A Japanese schoolboy was attacked on his way to school in Shenzhen today, according to Japanese media. This is the 2nd knife attack on Japanese in the last few months. news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/eeb5e…

And this at a time when Sino-Japanese relations, while not warm, are pretty stable.

Interesting that at least half of the 14 'nos' in the UN Israel/Palestine voters were Pacific island nations. Is that consistent with their past voting record on this topic? Why?

NEW: China zoo forced to admit the truth after one of their “pandas” started panting and barking. The Shanwei zoo admits they painted dogs white and black to make them look like pandas. The zoo initially tried claiming that the dogs were a unique breed of pandas called

2 pictures of a Chinese newspaper’s composing room from the late 1920s “hot type” days. The compositors reputedly walked 3 miles to typeset a single page! Quite mind-boggling!! The pictures were taken for National Geographic by Paul Hutchinson c.1927.

👇Valuable research.

More than 40% of South Koreans hold a favorable opinion of Japan, poll results released Thursday show, the highest level ever and nearly even with the proportion of people who view the country negatively. eu1.hubs.ly/H0cvRGh0

India, in cooperation with Russia, will modernize its T-72 battle tanks for possible export – Indian Defence News According to the interlocutor, the T-72 tanks will be modernized in India and then exported. The Indian Armed Forces have about 2,500 of these vehicles in service,

This is me on the ‘97 Vanity Fair case against Fayed - what we knew, why we had to settle and what happened to our extensive evidence of his criminality. Remorseless, ruthless, racist’ Mohamed Al Fayed | The Guardian theguardian.com/global/2024/se…

The 2024 edition of the Asia Power Index launches today. The headline is that the US remains the top power in Asia, but China is continuing to gradually erode the US military advantage, especially in Asia🧵 1/15

Top Economist in China Vanishes After Private WeChat Comments/ chilling, don’t know what he said exactly but if he only criticized policy, treating him and colleagues so harshly will completely stifle any constructive criticism of policies, which is bad wsj.com/world/china/to…

Not since WWII has the United States adopted such detailed and tough trade policies on cars. Tariffs and bans on software and hardware send a direct message: Cars made in China, by Chinese companies or featuring Chinese hardware and software are not welcome here. Tremendous

There’s a subeditor somewhere in Oz who really needs to take a beat to reflect on how they think about ethnicity, identity, and national belonging.

Last night we hosted our annual The Lowy Institute Media Award Dinner. It was excellent to hear ABC Australia Chair Kim Williams deliver our Media Lecture on truth in journalism. And congratulations to Ben Packham from The The Australian for winning the 2024 Media Award.

When you think about it, it’s remarkable that every year, over 100 world leaders come to New York, mercilessly criticize the United States, and Americans … don’t even notice. #UNGA

Wednesday's State council information office presser was filled with some very questionable "facts" - one being that "Taiwan's indigenous people's were immigrants from China" 🤔🤔🤔 (What? Did China exist 15000 years ago?) The Fuzhou/Taipei high speed rail is also a new one.

This seems like a big deal.....

"Can you imagine a U.S. nuclear submarine sinking in San Diego and the government hushes it up and doesn’t tell anybody about it?" Quite the story on the sub being built in Wuhan: wsj.com/world/china/ch…

More than half of the Chinese mainland’s provincial-level regions lagged behind their annual fiscal revenue growth targets in the first seven months of the year, sending worrying signs for local governments’ fiscal health. caixinglobal.com/2024-09-27/mos…