyping the presence of the Chinese floating platform in Bajo de Masinloc? Of course not. We have more than enough basis to say so, because the Chinese government has always been good at lying—especially when it comes to denying its true intentions in the West Philippine Sea.

Here is a video of Wang Yi in Manila in 1995, where he claimed that the shelter China built on Panganiban (Mischief) Reef—well within the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone—was for civilian purposes only, and would remain so even in the future. But look at that same reef today: a massive illegal reclamation that is now one of China’s largest military bases in the entire South China Sea.

Their claim that they care about the marine environment is just as hollow. They showed no such concern when they bulldozed and buried the reefs and seabed to build their illegal bases across the South China Sea.

[The Wall Street Journal @WSJ]

As CEO of Australian mining company Lynas, Amanda Lacaze built a Western rare-earths powerhouse. Now she’s supplying the Pentagon. https://t.co/PEFaPaoIFG

[Lucy Worsley @Lucy_Worsley]

Did you know that the exiled King of France spent five years in rural Buckinghamshire, waiting around for Napoleon to give him his throne back? My favourite birthday treat is going for a night in his luxurious home, which is now a hotel belonging to the National Trust

Thank you so much to Hartwell House for gifting me a night's stay! I think the fact I've stayed there often on my own dollar also tells its own story ❤️ #ad

Read all about it in my weekly history newsletter, MY LIFE IN THE PAST! 😃
https://t.co/rwEEDy5rBs

[Old North @OldNorth1723]

Tomorrow (6/19), in honor of the World Cup, we're celebrating Free Kilt Friday! Anyone wearing a kilt gets free admission to the Old North Church.

Old North's ties to Scotland go back centuries. In this video, Rev. Matthew explains why we have a Scottish flag in our sanctuary.

[CNN Asia Pacific PR @cnnasiapr]

A group of indigenous Taiwanese #seafarers have completed a daring quest, braving choppy waters and using the stars for navigation as they paddled a traditional wooden #canoe to the #Philippines. Kristie Lu Stout @klustout reports on their journey.
#Taiwan
https://t.co/IaeS1a1CB5

[Miami Herald @MiamiHerald]

‘Once in a lifetime exhibition’: Founding-era U.S. documents on display in Miami https://t.co/phnPmPwSL1

[Financial Times @FT]

FT Exclusive: Germany and other countries have backed a French proposal for new EU powers to impose tariffs swiftly on China. https://t.co/3nUP96H2fI

[Tom Nichols @RadioFreeTom]

When I was struggling through grad school, I landed a job at a small ethnic (Greek-American) paper in Boston, and the publisher dropped some books on my desk as my "training" said: Read these.
Zinsser was one of them and it was the best advice he ever gave me.

[Nick Gillespie @nickgillespie]

'Why is a flat-screen TV affordable and a college education not?...Because Congress has spent 60 years trying to make college affordable and has spent zero years trying to make TVs affordable.' By @reason's Aaron Brown, Michael Mendelson, @CliffordAsness https://t.co/ffQC5XQmIy

[Sarahh @Sarahhuniverse]

Qianmen Street, Beijing - China (1930s)

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