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Jin Xu

xujnx

What have been excavated at Shimao in Shaanxi over the past decade are perhaps more significant than the terracotta army of the First Emperor. The magnificent 4000-year-old city, built mostly

Sightsavers Policy and Research

Sightsavers_Pol

We know lots of you will have had to cancel #travel plans recently, so we thought we’d bring the world to you . Join us on a virtual trip as

Ruchir Sharma

ruchirsharma_1

"Mother Theresa was not a friend of the poor. She was a friend of poverty. She said that suffering was a gift from God. She spent her life opposing the

Julie Nelson Davis

ozu_mu

A few days ago I wrote a series of tweets expressing frustration with this @nytimes essay. Now, I wish I had written first in thanks for featuring Hokusai. For those

ThailandBizNews

ThailandBizNews

How to measure Covid-19 impact on Thai tourism ?A thread http://www.thailand-business-news.com/tourism/81247-how-to-measure-covid-19-impact-on-thai-tourism.html Last year, when foreign tourist arrival numbers nearly hit 40 million in Thai

Kein

kein

Some food for thought inside, but I'd like to read more about the impact of illegal streams. We know people who are NBA fans but prefer a dodgy stream instead

Rick Petree

RickPetree

Long thread, about the Kurds, and ethnicity in the Turkish Republic. Relevant to current events in Syria, but focused on background of Turkey’s “Kurdish problem.” With apologies to scholars, this

DOG | Weebvile

Weebvile

Mental Health Thread Hey friends, during this time it's difficult to maintain good mental health practices. Some of us have also lost access to regular therapy sessions, or may not

Nemets

Peter_Nimitz

Thread with excerpts from “The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia” by Peter Hopkirk Central Asia Napoleon’s plan to invade India by land with Russian help frightened the

Tom Fowdy

Tom_Fowdy

You can already tell from the emerging environment that most specifically the governments of "Anglosphere" countries are going to predominantly play the politics of blame against China. Continental Europe less

Geoff Wade

geoff_p_wade

Canada: "Trudeau says no security risks in Chinese takeover of Canadian satellite firm" [China's Hytera Communications 海能达 takeover of Vancouver-based Norsat] h/t @SCS_Disputes https://business.financialpost.com/technology/trudeau-says

You'll Be Alright lol

EasyWorkLmfao

The original people of Southeast Europe were Black. The indigenous people were ethnolinguistically related to the indigenous BLACK people of North Africa AND Southwest Asia AKA "The Middle East".EVERYONE IN

Robin Wigglesworth

RobinWigg

Going to tweet some of the eye-catching charts in the latest note from Goldman Sachs's chief global equity strategist Peter Oppenheimer, where he argues that the coming era will be

Yu-Jie Chen 😷

yujiechentw

(1/X) Lots of talk about this, so I’m starting a thread on @WHO's actions that appeared to help China downplay the outbreak & as a result delay international response. Make

Shem Horne

Shem_Infinite

Yeah sure thing The Atlantichttps://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46687909 Very believable story The Atlantichttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWu92Yspe6E It's not like there aren't dozens of these stories or anything.https://www.t

ENoCH

elenochle

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tommybeer/2020/08/23/virgin-islands-to-subpoena-billionaire-investor-leon-black-in-jeffrey-epstein-case/ His father, like Maxwells, committed 'suicide' by jumping off the 44th floor of the Pan Am Buildin