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History of Central Asia and Khorâsan

BiruniKhorasan

Of all my ancestors contributions to mankind, I must say this is one my favorite ones: trousers!The oldest known trousers were found at the Yanghai cemetery, extracted from mummies in

Keri Blakinger

keribla

Happy Thanksgiving to all the journalists out there, & especially to the wonderful mentors like @cltomlinson, who is mentioned here "quietly taking charge." I would not be the reporter I

Alex Joske

alexjoske

My take on Wang Liqiang's defection, having met him and analysed his claims over several weeks. New details on PLA links and many holes in the Shanghai Public Security Bureau's

Tom Hancock

hancocktom

Sources cited in this story: 1. Unnamed "social media sleuths" 2. A Radio Free Asia reporthttps://twitter.com/annafifield/status/1246149713016918016 This thread highlights the problems with estimates of this scale.https://mobile.twitter.com

Akhil Deo

akhildeo94

Given all that is happening along the India-China border and with Nepal, a quick #thread on China’s motivations and methods in South Asia based on analysis from our book #PaxSinica

Philstar.com

PhilstarNews

Although recognizing the congestion in detention facilities, the Office of Solicitor General has asked the Supreme Court to dismiss the petition of 22 political prisoners, consisting mainly of elderly and

Clare Griffin

balalaichnitsa

There has been a recent development in how #COVID19 cases are being tracked in #CentralAsia, which changes the picture of the pandemic in the region. So, From today, 2nd

John Hemmings

JohnHemmings2

Thread on narratives: one often sees the narrative that South East Asian states do not want to “choose” between the US and China. Often this claim is found in a

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wjechan

A thread of jackson wang being Asia's hottest man; ♚

Uttara

uttaras

Thread with a list on some histories of partition: The other day I met someone who told me very little has been written on the partition of India. This is

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OtaheitiApple

Poland's oldest dancehall sound system is ~31 years old. Fucking Poland. Poland who was shut off from the outside world had dancehall music nearly immediately dancehall took off globally and

TheKpierce

kegan_pierce

WE MUST COME TOGETHER AS ONE AND STOP #COVID19! #StayAtHome! WE WILL NOT GET THROUGH THIS ALONE BUT TOGETHER WE WILL! #WeAreTheWorld #AllInThisTogether #TogetherAsOne

Axel Çorlu

AxelCorlu

On #Chora and its conversion to a mosque, beyond the technical issues about preservation, a point I have been insistently making on the creation of the modern #Turkish identity and

oldeuropeanculture

serbiaireland

Thread: Vessel from Tepe Hissar, a prehistoric site, continuously occupied between 5th to the 2nd millennium BC, Northeastern Iran. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepe_Hissar It seems that these two animals had a special significance

sean

thehausofsean

8 years since the born this way ball, gaga’s airport arrivals made international news every tour stop. iconic. her arrivals into countries caused a lot of controversies, bans and protests

Sui-Lee Wee 黄瑞黎

suilee

1. Wuhan is calling its mass testing drive a "10-day battle." @vwang3 and I take a closer look at the government's plans to test 11 million residents. The numbers are