Even as China strengthens its ties to Russia and North Korea, Beijing appears hesitant to lead an alliance of obstinate and unreliable partners in a struggle against the West, writes Sergey Radchenko. foreignaffairs.com/china/china-do…

Our first monthly pick for March is "Comparing Russian, Chinese and American Soft Power Use: A New Approach" by Judit Trunkos (Robert Morris University). Be sure to give it a read! #Russia #China #America #SoftPower tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

When your students advance from having no memory of 9/11 to having no memory of the Global Financial Crisis

蔣公 又來動員戡亂了？？😭😭😭😭

「當年我們都害怕，但沒人想投降。」 《國運之戰》為國際橋牌社汪導新作，旨在為1996年臺海危機留下記憶。 當年見證此歷史的官兵皆已成家立業；即便不再身處前線，但「苟利國家生死以」的衛國之心依然常在。 今日，我們亦能延續此保家衛國的志業。該影集製作費集資將於3月23日上線，邀請大家支持。

envie de me flinguer si je vois toujours des gens qui disent que le KMT fait ce que Musk fait à DOGE. Arrêtez d'appliquer sans discernement les jolis mots et idées américains sur le monde entier 😅😅😅

Konnichiwa, 家族を大切に

Joseph Nye, a Harvard professor whose ideas on the nature of power in international relations influenced generations of policymakers, academics, & students and made him one of the world’s most celebrated political thinkers, has died at the age of 88 ken.sc/3RQSGav

The Chicago Pope implies the existence of a New Keynesian Pope and a Behavioral Pope

Distract your children with drugs and gambling so they don’t get into something financially ruinous like hardcover books

"L’ancienne députée Eva Son-Forget s’introduit dans les quartiers de la deputée RN Manon Bouquin, vide le minibar et vole des robes avant de s'enfuir, coursée par la sécurité de l'Assemblée nationale" Meilleure troll de France je veux rien savoir 😭 liberation.fr/politique/elec…

Sorry sorry I was just trying to buy a book from Cambridge University Press.

In June 1983, Xi Zhongxun, the father of Xi Jinping, hosted Kim Jong-il, the father of Kim Jong-un, in Beijing. They watched a performance by Peng Liyuan, who years later would marry Xi Jinping.

If only there was a parallel China that was governed by the KMT after the civil war so that we could compare, perhaps on a nearby island

Niche joke

Dear writers and non-writers, Not every " — " is from ChatGPT. Thank you.

Leninminal Spaces

<이 한반도에도 언젠가는 혼란과 적대의 비정상이 극복되고, 서로 존중하며 공존공영하는 날이 오겠지요. 북측에도 새해 복 많이 내리기를..> 만나라, 뽀재명과 뽀정은 v.daum.net/v/202601071939…

BREAKING: Chinese invasion of Taiwan projected before GTA VI.