As a group of legislators from #Taiwan 's main opposition party Kuomintang continues their trip to #China , the Chinese government announced a series of 'perks' to Taiwan, including allowing residents in Fujian Province to travel directly to Taiwan's Matsu Island.

Tell me you know nothing about Taiwanese history without telling me…

BREAKING: US Department of State imposes visa restrictions on 13 mercenary spyware proliferators / immediate family.

First known application of policy rolled out in Feb.
state.gov/promoting-acco…

1/A year ago, Chinese scientists published data from samples collected at a Wuhan market at the heart of the COVID outbreak - startling many, given it happened years ago. Then the data got retracted.

Maria Cheng and I tried to find out why. Our findings:
apnews.com/article/china-…

🇨🇳 #China 's militia ships have turned back in the direction of Mischief Reef after loitering just outside the #Philippines ' 24nm contiguous zone. Very odd behavior. Perhaps intended to send a message at the beginning of the 🇵🇭🇺🇸Balikatan exercise?

So sad that ASEAN can’t come up with anything edgier on the shocking escalation of violence on Thai/Myanmar border - 5-point concesus plan? Cease violence? Hello, Jakarta, it has clearly gone well beyond that. Francesca Regalado for Nikkei Asia asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Myan…

Harvard is within its rights to remove a disruptive protestor. But it must do so with its own authorized people. and not let random thugs do the job for it. Harvard must find out who this person was and act accordingly.

China uses UN against Taiwan dipl. allies – Taipei Times: ‘China has been bribing UN officials to obtain “special benefits” and to block funding from countries that have diplomatic ties with Taiwan, a former UN employee told the British House of Commons’ taipeitimes.com/News/front/arc…

#Germany Funded #Chinese #Defense Research Tracker

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The 'Germany Funded Chinese Defense #Research Tracker' is a specialized tool designed to monitor & provide transparency regarding research activities funded by Germany with Chinese defense institutions.…

One of XJP's phrases that stands out to me is the need to 'build a network information system that corresponds to the requirements of modern warfare and has PLA characteristics' 建设符合现代战争要求、具有我军特色的网络信息体系. There's a contradiction being addressed here.

Statement of the National Security Adviser
Secretary Eduardo M. Año
Manila, Philippines | 20 April 2024

The persistent discourse about alleged, unsubstantiated or imaginary promises; of secret non-binding gentleman agreement or deals has been used to create distractions,…

Phnom Penh and Beijing denied that the Ream naval base would be used by the Chinese navy exclusively in 2022.
scmp.com/news/china/mil…

China establishes new Information Support Force.

Big news in the PLA world. and raises questions about why the need to establish such a force. This is what the SSF is supposed to do, afterall.
eng.mod.gov.cn/xb/News_213114… eng.mod.gov.cn/xb/News_213114…

Extremely excited to share this piece I wrote about Mandarin hegemony and structural linguistic hierarchies in China for People's Map of Global China thepeoplesmap.net/globalchinapul…

So anyone who uses the term 'CCP' is a propagandist? Better tell China Daily. Panchèn Ndézo

Can we please put this zombie fallacy to rest? CCP, CPC: both fine. CCP is the abbreviation that's been used for decades in the English-language literature, both favorable and critical.

Zhu Rongji on overcacpity in 2000: overcapacity is supply outstripping demand; price lower than cost; losing enterprises relying on bank loans and gov't subsidies. remedy: cut off their loans and subsidies & let them survive by themselves or die