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Reminder: the most basic definition of democracy is "a system in which parties lose elections." (You have to actually alternate parties in power to be sure that one party won't

Baffled at the Biden admin's lack of meaningful response to immensity of suffering in India - even a simple statement of compassion & solidarity. & don't get why we can't

A plea to any & all journalists writing on Tibet/Xinjiang and security/repression/surveillance in these areas: Please *think* before you use "pioneered" & "replicated." Almost all uses of these terms I

My Chinese teachers *taught* us to use this filler (nèi ge) rather than "um." It has nothing to do with race. I hope his leave is paid.... USC Communications Professor

As one who respects both @chinaheritage's & Hessler's work, I find this sad. Both viewpoints have validity--because China is simply too big & complex to be captured in a single

Global Times follows @HuXijin_GT comments yesterday w/this piece naming specific officials/entities in MO. GT often takes hawkish positions. But if carried out, this could have consequences for MO companies/workers/gov't. Still

Global Times warning of “Punishment measures against.... the State of Missouri.... “ https://twitter.com/huxijin_gt/status/1260612306632732672 Missouri has received ~$1.18 billion in FDI from China since 2010, according to @NCUSCR @rhodium_group repo

Um, no. Hard pass. Doesn’t go well.* *According to, well, pretty much all of political science. (FYI, @RickHertzberg, it’s hard to get academics to agree on *anything*. This might be

Good WSJ report by @KatyStech that covers China's initial response to MO lawsuit over coronavirus. Still think there isn't enough discussion of how China could respond:https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawsuits-target-china-for-coronavirus-damage-

North Korea is the only dictatorship I can think of to pull off two hereditary successions in a row. Kim’s child (that we know about) is under age 5 (someone

MO becomes first state to sue China (in Eastern District of MO) for coronavirus losses (est. $44B). Case assigned to Judge Limbaugh. See https://ago.mo.gov/docs/default-source/press-releases/2019/prc-complaint.pdf?sfvrsn=86ae7ab_2 /1 State of Missour