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Hong Kong, China, Indo-Pacific and APAC geopolitics
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A former senior Chinese financial regulator has said top Beijing leaders set “psychological” targets for the nation’s stock markets and currency exchange rate that are not based on fundamentals. www.ft.com/content/4029...

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Chabuduoplomacy: Zambia's first lady personally welcomed a donation of over a hundred 'Gucci', 'Chanel' and 'LV' branded mattresses from the PRC ambassador. Meanwhile, Zambia media mixes up PRC with ROC.

submitted 101 days ago • 2 comments

Looks like Bill Maher's rant on democrats losing the election was something a lot of people needed to hear. Let's see how long it takes for them to process it and do the changes now. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtCK...

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

Has anyone blamed this on Hong Kongers yet ?

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

Leaked memo reveals plan for Trump to skip 'traditional background checks' if elected: NYT www.rawstory.com/trump-memo-b...

submitted 126 days ago • 3 comments

It's insane how this past year has shown how doves effectively make things so much worse for everyone (but their own selves). The past year of UA/IDF ops are a perfect illustration of what happens when there is and there is not spokes of virtue-signaling constantly shoved in your wheels by them.

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@boguszmichal.bsky.social welcome! There are some China-watching folks in this starter pack: bsky.app/starter-pack...

submitted 150 days ago • 0 comments

Pro-Iranian account leaks alleged U.S. intel on Israel's attack plans https://www.axios.com/2024/10/19/israel-iran-attack-telegram-leaked-intelligence #axios #news #usnews

submitted 134 days ago • 0 comments

Ok, it’s done. One full starter pack for NAFO. I put as many people as I could fit- 150 Three feeds: NAFO Feed New Fella Feed NAFOCats So. ow, you can following w this pack and follow all these people at once. go.bsky.app/LiWMkPb

submitted 134 days ago • 23 comments

Discover feed still ass, exactly the type of stuff I don't want to see or even know about

submitted 133 days ago • 1 comment

Taiwan is ‘very open’ to using new nuclear technology to meet surging demand from chipmakers devouring electricity in the AI boom, according to Premier Cho Jung-tai — one of the strongest signs yet that the government is rethinking its opposition to reactors – Bloomberg

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relatable

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So, has this site become good yet ?

submitted 135 days ago • 1 comment

24 countries speaking up in support of press freedom in hong kong. proud that the dutch government is one of the co-signers. www.state.gov/media-freedo...

submitted 430 days ago • 2 comments

It takes 15 minutes to clearly & fully explain various definitions of "One China", their international relevance & impact on Taiwan politics (including via the so-called 1992 consensus). Every journalist about to cover Taiwan elections should watch this interview of Academia Sinica's Chen Yu-jie.

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香港加油!!! also: the team manager saying "i don't have to motivate the team against china" 🔥🔥🔥 www.theguardian.com/world/2024/j...

submitted 426 days ago • 1 comment

For those who didn't realise: Hong Kong and China have separate "national" football teams, Olympic squads, etc. And they often do see the other as bitter rivals.

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January 2024's China quarrel thread begins here, to keep track of the various arguments, incidents & threats being made by & against China. December 2023's thread below. bsky.app/profile/nine...

submitted 426 days ago • 1 comment

Party's Omertà on History Mutes Popular Book Series, Academic Discourse, and Genghis Khan. "'They told us, "Don’t use the words 'Genghis Khan' …" Well, that’s difficult. You can’t have an exhibition about Genghis Khan without mentioning Genghis Khan.'” chinadigitaltimes.net/2023/12/part...

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"China, the world's top processor of rare earths, banned the export of technology to extract and separate the critical materials on Thursday, the country's latest step to protect its dominance over several strategic metals" www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

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China's 300 million migrant workers helped power its economic growth. Many are approaching retirement age however, with no social safety net to support them. www.npr.org/2023/12/21/1...

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the hong kong authorities might say it is "business as usual" but as anouk from hkwatch argues, it is definitely not "diplomacy as usual". tldr; they're echoing CCP language at the UN level. worrying. www.chinafile.com/reporting-op...

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the ruling Communist Party decided that it should “strengthen economic propaganda and public opinion guidance and promote a positive narrative about the bright prospects of the Chinese economy.” 👇 edition.cnn.com/2023/12/22/b...

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