Short thread: Spent hours interviewing young people on a few college campuses in Taipei. One main takeaway is more than half of them expressed skepticism towards both the DPP and KMT and said they are tired of the DPP's rhetoric of "Fighting against #China and Safeguard #Taiwan."

Taiwanese efficiency is really… wow. #TaiwanElection

Sen. Tom Cotton: "Have you ever been a member of the Chinese Communist Party?" TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew: "Senator, I'm Singaporean. No." Cotton: "Have you ever been associated or affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party?" Chew: "No, senator. Again, I'm Singaporean."

#BREAKING 7.5-magnitude earthquake hits near Taiwan: Japan agency

"It is quite remarkable that given an earthquake of this magnitude, we have seen so few reported causalities," says Daniel Aldrich, a political science professor at Northeastern University who studies earthquake resilience around the world. npr.org/2024/04/04/124…

The Spectator’s theatre critic has written a piece about how a female professional peer’s appearance made him so horny that he had to go pay for sex with a “buxom” Chinese woman near the train station.

Conservatives delete their X account after suffering their worst ever general election defeat to Labour (2024)

People take so many pictures, they miss the big picture. They’re so connected, they’re disconnected.

insane that you have to defend yourself at the end of the ph.d. why are you attacking me i’m so tired

🚨 BREAKING: Another Nth Room Crime in Korea 🚨 Korean men have been creating multiple chatrooms using Telegram and spreading personal information of women around them; including their family members, coworkers, and classmates.

Dear our international friends. Korean women are under a serious attack. This message was sent to me from Korea just now. They need your help. The Korean media has turned a blind eye. There is no news of any kind. They are seeking your help to bring this to light. Please RT!

Picture a queue of men six times as long: The photo shows only 15 out of the 90 men accused.

❤️‍🩹 5 years since the Essex 39, and yet again we mourn the deaths of more people in the channel this week. francesca examines this deathly border regime to see what has changed in migration & border policies in UK & France since the elections. irr.org.uk/article/hostil…

Really excited about this upcoming OxDEG - Oxford Digital Ethnography Group event with Prof. Daniel Miller and colleagues from UCL Anthropology on Monday, 4 Nov. Highly recommend for those working on China, digital ethnography, and/or social media research more broadly! (Gutted I'm unable to join in person...)

Some quick thoughts on how Trump victory is seen in🇨🇳 🧵 Beijing sees Trump victory will cause great volatility and disruptions over trade, Taiwan and overall bilateral relations, adding further stress to its faltering economy 1/3

What Does Trump’s Return Mean for U.S.-China Relations? Check out how some of the prominent Chinese and American scholars respond to the question. Most are pessimistic but there are a few silver linings--uscnpm.org/2024/11/11/wha… U.S.-China Perception Monitor National Committee on U.S.-China Relations

I’ll keep my Twitter up for the time being but it is absolutely time to migrate to Bluesky - @kristybryant.bsky.social 🦋

#Taiwan in U.S. politics...

Delighted to share that my co-authored article, “Chinese Online Views of Sweden as a Bastion of the ‘White Left’,” is now published in the latest issue of the Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia! 🔗You can find the article here: koreascience.or.kr/article/JAKO20… #China #digitalpolitics