"Erkenne das andere als anderes – in seiner Fremdheit, seiner Schönheit, seinem Schrecken, so lässt sich der kategorische Imperativ des Du-Ohr-Zuhörens formulieren."
Inspirierender Artikel von Bernhard Pörksen: "Sozialer Zusammenhalt: Die Kunst des Zuhörens" taz.de/Sozialer-Zus... @taz.de
The Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee concluded in Beijing on October 23. The session adopted the proposals for the 15th Five-Year Plan for National Economic and Social Development, which immediately sparked widespread debate among Chinese netizens. (1/6)
As part of its nuclear phase-out, Germany demolished two decommissioned nuclear plant cooling towers on October 25. （www.euronews.com/2025/10/25/germany-destr... move has garnered attention on Chinese social media. (1/6)
AllAboutMacau (論盡媒體) announced that it will shut down December 20, 2025, after the government revoked its publishing license. Journalists have been barred from the Legislative Assembly since October 2024, with three facing criminal charges.
As part of his trip to Asia, President #Trump met with President #Xi on Thursday in South Korea. Trump’s visit has become a major topic on #ChineseSocialMedia and the meeting is now one of the most searched topics on #Baidu. 1/6
Beyond the headlines, why did manufacturing move to East Asia, who are the workers, and what are the social costs? I'm so honored to have Anru Lee and Ya-Wen Lei on Ep.5 of 开门见山 | Gateway to Global China @madeinchinajournal.com to discuss gender, labor, and (de)industrialization in China and Taiwan:
das ist ja so wahnsinnig, das einmal so umfänglich aufgetischt zu kriegen
Very sober #Chinese readout of call between Wang Yi and #JohannWadephul. "Mutal respect" (相互尊重) as a description of the status quo. Interesting narratical linkage: CN has supported GER reunification->GER should support (and understand) CN's quest regarding #Taiwan
www.news.cn/politics/lea...
Wow! "(...) Elhanan: Für uns ist Hoffnung eine moralische Verpflichtung. Wir zeigen, dass es selbst Menschen, die den höchsten vorstellbaren Preis gezahlt haben, möglich ist, eine neue Position zu beziehen." Das geht nah und macht Mut, danke @zeitonline.bsky.social www.zeit.de/familie/2025...
To my knowledge #religion is not often a topic of a CCP Politbureau study session. The official readout reinforces the necessity for religious circles to submit e.g. by having a - #CCP-defined -"#Chinese civilization-based identity 中华文化认同感" through "self-transformation". www.news.cn/politics/lea...
Made In Ethiopia is a film that lifts the curtain on China’s historic but misunderstood impact on Africa, and explores contemporary Ethiopia at a moment of profound crisis. Join us and @chinafile.bsky.social for a screening on October 6, followed by a Q&A with co-directors Xinyan Yu and Max Duncan.
New review essay out in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social by @masonlwong.bsky.social on three books, one of them Honghong Tinn's Island Tinkerers: Innovation and Transformation in the Making of Taiwan’s Computing Industry lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
Wow. @chinaspektrum.bsky.social !
The latest decision by major Western countries to recognize #Palestine has attracted significant attention on the Chinese social media platform #Zhihu and in the online magazine #ThePaper 澎湃. 1/6
Informative, komplexe und teils widersprüchliche Befunde - Ambivalenzen, die Menschen wohl ein Stück weit ausmachen - die aber auch signalisieren, dass man uns was zu-muten darf.
www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesel...
First #UNESCO International Institute for STEM #Education (IISTEM) established in Shanghai...hmm....#China's ambition for setting agendas, getting talents and recognition. No competing initiatives due to lack of money or low prioritization?
www.gov.cn/lianbo/bumen...
Mainly tightening ideological/political control in the name of anti-corruption/commercialization...
"New regulations in #China target online #religious content"
www.christiandaily.com/news/new-reg...
On September 17, the #European Commission announced a proposal to suspend trade preferences with #Israel and sanction extremist ministers and violent settlers. The proposal is still pending approval by the Council. Chinese netizens have shared their comments on this matter. (1/6)
Sehr hilfreich (für mich), danke @derlampenputzer.bsky.social . Auch ein weiterer Beleg dafür, dass online/offline "hybrid" ist und u.a. Abgrenzung und Ego-Stärkung ("Wir/Bewegungs"-Gefühl), Abstumpfung (virtueller /realer Schuss und Tod) schafft. Gerne mehr darüber-mir so unklar und umheimlich.
“… people who organize strikes at the production plant so that tanks are never built, and people who convert weapons factories into spaces that nurture and sustain life.”
I spoke with @whiskeyocelot.bsky.social and @chinafile.bsky.social's Jessica Batke about their recent Locknet report, which provides a brilliant, concise, detailed but accessible overview of China's online censorship system.
#quantification #china #security Quantifiers for a “especially important online security issue” are interesting, e.g. (quick population stats needed...)
“(..) 3.影响一个或多个省级行政区50%以上人口，(...) 6.省级以上党政机关门户网站、中央重点新闻网站、，导致违法有害信息特大范围传播 (…)（2）通过社交平台转发10万次以上；（3）浏览或点击次数100万以上 (…)”
www.news.cn/politics/202...
Great piece describing the multi-faceted motives of the 润日 ("running to Japan") Chinese people. #china #japan #society
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Very much to the point
Chatted with Dan Wang on his new book for this week's newsletter in @wired.com
Some questions hit close to home as I try to make sense of my lived experience in New York, a city that could build subway 120 years ago, and Wuhan, a city that could build 7 subway lines in 4 years from 2014 to 2018.
The surge of headlines for Xi Jinping during his recent visit to Tibet, coming shortly after the annual lull of the official Beidaihe vacation period, was another sign the Chinese leader continues to dominate.
Berliners if you're on the other side of town and don't want to go all the way to Friedrichshain, you can get the bookshop to ship this to you! 🔗 bit.ly/shakespeare-revolution
