My latest, and also my last piece for AP for now: 女书 Nüshu, an ancient script created by women from rural southern China, is reviving among young Chinese women. They’re gaining power from nüshu, spreading it, and building communities. w/ Huizhong Wu apnews.com/article/b6a206…

THREAD—A few thoughts on Haniya's assassination. The deliberate choice of location in Tehran and the timing after the inauguration ceremony highlight several points. What are the impacts on the ground? /1

IRGC statement implies such a joint response strategy. Also, Israel struck Iran, Hezbollah, and Hamas at the same time, plus reports of strikes against Hashd in Iraq. Provocation has occurred on all three fronts, justifying a collective axis of resistance response. /11

💡Estàs fent recerca sobre geopolítica, democràcia, revolucions tecnològiques, canvi climàtic o integració europea? El Premi #TalentGlobal reconeixerà aquells treballs que tinguin una aproximació analítica original. Participa abans del 30 de setembre! 🔗bit.ly/4aEd_TalentGlo…

I am pleased to share the launch of the Asia Society Policy Institute (ASPI)'s Taiwan Policy Database (TPD) - a one-of-a-kind website housing one of the largest English language resources of original source documents, agreements, laws and exchanges on Taiwan policy from the perspective of China, Taiwan

Glad to see Tsai weigh in in support of Lin Yu-ting at a time that Lin has come under fire from JK Rowling of all people, whose transphobia extends to going after people who are not trans

NEW: Vietnam has been quietly building islands in the South China Sea and is on pace this year to create more than 1,000 acres. Not since China's island-building a decade ago has the landscape of the Spratlys been so transformed. A deep dive out today on The Washington Post:

my piece on Imane Khelif, the violence of binary gender, its racialised, colonial and classed underpinnings, and the urgent need to free feminisms from fragility and from racist, misogynist, transphobic, and imperial attachments The Contrapuntal thecontrapuntal.com/imane-khelif-r…

They taught Imane how to do the Asian finger heart thing. So wholesome all-around.

Walz should be commended for spending time in China, not criticized. We need way, way more people going to China to study, to research, to do business, and just to slack around. You want to understand a place, especially one that is a serious rival, you have to see it firsthand.

This year Asia has seen/will see leadership transitions through: Ballot box: Indonesia, Taiwan, Pakistan Intra-party transition: Singapore Intra-party opposition: Japan People power: Bangladesh Court action: Thailand Death in office: Vietnam

España ha adjudicado en los últimos meses contratos públicos a dos de las mayores empresas armamentísticas israelíes que, además, son las principales surtidoras de armas de su Ejército. Alejandro Pozo, de Centre Delàs. cadenaser.com/nacional/2024/…

Tomorrow, a trial begins in California over the fate of the diaries of Li Rui, Mao’s secretary turned prominent CCP critic. Stanford Uni acquired Li’s diaries several years ago, but now his widow - and, some say, the Chinese government - want them back theguardian.com/world/article/…

New paper shows that the scale of corporate profit repatriation out of the global South is... massive. "Between 2005 and 2020, transnational corporations repatriated an annual average of one trillion USD." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Today, we are launching the Asian Labour School, a sister project of ALR, to build a platform for labour education and strengthen our movement infrastructure. It is for anyone interested in becoming more effective organisers, or expanding knowledge of Asian labour movements.

“Our merchants & master-manufacturers complain much of the bad effects of high wages in raising the price. They say nothing concerning the bad effects of high profits. They are silent with regard to the pernicious effects of their own gains.” Adam Smith, 1776

In South Korea, a large-scale sexual crime ring using Telegram has been discovered again in recent days. 220,000 men were in a secret Telegram room where AI was used to photoshop women's faces into porn. So Korean feminists are busy. We are trying to make this known overseas.😭

I read about six pieces this week about "blocs" in Asia. American politicians say the world’s most dynamic region is Washington’s or Beijing’s to win. But for business, Asia is fragmenting not heading for Cold War bipolarity. My latest in Forbes Markets. forbes.com/sites/evanfeig…

What a great pleasure to have edited 'Hope in the Anthropocene: Agency, Governance and Negation' with V Waldow and David Chandler. With a wonderful list of authors exploring the centrality of #DarkHope in gloomy days. Edinburgh University Press edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-hope-in-t…