BREAKING: The University of Pennsylvania has announced it will stop issuing official statements on social and political events. “It is not the role of the institution to render opinions—doing so risks suppressing the creativity and academic freedom of our faculty and students.

American flag unfurled at the Pentagon. #September11

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz joined Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in calling for the EU to drop its plan to impose extra tariffs on Chinese-made EVs bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Politics

⚠️ BREAKING China 🇨🇳 Detects First XEC Recombinant Variant (KS.1.1/KP.3.3) in Liaoning Province.

To go or not to go (to China). Jeff Wasserstrom on why he's taking a break from visiting China--but why he's not discouraging others from going. insidehighered.com/opinion/views/…

Though we don't live in Revolutionary France, lies run rampant today more than ever: Anyone can be captured by wrath, yet the most radical resistance is a charitable act of grace More than saving your soul, your small acts of mercy may help in setting the whole world right

China's young generation flipped from being one of the most optimistic to one of the most depressed in a few years' time. For good reason.

Big implications

Is there a word for weaponizing historical research?

I like "cliofare" as the neologism. "Clio" is the muse of history in Greek mythology, so this term would invoke the idea of history being used in a tactical or aggressive way.

A window on life in today's North Korea. For many Chinese, this brings back memories of China in the 1960s-70s.

BYD now has 900,608 employees, making it the largest publicly traded employer in China—over 400,000 more than the second largest, China Mobile. 110,000 employees in R&D alone, almost all with advanced degrees. That's as many as Tesla has employees. If you think BYD's current

With the advances in digital technologies, one can imagine this blackhole-like a trade issue is amenable to a solution.

Imagine if, a decade ago, the bulk of the resources and energies that were expended on BRI had instead been channeled to helping deal with China's looming retirement crisis.

USTR Finalizes Action on China Tariffs Following Statutory Four-Year Review ustr.gov/about-us/polic…

TBH, these changes to China's retirement age are far from adequate for addressing the challenges facing China's retirement system. I am surprised that the differential retirement ages for men and women are largely left intact. China is raising its retirement age, now among the

Mesmerizing

This was shared by Dr Huy Nguyen, a climate scientist. It’s a map of hotels & eateries offering free stays & meals for civilian-volunteer relief teams enroute for northern #Vietnam. Crises truly bring forth basic humanity in spite of so many fundamental everyday problems behind.

The inventor of liraglutide (one of the earlier GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic) wrote a great history of its development. Many metascience gems on how mouse studies can both guide & mislead, the very long timelines in drug development, etc. [notes below]

The biggest promoter for such austerity is the Party Central.