There is a perfect Chinese idiom for this level of BS: 睁着眼说瞎话. Speaking 'blind' (nonsense) with eyes open, aka, lying through your teeth.

‘You are garlic chives!’ — Trisolarans, Burn Book and China’s Men in Black – China Heritage chinaheritage.net/journal/you-ar…

Professor Angela Ki Che Leung/Liang Qizi/梁其姿, on soya sauce and Chinese culture

There's something a little bit funny about Li Qiang being named one of TIME's '100 Most Influential People of 2024' — the year the premiership became so servile and impotent he didn't even get to hold a briefing at the Two Sessions.

time.com/6965011/li-qia…

紀念胡績偉

胡耀邦辭世35週年引發了對胡趙時代和1989民運的隆重
紀念，我心中深切懷念一位令我崇敬的新聞前輩胡績偉。

Inspiration & Taste — considering ‘On the Spur of the Moment’ – China Heritage chinaheritage.net/journal/inspir…

本周又见到这位清华大学法学院前教授。许教授说他最近在纽约出版了一本中文的诗集，可惜无法带进大陆。

On the Spur of the Moment — New Tales of the World – China Heritage chinaheritage.net/journal/on-the…

I’m hoping for rain free days as predicted while here in Taipei, but you never know, so I’m glad that courtesy of a memorable Berkeley conference I have just the right umbrella for an Umbrella & Sunflower movements event

During the Qingming holiday, I visited Baizhangji/百丈漈 (Hundred Yards Waterfall), located in Wenzhou (温州), Zhejiang Province. Hidden an hour west of the city in the deep mountains, a series of streams converge into a high-altitude lake, cascading down to form three

China has the interests-led foreign relations it wanted: in today’s rough world no one is about to confront China over values. But in a sharp irony, cold, hard trade and security interests are disrupting China’s ties with the U.S., EU & IndoPac neighbours economist.com/china/2024/04/…

Eww, gross!
...But seriously, Xi is describing what Qin Yaqing calls a zhongyang dialectical relationship between China and the US (Qin’s “A Relational Theory of World Politics” lays this out very well).
But just because the relationship is intertwined doesn’t mean Xi seeks

In China's IR, Yan Xuetong warns against fewer foreign faculty and students, a decline in int'l conferences, diminished participation in global IR, reduced contributions from in'l authors, limited coverage of global IR, & a slowdown in translations.
eastisread.com/p/yan-xuetong-…

Something in the Air — Lao Shu’s Spring – China Heritage chinaheritage.net/journal/someth…

It's really good. Unearthed a lot of information about China's clandestine human surveillance system and shed light on many things that we knew that were there but didn't understand from a systemic point of view.

Before going to China, I had a discussion with a friend about intermittent fasting, decided it was a great idea and resolved to skip breakfast for a while and delay eating until later in the day. All well until my first morning in Shenyang when this happened! I could only laugh…

Spring has arrived in Beijing. Paying my respects to the Drum Tower

In our new report on US-China Scholarly Recoupling, 25 leading scholars from both countries tackle academic exchanges & the impact of national security tensions. Read the report here to understand the challenges & opportunities in fostering collaboration: csis.org/analysis/us-ch…

Professor Graham ‘Thucydides Trap’ Allison’s Three-Body Problem – China Heritage chinaheritage.net/journal/profes…

A good time to revisit this corrective:

thechinaproject.com/2017/06/12/no-…