x.com/OhayoMybroth... @tobiasharris.bsky.social

"lawyers v. engineers"

Koizumi Setsu: Lafcadio Hearn’s Wife and Creative Partner | Nippon.com www.nippon.com/en/japan-top...

Worth a watch to get a sense of the breadth and depth of his knowledge and experience - a rare, clear-eyed voice on China who has seen it all www.jeromecohen.net/video-memoirs

We are saddened to hear of the passing of Jerome A. Cohen, the eminent scholar of Chinese law. Our condolences to his family and all those who loved him. He authored many books, most recently the memoir, "Eastward, Westward: A Life in Law." (1/2)

nationalist sentiments usually don't add up with economic reality but China is taking this to extremes. the 4 biggest trading partners are also the most hated countries in Chinese nationalism (one of them is not recog as a country, but like, trading heavily with someone you openly prepare to invade)

My tribute to Paul Cohen as historian & mentor to many www.asianstudies.org/in-memoriam-... cc @lmansley.bsky.social

Jerome Cohen, the First American to Practice Law in China, Dies at 95 - WSJ www.wsj.com/world/china/...

Literary Chinese for a foggy morning, courtesy of Xin Qiji 辛棄疾 (1140-1207): 何人半夜推山去？ 四面浮雲猜是汝。 Someone came in the night and stole our mountain away. Drifting clouds surround me. (Was it you?)

It's Banned Books Week! Go read a book they don't want you to read!

Update: 在最近公布的《全国药品集中采购文件》中，增加了两项关于集采药品生产环节变更的规定：变更时需公开变更内容、未发生变更的企业在同等价位时优先入选。 这两项规定明显弱于之前征求意见稿中的硬性规定：首个中选周期内不得进行重要生产环节的变更，否则取消中选资格。 大概是多方博弈的结果，baby steps也好吧。

Check out RJL's refreshed list of Free-to-Read Japanese Fiction. Click on "Hiromi Kawakami" and you'll see what RJL 2.0 is working toward. All her books. Important podcast episodes. At the bottom, every time she's mentioned on the site—including where she appears in anthologies!

Journalists covering the US are about to realise what those of us covering China have always known: for laws and campaigns in authoritarian society, the ambiguity is the point. That’s why authorities here target “spiritual pollution,” “historical nihilism,” “picking quarrels,” and “soft resistance.”

FINALLY! I knew I’d enjoy this read! If you are curious about the roots of contemporary feminism and LGBTQ movements in Japan, this is a must read! Well worth the wait @jameswelker.bsky.social

"... in the last 10 years or so, CAS has evolved further a traditional national research organization into a diversified state-owned conglomerate, with holding companies, venture capital funds, and numerous subsidiaries." New issue of the Sinocities newsletter by @astoks.bsky.social.

China’s Independent Media - The Ideas Letter www.theideasletter.org/essay/chinas...

无底线的老歌翻唱，正在榨干华语乐坛-虎嗅网 www.huxiu.com/article/4766...

Link: gaodawei.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/2...

Sino-Platonic Papers www.sino-platonic.org/index.html

www.newindianexpress.com/world/2025/S... @mattalt.bsky.social

Machina Lucida: Reflections on Artificial Images by Lucas Gelfond spikeartmagazine.com/articles/ess...

📣 In addition to previously announced agenda items, China's national legislature this week is also reviewing a draft Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress and a draft revision to the Foreign Trade Law. We'll have more coverage shortly. npcobserver.com/2025/08/26/c...

ISHIBA OUT. www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20...

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New Rhyming Chaos podcast with @hofrench.bsky.social on his new book:

CoolBiz calendar runs until end of Sept. 😅 デコ活とは: 快適に働くスタイルを見る

officially, the military parade is to mark "the 80th Anniversary of the Victory of Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.” it's not WWII, but world anti-fascist war. but does it tell us anything about fascism? no. but on my fav social media..

Best seller in China that I like the look of. She'll Split This Mountain by Bing He Zhai, with illustrations from Qun Bai, a book of feminist retellings of old myths, a few western ones in there, many are traditional, such as fox demons, cave of silken web and moon spirits. #books

Who is responsible for the FF7R gifs all having Willem Dafoe's face. When did that happen. Why is it like 85% of all gifs. Why.

today's weibo is the epitome of completely normalized everyday militarism... if you want to browse endless photos of missiles and see everyone repeat "打击范围覆盖全球” (strike range covers the entire globe)

Anarchist graffiti seen in Lamongan, Indonesia during the ongoing uprising following the police murder of 21-year-old delivery driver Affan Kurniawan during an anti-government protest.

Some pretty funny images of the #Australia for white people protestors who went to China Town for lunch after their anti-immigration rally…

A website that lets you select a country or state and move it around a Mercator projection map to yield better size comparisons. thetruesize.com, created by James Talmage and Damon Maneice

one thing I am moderately confident on now is that China is the leading global scientific power by 2030.

It's getting real in Jakarta

Bloomberg journalist Rebecca Choong Wilkins latest to be denied Hong Kong work visa ‘without reason’, as press groups raise concerns – HKFP

Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings. www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2...

Barber shop "The Supreme People's Coif" (a pun on China's top court) shut down by authorities in Guizhou. The tagline, "dealing with matters of top-most importance" did not pass muster either. No fun!

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My mind is still blown since @starfleethist.bsky.social told me that #StarTrek creator and sci-fi great Gene Roddenberry had a Shinto wedding!

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saw someone on the other site speak highly of this interview www.pekingnology.com/p/zhang-yuya... then I read "...Western democratic systems were primarily designed for societies dominated by populations of European descent.