6 miles from the epicentre of the earthquake in New Jersey....

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The real story behind Indonesia's celebrated free election by Margaret Scott margaret scott
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This is why I miss Korea...

nytimes.com/2024/03/19/wor…

A tribute to Tibetan style. vogue.com/article/global…

How North Korea used the pandemic to effectively imprison its population within its borders. Excellent reporting by Human Rights Watch Lina Yoon hrw.org/news/2024/03/0…

Why are city-dwellers flocking to rural China?

Join Barbara Demick for a talk with China Books Review editor Alec Ash about his new memoir 'The Mountains Are High: A Year of Escape and Discovery in Rural China,' in which he answers this question. RSVP: asiasociety.org/center-us-chin…

Jumping to the kicker: It very, very bad for democracy
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The LA Times one of the few major US publication against the invasion of Iraq. The only one whose polls predicted a Trump win in 2016. Look at the coverage of Ukraine and Gaza. We need this newspaper.

Applications due March 1. Only one press fellow, but worth a shot. cfr.org/fellowships/ed…

Editorial | Israel must safeguard journalists in Gaza haaretz.com/opinion/editor…

'Barbara Demick’s China Bookshelf'
The award-winning journalist and author Barbara Demick recommends five titles, from Tibetan memoirs to environmental histories — and offers a life hack for New Yorkers with limited shelf space.
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The past eight weeks in Israel and Gaza have been the deadliest period for journalists since Committee to Protect Journalists began gathering data 30 years ago. The vast majority of the 64 total killed were Palestinian and in Gaza bravely reporting in impossible conditions.

‘I’m worried that if it’s not the bullets that kill them, it will be the lack of water,’ says Layla Moran 🔶🕊️ MP of civilians - including her relatives - trapped in #Gaza church
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Proud of my former colleague for reporting this-- and needless to say, deeply disturbed...

'Intifada' literally means 'shaking off' or uprising. The first intifada was largely non-violent, although the second was not. Still, it's a big stretch to say this is calling for genocide. Daoud Kuttab داود كُتّاب latimes.com/opinion/story/…

I don't know how to fight antisemitism on campus. But I'm sure stopping students from criticising Israel is not the way and will backfire in the end.

Harvard Is Ignoring Its Own Antisemitism Experts Jewish Currents jewishcurrents.org/harvard-is-ign…

Wrote this, on perspectives, information war and what informs legacy media coverage, on #gaza #israel

Greatly looking forward to this book by Ed Wong, weaving his family’s history in Xinjiang with today’s China.

It's easier to buy a gun than contact lenses. This has always made me crazy. 'Why does the United States require people who want to purchase something as simple as a curved piece of plastic to get a prescription, preceded by a costly medical exam?' theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…