Chinese writer Lu Yin (1898–1934)

A fine Tory example of ‘not thinking it through’

I said i met Kim Jong Un and i didn’t; acted like it was a minor oversight; acted surprised even though i had read the audiobook version myself; might have been a ghost writer error! - but how dare they interrupt me!! I’d never heard of this woman till today! She’s wild!!

Kirsti Noem campaign video?

Chinese writer Shi Pingmei (1902-1928)

How weird do you have to be to invent meeting Kim Jong-un?

Postwar US officers club chit, Qingdao, China (1948).

There’s all kinds of bonkers bouncing about here but i wonder if this Canadian guy came all the way across the Atlantic for a row at St Pancras station - that would be hard core!!

Chinese writer Ding Ling (1904-1986)

I wonder of Badenoch thinks we made any money off the opium trade either? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Macao’s Hotel Central apparently reopened on May 1 after a refurbishment - anyone had a look inside, taken photos, got opinions? macaubusiness.com/waking-up-from…

Heads up: tomorrow (Monday) - ep3 of BBC Radio 4 at 11am GMT & then BBC Sounds The Invention of China with Misha Glenny on the end of the Qing & the Chinese Republic (& me on why BJ is an odd spot for a capital city)

The Lion Book Shop & library run by German Jewish refugee Bruno Loewenberg opened in Shanghai in 1938 at 328 Moulmein Road (Maoming Lu). Later at 605 Tongshan Road (Tangshan Lu) & 52 Chusan Road (Zhoushan Lu).

The Daily Fail has gone into full denial mode

Pointless chatter - commit to re-nationalisation of the water industry

Hongkonger elected to UK local authority after moving under BN(O) migrant scheme scmp.com/news/hong-kong…

The only thing we want we to hear from Helena Dollimore is that Labour will nationalise the water industry….

'The Door Opened: Documenting the Early Years of China’s Reform Era' - join us for a special presentation of some of Adrian Bradshaw's fascinating photographs. 7 May, 5pm. All welcome.
chinacentre.ox.ac.uk

This is advertised for auction as 'Hong Kong School, oil on canvas, Two figures on a deck before junks' - no date or artist - any ideas anyone (possibly feels a little retro?)...

This weekends South China Morning Post South China Morning Post weekend magazine with a great long read on Teresa Teng’s last years in Chiang Mai by David Frazier David Frazier - out Sunday in the magazine and online