Lu’s words do not represent China’s official stance on the sovereignty of former member states. But if he gets to keep his job after such a major diplomatic disaster, that means Beijing doesn’t care so much about the sovereignty of these states.

Great and precious work. China's fails to comply with #CEDAW because Xi is keen in educating women to uphold "the great traditional family virtues" since he assumed power. Judges are ordered to lower divorce rate, hence they ignore/dismiss evidences of domestic violence.

Chinese police is investigating the most popular standup comedy company in China for a comedian’s joke, which described two dogs as strong fighters from the People’s Liberation Army. Now Beijing bans all foreign performers on stage in the city. This is a Nazi joke itself.

Yup. And he actually was using the adjectives in positive way.

Chinese military scientist who patented vaccine suspiciously quickly after onset of pandemic then apparently fell to his death from the Wuhan lab. perthnow.com.au/news/crime/chi…

Breaking: The Chinese company the Poly Group sold weapons to Russia. Poly is one of the most fascinating and dangerous companies in the world. It owns both one of China's largest weapons manufacturers -- and one of China's largest art auction houses. nytimes.com/2023/06/23/bus…

1/7 Quelle surprise! China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs (MCA) scrubbed cremation data from its website. No cremation data are available after 2022Q3. x.com/ethanruns/stat…

Instead of doubling down with more force to crush the mutiny, Putin accepted humiliation instead. He was the rat trapped in the corner that so many Putinologists have told us to fear. But he didn't lash out & go crazy. He negotiated & with a traitor. 4/

Among all the speculations, I find this one most convincing.

“China plans to roll out a new law that would push patriotic education for internet users, schoolchildren and overseas Chinese…It would require online content and service providers to develop and use new platforms, technologies and products to actively spread patriotism online.”

Chinese Nuclear plants Releasing Water Containing Tritium at Levels 6.5 Times Higher than Planned Japanese Discharge japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/world/asia-pac…

That’s why I tend to believe that the so-call coup was staged.

"As one Brussels-based diplomat put it to me: 'Scholz is killing the economic security strategy before our eyes.' "gmfus.org/news/watching-…

Business in China Comes With Risk of Jail: “At least 5,000 foreigners are in Chinese prisons—many for political reasons.” foreignpolicy.com/2023/08/17/chi…

Panic & anger spread in China over #FukushimaWaterRelease . Netizens venting hatred towards JP. This video claimed a “Russian expert” suggested using thermonuclear bomb on Japan to “clean the waste water”. Top comment asking for “immediate action” got nearly 150,000 likes.

I've been reviewing my screenshots archives illustrating Internet censorship in the PRC. I've got images going back to 2008, and one of the most interesting things to me is to find screenshots showing what was NOT being censored back then, but is being censored now. For example:

Top German journalist received €600,000 from Putin ally, leak reveals 🇩🇪 🇷🇺 theguardian.com/world/2023/nov…

📢 We're hiring! We're looking for a Programme Coordinator! The new person will support the development of the programme’s activities, including liaising with advocacy and events organisation, financial management and fundraising. ECFR US buff.ly/3NmYgP0

China is undergoing a stock market crisis when global stock market is doing well. It looks more like the beginning of a completely new era than the end of a business cycle. The pessimism among the Chinese business people today has not been seen for decades.

National Financial Regulatory Administration says operating capital loans can’t be used for dividend or buying financial products. Probably means many are doing this in the market.