In terms of news about China I saw in my Twitter feed, today felt especially heavy and had much to digest. Below are some those tweets which made their way onto my screen and especially caught my attention. Most include links to to relevant pieces. I deliberately left out tweets providing some discussion on a topic that I have covered at length before and is in the news once more. I hope to address the topic in a later post.
whoa. Chinese police literally broke into a professor's home while he was doing a live interview w/VOA & demanded he stop talking. "I am entitled to express my opinion. This is my freedom of speech," he said, before the line went dead https://t.co/X3pRR3IzVu— Te-Ping Chen (@tepingchen) August 2, 2018
A searing critique of Xi Jinping’s leadership by Tsinghua U law professor Xu Zhangrun, brilliantly translated (with copious notes) by Geremie Barme. https://t.co/CijS3xJAoe— Mike Forsythe 傅才德 (@PekingMike) August 2, 2018
China's MeToo movt is highlighting the astonishing bravery of the country's women. In addition to universal pressures, Chinese women lodging allegations face detention, police cover-ups, online censorship. No lawyer would take the case below: https://t.co/pBOnKWXvK4— Eva Dou (@evadou) August 2, 2018
What worries me about this is the government's emphasis on women from 'good' backgrounds getting married and having biological children, which I've seen in policy language. Definitely a red flag https://t.co/zLglyMXlyY— Rui Zhong 钟瑞 (@rzhong_notes) August 1, 2018
High-ranking Chinese monk accused of sexually harassing nuns https://t.co/1312ZRPEf7— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 2, 2018
EXCLUSIVE: Huawei has applied for a security clearance in the Czech Republic, which would give it an official stamp of approval from a NATO ally and allow it to bid on restricted govt contracts & build critical infrastructure. My latest for @thedailybeast: https://t.co/IAtenZ4dEE— B. Allen-Ebrahimian (@BethanyAllenEbr) August 1, 2018
A selection of my poems translating the names of schoolchildren crushed in the #WenchuanEarthquake—names like Elegant Moon, Heart of Humanity, & Wave of Dew. These poems are also my response to @aiww's efforts for those responsible to be held accountable.https://t.co/KiaakqwEtc— Ian Boyden (@_IanBoyden) August 1, 2018
Beijing in 1949. Rare color photos taken by Vladislav Mikosha, a member of the Soviet delegation for the founding ceremony of PRC. pic.twitter.com/0Y7LCS51qJ— Jin Xu (@xujnx) August 1, 2018
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