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"Mr. Zhang took part in nighttime raids on Uyghur homes to confiscate Qurans and other religious items. “I was usually the first to charge in,” he recalled. “I believed they were bad people" www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/b...

He Helped China Repress Uyghurs. He Says He’s a Victim, Too.www.nytimes.com

I joined this interesting podcast project documenting Chinese migrant lives in the UK and experiences of "temporality". so I was here to talk about my experience rather than my research, which was fun! www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/episode/6a67...

城识 x 东奔西走：“我所归属之地，要等我亲手创造才会存在”听《城识 UrbanSense》上小宇宙。 「城识 UrbanSense」是一个从批判视角解读当代城市状况的学术平台。我们横跨地理学、人类学、文学、建筑与规划、城市研究、文化研究等领域，以“城市”为镜，以“反思”为钥，拆解全球城市现象的深层逻辑。 我们力图以播客为媒介，将「城识」编辑团队和读者社群的讨论分享给广大听众。在这里，您能听到针对城市议题的深度对谈，面向前沿城市理论的生动剖析，从而更好地...www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com

"Can all the people be fooled all the time? Can a country with a population of a billion-and-a-half be dragged around like a corpse forever? It cannot. The Cockroaches are out and about." thewire.in/rights/cockr...

Cockroach Democracy: Unarmed and DangerousCan all the people be fooled all the time? Can a country with a population of a billion-and-a-half be dragged around like a corpse forever? It cannot. The Cockroaches are out and about.thewire.in

Hong Wang and Yu Deng getting Fields Medal apparently prompted yet another national soul-searching debate about "where our high ed went wrong" back in China. especially the story of Wang, who reportedly felt discouraged while at Peking and only gained confidence when studying in France

ICE raids simulations are offered in summer camps in China to get students prepared for studying in the US.... www.scmp.com/news/china/p...

Fake ICE raids and kidnapping drills: how Chinese teens prepare for US collegeAs Trump’s toughening rules spark anxiety, Chinese parents pay for camps teaching how to survive being seized by gunmen or ‘hidden dangers’.www.scmp.com

sigh. pathetic but entirely on brand with most of the political commentary content on e.g. bilibili, where the belittling of Southeast Asia is normalized, but also this particular trope: they act entirely according to their "western masters" and have no agency. this kind of content is profitable

Icymi: I joined the SPRC podcast to talk about my book, digital reactionary discourse, and our own Shicha podcast & the new Chinese diaspora Episode webpage: soundcloud.com/ucl-advanced... Media file: feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/23651...

SPRC In Conversation with Dr Chenchen ZhangLuke de Noronha is joined by Chenchen Zhang, Associate Professor in International Relations at Durham University. Chenchen’s book Easting the West: Theorizing the Postliberal Conjuncture from China, wsoundcloud.com

NO WORDS can describe my feeling reading this as a mother of a special needs kid. this 6-year-old girl was verbal, could eat with chopsticks, would give her favorite stuffed animal to another child who was upset. she was perfect. many parents www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: Death of girl in Chinese gene-editing trial was never made publicParents want accountability after study went disastrously wrong, Science and Retraction Watch investigation revealswww.science.org

funny thing about this is the same can be said to this post: facebook's problem is allow too many people to have a say and post something stupid like this

Hong Wang wins 2026 Fields Medal, the third woman ever www.quantamagazine.org/hong-wang-wi...

Hong Wang Wins 2026 Fields Medal, the Third Woman Ever | Quanta MagazineFocus, commitment, and insight resulted in a “once in a century” proof. Hong Wang is now just the third woman to win a Fields Medal.www.quantamagazine.org

today's reality stranger than jokes Instagram a HK property video tour turned up on my timeline and the agent unironically says this 3 m2 "room" for domestic worker in a 30 mil HKD flat is her favourite part of it, and that it's worth 900k HKD based on square meters

really enjoyed this conversation with Luke de Noronha on the SPRC podcast (a podcast I've long been a fan of) where we talked about the book and other things. it was recorded in June and we started with how weibo influencers exploited the murder of Henry Nowak. on.soundcloud.com/c1HHJct9tUsw...

SPRC In Conversation with Dr Chenchen ZhangLuke de Noronha is joined by Chenchen Zhang, Associate Professor in International Relations at Durham University. Chenchen’s book Easting the West: Theorizing the Postliberal Conjuncture from China, wsoundcloud.com

really like this essay: "growing up on the periphery of Beijing". 得之於山，失之於山：在北京的邊緣長大 theinitium.com/20260704-rov...

得之於山，失之於山：在北京的邊緣長大北京戶口是有其便利性，但並不能真的讓你一勞永逸，北京人內部也是分三六九等的。theinitium.com

can't believe this was already 7 years ago...

burst into laughter at the sight of Mengniu's (Chinese dairy brand) ads on pitch-side screen: 不管谁夺冠 蒙牛都不慌 no matter who wins the final, Mengniu isn't panicked / is staying cool

gosh this might be the worst yet from Jacobin I too find the anti-Argentina conspiracy theory has gone a bit wild this year, but from which universe they're writing football is pure freedom 0 commodification jacobin.com/2026/07/worl...

Against Geopolitical Football MoralizingAnglo-American commentary has lost its mind, blending “VAR-gentina” complaints with outrage over Milei’s cozy relationship with Trump and Netanyahu. Don’t buy the moralizing: Argentina is still worth ...jacobin.com

"narrated injury ... operates as authenticity capital, a credential anchored in economic and emotional precarity that authorizes men to judge feminists, “modern women,” and the social order from a morally and epistemically elevated standpoint." link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Producing the “Injured Man”: How Digital Anti-feminism Reshapes Masculinity in Contemporary China - SocietyAnti-feminism has become a visible feature of Chinese digital platforms, yet existing research focuses mainly on its framings of feminism rather than on the masculine identities it helps to produce. T...link.springer.com

if you've heard of Chinese alt-history novels (typically it goes Ming was never conquered by Manchu Qing and went on to remain a great empire, avoiding "humiliation" since late 19C, see also "1644史观")... I introduce to you AI made alt-history drama series www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Xk...

⚔️【震撼全集🔥多語字幕】《大明王朝1911》第一季！ ！大明帝國未亡於流寇，亦未滅於建州。至十九世紀末已成南洋霸主、列強之一。 #短劇全集 #熱門短劇#ai#架空歷史 #大明YouTube video by 野史杂谈www.youtube.com

much of the sinofantasy genre I've seen is about hi-tech infrastructure, society being more egalitarian - flawed but understandable projections but elections?? eLeCTioNs?

the headline had me eye rolling but the actual content makes more sense www.foreignaffairs.com/china/china-...

China Is Sabotaging the World That Enables Its RiseBeijing’s risky bet against the West.www.foreignaffairs.com