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‘Very dangerous’: Japanese Americans warn of Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act / yes the use of this law is a very dangerous slippery slope even when there is a real war. Now there is no war

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The best thing he can do for Tesla is quit any association with them

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Anthropic CEO floats idea of giving AI a “quit job” button, sparking skepticism

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I’m not anti-science but let’s be honest: it’s kind of bullshit that planes work. Seems like a scam.

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Taiwan asks South Korea for help over Chinese ship after subsea cable damaged https://www.ft.com/content/be994bfb-7299-4334-829d-230dddbc7e25

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Electricity between Finland and Estonia through the Estlink 2 connection is currently halted There have been reports that a Xin Xin Tiang vessel (Hong Kong) has crossed EstLink2 today at noon.As it moved in the area of the cable,its speed decreased Authorities are investigating the incident yle.fi

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South Korea outstripped Japan in per capita gross domestic product for the first time ever in 2022, new data from Tokyo shows, a reversal caused by Japan's weak yen and aging population. s.nikkei.com/4gPVj6J

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Clearly a case of “be careful what you wish for “

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Thread of lovely old photos

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A 60-year-old man pleaded guilty on Wednesday for his role in running a clandestine Chinese "police station" in New York In full: https://buff.ly/49HfXnf

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We report this week that the Chinese are losing interest in learning English. www.economist.com/china/2024/1... And last year that Westerners are losing interest in Chinese. www.economist.com/china/2023/0... Not ideal. Yes, Google/DeepL might get you through a taxi ride, but...

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US targets TP-Link with a potential ban on the Chinese routers

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Trump is probably going to kill the crash reporting rule that made Tesla look bad

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If only we could have foreseen this

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US Senator announces new bill to secure telecom companies in wake of Chinese hacks

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THREAD: How China is influencing local elections in New York City, mobilizing organizations via a local power broker known as "The King of Brooklyn" (布鲁克林之王）to ensure that candidates who voice sympathy for Taiwan, or for Hong Kong democracy, are either defeated or never get elected. (1/x)

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An unidentified Chinese vessel struck a Philippine Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) ship with a “high-intensity laser” in the West Philippine Sea last week.

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The student-led paper for Tokyo University says a graduate program used an HTML trick to prevent mainland Chinese students from applying, sneaking "Tiananmen Square" into its HTML code to stop the page from loading in mainland China.

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Four Taiwanese soldiers were charged Friday for photographing and leaking confidential information to China. In full: https://buff.ly/4f5pVzJ

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Let’s hope this keeps them occupied for a few years

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The United States is the best of countries, it is the worst of countries, or at least of the high-income ones. The sustained prosperity of the US is astounding. www.ft.com/content/a757...

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🇰🇷 If anyone is doubtful how quickly a democracy in an advanced economy can turn upside down within hours, empowered by a military “just obeying orders,” even as legislators physically try to stop them entering parliament…

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The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of spare parts for F-16 jets and radars to #Taiwan for an estimated $385 million, the Pentagon said on Friday, a day before Taiwan President Lai Ching-te starts a sensitive Pacific trip. economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence...

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Raimondo and the Biden Administration are giving semiconductor firms a Thanksgiving and early Christmas present with the weak October 7 updates they are about to release. The administration is on a propaganda push to argue they are not weak... www.trendforce.com/news/2024/11...

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Chinese vessel Yi Peng 3 is under investigation for allegedly severing Baltic Sea data cables while dragging its anchor over 100 miles. It is surrounded by European warships in international waters. During the cable severance, the vessel’s transponder was turned off. www.wsj.com/world/europe...

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Re Miao Hua, this is shocking to me as he is by most definitions a core Xi follower who had known him since the early 1990s in Fujian eng.mod.gov.cn/xb/News_2131...

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Liu Liange, former chairman of the Bank of China, was on Tuesday sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for bribe-taking and illegal issuing of loans. He was found to have accepted bribes worth over 121 million yuan (about $16.8 million), according to a court verdict.

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In honor of Jimi Hendrix, who would have turned 82 today, I wrote something for PBS about his incredible sense of style. He helped define not only the sound but also the look of a countercultural movement. www.pbs.org/wnet/america...

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US State Dept China Travel Advisory has dropped down from Level 3 to 2 (“reconsider” to “increased caution”). travel.state.gov/content/trav...

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Hope they make this work, the R3X looks amazing

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Hong Kong has become a center for financial crimes as Beijing tightened its grip on the city, US lawmakers say.

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The website for these shuitars doesn’t even tell you who makes them or where

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This looks incredible, can’t wait to read and assign to my students.

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#China has told Japan it intends to remove a buoy it installed inside Japan's exclusive economic zone near the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, diplomatic sources said Saturday. english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/11...

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Chinese government harassment of overseas Chinese is a real problem but this will lead to a witch hunt of the worst kind. For example maybe a Chinese government agent will falsely accuse a real dissident as an agent. www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3237344...

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figuring that at some point, people will want to know what i am actually working on, the last few evenings I’ve spent trying to reconstruct the development of academic public administration (行政管理/行政学) in China’s 1980s. why would you do this? glad you asked.

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This is one beautiful bird…The Taiwan Blue Magpie

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Around this time last year, headlines suggested a possible slowdown in the demand for electric vehicles (EVs). However, despite some indications of a moderating pace, EV sales are still set to reach record levels in 2024.

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Highly recommend anyone interested in digital governance and state-firm partnerships in China read this excellent book! Congrats Lizhi!

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1/ 45 prominent pro-democracy figures are set to be sentenced on Tuesday morning in Hong Kong's largest national security case to date. They have been convicted of conspiring to commit subversion and face up to life in prison. Photos: Hans Tse and Kyle Lam/HKFP.

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India is sending more students to US colleges than China for the first time since 2009

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In a small study, doctors who were given ChatGPT to diagnose illness did only slightly better than doctors who did not. But the chatbot alone outperformed all the doctors.

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Bluesky keeps your place in the feed when it refreshes 👏

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