'We'll see you at your house. We'll m*rder you.' Words said by pro-Palestinian activist Riddhi Patel to the mayor of Bakersfield, California, during a city council meeting on Wednesday. She was arrested on 8 felony counts. Bail set at $1 million

China seeks progress with India on border row after Modi comment to Newsweek newsweek.com/china-foreign-…

🇬🇧 Gov is slow walking outbound investment restrictions on 🇨🇳 covering AI, Quantum Computing, & Semi-conductors due to opposition in the City of London from Graham Lanktree POLITICOEurope. Of course once 🇺🇸 outbound investment restrictions are online things may change quickly.

“pan-securitization”! For example, like the #GlobalSecurityInitiative ? 😉Finbarr Bermingham

Today, I met with Premier Li Qiang to continue discussions between the U.S. and China on responsibly managing our economic relationship, with a level playing field for American workers and firms. I emphasized that we can only make progress if we directly and openly communicate.

Fascinating thread. My family is part German; the shame dogged generations. Here one gets a sense of the crazy racism that drove the hatred. As a teen in the 80s I knew “respected” Germans who were Holocaust deniers. It makes you skeptical of all ideology: Jonathan Ware

IDF withdraws ground troops from south Gaza, leaving just one brigade in enclave timesofisrael.com/idf-withdraws-…

What’s the Point? That’s the question I ask myself after a very disappointing trek to the China Development Forum. I have seen the CDF in its best and worst days. China’s premier platform of debate and engagement with the world hit a new low in 2024. stephenroachauthor.com/whats-the-poin…

“Truth is bridges are an Army Corps of Engineers responsibility but they are so unprepared they gave the job to Navy Salvage to lead. Navy salvage is so broken they had to outsource it to the US subsidiary/partner of a European firm which is chartering equipment from private…

Taiwan’s govt should think about how it could transform Taipei from a shelter for “journalist refugees” into a hub that actively attracts foreign journalists. Improving visas + regulations, esp. for freelancers, and being more accessible will help.
focustaiwan.tw/society/202404…

US ally seizes Chinese vessels newsweek.com/south-korea-se…

So sad to see that #HongKong 's once world-ranking academia is now placed below #Congo , #Sudan , and #Venezuela .

(Meanwhile #China is in the bottom 10% for worldwide academic freedom)

hongkongfp.com/2024/04/05/hon…

'from November 2021 onwards'

That's an odd time frame.

A critical review would look at expert analysis from Putin's speech at the MSC on 10 February 2007 to 24 February 2022.

I'd love to learn more about the early critics of Merkel's & Steinmeier's 🇷🇺 policy - who are they?

🚨 Today, CFHK Foundation joined with 23 other human rights organizations to call on the Biden Administration President Biden and the U.S. Congress to take more significant action in response to the passage of #Article23 and worsening repression in #HongKong

thecfhk.org/post/joint-sta…

Top Republican says party base 'infected' by Russian propaganda newsweek.com/republican-inf…

Joe Biden crushes Donald Trump in new swing state poll newsweek.com/joe-biden-crus…

As of the end of March:
1,840 #PoliticalPrisoners in #HongKong ;
25 new in March; 75 new so far in 2024.
With ongoing political trials for 170 protesters from 2019, 70 on NSL &/or sedition charges, & dozens of others, HK's on target to hit 2,000 political prisoners by end of 2024.

China’s brain-computer interface (BCI) research poses risks, including through warfighting capabilities.

Our new report with researchers from War Studies has more. Read it here: cset.georgetown.edu/publication/bi…

Mount Zero bookstore/見山書店 in #HongKong has closed. On its last day, hundreds gathered to bid it farewell. Like other independent HK cultural institutions, it was harassed by gov't inspectors. 'Not just a bookstore but a 'cultural experiment.'' bit.ly/4cGqwb6

“At every turn the CCP tried to buy Jimmy Lai, as did some tycoons…”