Classic

We watched this at a #Beijing film night last night. Aussie-HongKong 1975 kungfu movie. Some great old shots of Sydney and Hongkers in the 70s: #China #Australia

Horse Year is riding in! 马年快乐！ #Beijing #China

More new year horses! 马年快乐！ #China #Beijing

Horse year is ridin in! Check out this little ripper! 马年快乐！ #China #Beijing

We watched this at a #Beijing film night last night. Aussie-HongKong 1975 kungfu movie. Some great old shots of Sydney and Hongkers in the 70s: #China #Australia

We need pics of you standing next to your horse and waving in the new year!

Horse year is galloping in. I hope yours is a bewty… #China #Beijing

Horse year is galloping in… #China #Beijing

So true

Would everyone on this site please respond below a post rather than by quote posting. All the quote responses make it impossible to read a thread of discussion. It also means you have to burrow in sometimes to find out what the flamin subject at hand is. The quote posting kills conversation.

Seen some cool Fire Horse Year stuff over recent days so might start a thread of them. #China #Beijing 马🐎

More footage emerging with pressure on the NSW government to explain police bashing protestors in #Sydney opposed to the visit of #Israel's President Isaac Herzog. #Australia www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Look at this!

1 week left 'til 火马年! It's gonna be lit! 🔥🐎

Japan Election Shows Beijing’s Pressure Tactics Can Backfire. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was helped, not hindered, by Chinese reprisals over remarks she made about Taiwan www.wsj.com/world/asia/j...

Arthur H Smith, American Christian missionary in northern China dons Chinese garb and a fake queue to preach to a “heathen” crowd!! C.1908

The United States on Tuesday barred Palau Senate President Hokkons Baules and his family from entering the U.S., accusing him of corruption linked to China, as Washington pushes back on Beijing's effort to boost its influence in the Pacific.

Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years. It's frontpage news on China Daily, and the Weibo hashtag is there (#黎智英被判20年#), but Weibo apologizes: "the topic's contents cannot be displayed."

This video of police in #Sydney laying into a protestor - opposing the visit of the President of #Israel - is getting a lot of attention, as he has his hands up before being assaulted multiple times by New South Wales police. #Australia

This video of police in #Sydney laying into a protestor - opposing the visit of the President of #Israel - is getting a lot of attention, as he has his hands up before being assaulted multiple times by New South Wales police. #Australia

Disappointed to learn Bad Bunny wore Zara, effectively promoting the brand to millions. Although Zara has made admirable strides to address labor conditions, fast fashion can never be ethical because it depends on rapid production and cheap prices, which results in worker exploitation.

Actual journalist reports from front line of protest against Israel president Herzog in Sydney: how a peaceful protest was disrupted and violently attacked in concerted police action michaelwest.com.au/this-was-pla...

Assistant police commissioner Peter McKenna: "It was really quite precarious at times for our officers who were significantly outnumbered by the protesters and the people who wanted to act in a violent and offensive manner." #auspol #nswpol #PoliceViolence #HerzogNotWelcome

Do they teach this at the NSW Police Academy? Brutality 101, am I right? #HerzogProtest #auspol

Another quiet evening in traffic in Beijing I see!

Well this is sad: #Australia www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...

Very sad to share the news of this legend of Australian political cartooning, and art. Dear Jon Kudelka has died, and we will be the poorer and more dull for his passing. Sending love and condolences to his family. What a legacy of scorching wit and joyful capturing of life he leaves.

British warships at Weihaiwei (Weihai) harbour, photographed from Liugong Island on the northeastern edge of Shandong Peninsula at the mouth of Weihai Bay. C.1908. Photographed by the Ah Fong Studio of Weihai.

Passing on language cards to a younger generation and finding explanations are needed!!!

Fun time of the year though. Twas the best time

Heaps of traffic on the road in #Beijing last few days in the run up to the New Year break. #China

Weird winter light in #Beijing tonight. And it’s flamin cooold! #China

A lot of cars on the road in #Beijing tonight. Perhaps the run up to the Spring Festival? This was approaching midnight. #China

A lot of cars on the road in #Beijing tonight. Perhaps the run up to the Spring Festival? This was approaching midnight. #China

Weird winter light in #Beijing tonight. And it’s flamin cooold! #China

Getting ready for Fire Horse year in #China…

Getting ready for Fire Horse year in #China…

I'm quoted in a new piece on China’s use of foreign influencers, covering both paid CCP-linked activity & how the CCP amplifies unscripted content when it suits them. Worth reading, even if you need to chuck it through a translator (it’s in Norwegian). www.aftenposteninnsi...

And, according to this story, documents reveal the #UK’s Peter Mandelson was involved in undermining a proposed tax on mining super profits in #Australia… www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Pretty grim prognosis here: German car expert says "Europe is 20 years behind China" on EV batteries "According to Ferdinand Dudenhöffer, battery production costs in China are 30% lower than those in Europe, with development cycles 50% faster." www.autojournal.fr/a...

Looking forward to having read of this… #China.

My long read for the South China Morning Post weekend magazine on the refurbishment of the 1928 Modernist Hotel Central, adjacent to Macao’s Senado Square. Once a haunt of gamblers, gangsters, spies, celebrities and Ian Fleming…. www.scmp.com/postmag/cult...

Adam Tooze picks The Southern Tour as one of his book recommendations on the @nytimes.com Ezra Klein podcast - brightened up an otherwise dreary few weeks!

I don't think people appreciate the extent to which coral reefs are screwed. Even if ocean acidification doesn't get them, increasing ocean temperatures will. How screwed they are is up to us.

An hour-long set of Seu Jorge singing David Bowie covers in Portuguese (from Wes Anderson's Life Aquatic) to mark the 10th anniversary of Bowie's death. "Just an acoustic guitar, a microphone, and the beautiful coastline of São Paulo." [kottke.org]

Bit of a grey, polluted, evening on the high-speed train heading into #Beijing, #China:

Gina Rinehart’s company donated almost $900k to rightwing group Advance, latest political donations data shows

Bit of a grey, polluted, evening on the high-speed train heading into #Beijing, #China:

#Shanghai’s Huangpu River is still a busy working river. Large ships pass the gleaming financial towers. #China #UK