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Antonio García Martínez
antoniogm
The mystery here is why Americans don't emigrate, almost ever. You meet few American emigrants (or 'expats' if they're white collar) abroad. It's like citizens of an immigrant country refuse
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GW
GharWapasi_
THREAD (India-GCC Relations)1/nIt has come to my notice that a malicious campaign has started by some Twitter handles to spoil relations between India and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).And it looks
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Hong Kong Hermit
HongKongHermit
Here's some piping hot tea that will scorch tankies: Hong Kong was saved by the protests. While HK has the memory of SARS, and a culture of mask use, the
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Joshua Wong 黃之鋒 😷
joshuawongcf
After @SecPompeo officially declares HK ‘no longer autonomous’, here is my msg to world leaders & foreign companies: 1/ National security law carries massive damage to expats & investors in
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Arnesa Buljušmić-Kustura
Rrrrnessa
I do have my criticisms of foreign journalists/academics who play a role in the orientalisation of the Balkans but there are also quite a lot whose work I respect, even
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R 'Nearest' Nabors 💙
rachelnabors
Soon I get to talk on a podcast about what it’s like to work abroad. You may think I’m going to talk about eating good food and how great the
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Roshana Mehdian-Staffell
RoshanaMN
RacismA police officer kneels on an innocent mans neck & kills him, the US erupts, it’s racism problem is brought into sharp view from the ever present racial tension rumbling
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1electricpirate
1electricpirate
Okay, hear me out. I agree with this but I also think there is value in the differentiated terms. Not all immigrant experience is equal, and “expat” encapsulates a specific
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Tiho Brkan
TihoBrkan
For me, a decade ago, #HongKong was always both a difficult & rewarding place to live. I loved my time there.Difficult because of the pace/tempo of life was always incredibly
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Matthew
Matthews_angst
Thread. Why I question authorityDoctors told pregnant women thalidomide was safe for morning sickness.The BBC gave us Jimmy Savile as a children's entertainer.The Government of the day lied and told
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rgtrgt
it is so totally fucked that this is the headline and framing that the press has gone with. short thread male migrant workers and female migrant workers occasionally enter romantic
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Svend Christiansen
SvendHK
In a recent interview author @cpamzhang said “Write into what is most frightening in your work.... Within that uncertainty lives the most important part of your writing. The rest, anyone
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Undefeated_Faith
Shaad_Bajpe
Thread on #MangaloreDCcheatedNRIsDistrict administration @DCDK9 of Dakshina kannada utterly failed to treat the expatriates fairly, who returned from dubai yesterday. It is pathetic that the officials themselves were harrasing the
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Antonio García Martínez
antoniogm
Because those same cosmopolitans fetishize Europe--oh, the trains I took while on study abroad!--and fantasize about moving there (but almost never do).The reality? UK's GDP per capita is about that
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Elie Fares
eliefares
I am at a loss of words at what’s happening in #Lebanon nowadays. I was on the phone with my parents the other day. My mom hasn’t seen me in
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Hintman
HintMan
1/ The choice of the Metropark Hotel as the (temporary?) Hong Kong National Security office HQ is a very strategic one. I'm very familiar with this area and neighborhood.https://twitter.com/XinqiSu/status/1280508576197468161?s=19 2/
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