In #Beijing

"Medical debt, or personal debt incurred from unpaid medical bills, is a leading cause of bankruptcy in the United States." "Almost a third of working age U.S. adults are currently in debt because of medical or dental bills." www.commonwealthfund.org/publications...

Que ce soit ici des "soupçons de trahison au profit de la Russie" ou un réseau avéré de proxénétisme pour le "consul" de la DNR Hubert Fayard, il faut reconnaître que ce n'est pas la subtilité ou la décence qui étouffent ces braves agents russes qui affirment se dévouer pour notre "souveraineté".

Witkoff works for terrorist Russia and in a normal timeline would be investigated by the FBI. There is no way he is a Kremlin shill for free

At the White Cloud Temple (白云观) in #Beijing #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbangaze #blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #cityscape #China #bnw_zone #streetphotography #architecture #urbanphotography

At the White Cloud Temple (白云观) in #Beijing #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbangaze #blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #cityscape #China #bnw_zone #streetphotography #architecture #urbanphotography

At the Tianning Temple in #Beijing #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbangaze #blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #cityscape #China #bnw_zone #streetphotography #architecture #urbanphotography

Somewhere in Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), also known as #Beijing Xiehe Hospital #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #China #bnw_zone

As #China #Japan relations deteriorate once more, Chinese officials have suspended the screening of Japanese movies here.

Love 2 go to the doctor and not know what body part they’re analyzing

LondonGrad calling: Près de 4 ans après le début de l'invasion généralisée de l'Ukraine, Transparency International a trouvé pas moins de 33 maisons, appartements et bureaux liés à des oligarques russes-sous sanctions-qui n'ont pas été gelés. Valeur: environ GBP 700 millions.

1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution. The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵

Chinese authorities offer tech giants cheap power to boost domestic AI chips – FT: ‘slash energy bills by up to half’

The China Space Station got an oven! Brought up by Shenzhou-21. 🍗🍕👨‍🍳

“In September 2024, the university informed Chinese state security that it would not be publishing a final phase of research on forced labour in China. “Immediately, relations improved,” an administrator wrote.” www.theguardian.com/education/20...

"On Xiaohongshu, where mostly female lifestyle influencers post about everything from skincare to lifehacks, women are using glossy, carefully curated images to celebrate their divorce not as a failure, but as a fresh start." oddchinaout.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/f...

I haven’t seen anyone talk about how Jane Doe - an Epstein survivor - just sued the Bank of New York Mellon for funding Epstein and failing to file a Suspicious Activity Report. A Mellon heir is the one who gave $130M to pay the troops. Seems bribey to me.

In one of the original buildings of the Peking Union Medical College Hospital (PUMCH), also known as Beijing Xiehe Hospital #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #China #bnw_zone #Beijing

Beijing Capital Theatre #monochrome #blackandwhite #photography #urbangaze #blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #cityscape #China #Beijing #bnw_zone #streetphotography #architecture

Impressive investigation by @claramarchaud.bsky.social into the “great confiscation” Russia is carrying out in the occupied territories of Ukraine — a systematic campaign targeting some 25,000 homes belonging to Ukrainians who were displaced or killed during the war. www.lefigaro.fr/fig-data/ils...

Was off yesterday so missed this, but looks like the Nexperia situation got messier Nexperia China, the local unit of the Dutch chipmaker, has told its employees to follow orders from local management and ignore instructions from the Dutch head office

Translations: “How Can a Country That Blocks the Nobel Website Hope to Win a Nobel Prize?” "To sum up: if the winner was backed by the Chinese government, it’s the correct decision; if not, it’s using the Nobel Prize to fan anti-China sentiment."

This week's @minjianarchives.bsky.social newsletter is by one of China's foremost public intellectuals, Ai Xiaoming, on an investigation she wrote on the myth that China's natural scientists were insulated from Mao-era political campaigns. EN/ZH. chinaunofficialarchives.substack.com/p/19571967

🇨🇦 One thing I want to emphasize to my fellow Americans: Trump's threat to invade Canada was a news cycle that went away after a week. But that distrust didn't go away in Canada and I don't think folks south of the border (i.e., in the US) fully understand what that did and how it changed Canadians.

Photo: A diner with fans, by Gauthier Delecroix chinadigitaltimes.net/2025/10/phot...

Autumn is such an awesome time in #Beijing. It’s hard not to be happy. #China

"Young people have very little grasp of how everyday life around them is organized, nor are they interested in learning more about it." open.substack.com/pub/uscnpm/p...

I think people's brains have been addled by watching too many costume dramas and these old men who were asking the questions were imagining that if they lived during the 18th century, they'd be the heads of important families, not farmers eking out an existence in some rural area. 3/3

"“AI isn’t magic; it’s a pyramid scheme of human labor,” said Adio Dinika, a researcher at the Distributed AI Research Institute based in Bremen, Germany. " www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

"Since 2000, China has accumulated more dead rocket mass in long-lived orbits than the rest of the world combined" arstechnica.com/space/2025/1...

"The Chinese Eastern Railway, a pseudo-private but effectively Russian-owned enterprise, became the largest railroad concession any foreign power had ever wrested from the Qing Empire." newlinesmag.com/essays/the-h...

"Today, as we watch new forms of bloc politics on parade, history reminds us to be modest about the conclusions we draw in the moment and to stay alert to the contradictions lurking beneath the surface logic of events." newlinesmag.com/essays/beiji...

AD 701 mural depicting the walls of Chang'an (now Xi'an), China, which was sacked during a peasant revolt #OnThisDay in AD 23. The mural itself is from the tomb of imperial prince of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chongrun. 1/2 🏺 #Archaeology

China provides Russia with satellite data for missile strikes on Ukraine, intelligence says – Ukrinform: ‘in particular on foreign investors’ facilities.’ ‘This was reported by Oleh Aleksandrov, an employee of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine, in a comment to Ukrinform.’

Zambia hits Chinese miners with a staggering $80B lawsuit after the Kafue River spill, and now Chinese social media is in uproar. What does this mean for China-Africa ties? Full analysis 👉 tinyurl.com/35k3runv

When I used to live in China, over 10 years ago, websites based outside China were usually blocked for reasons that were clear and identifiable (news sites, political sites, Wikipedia, “open” search engines like Google that could lead to blocked sites or generate information). … 1/

An entire universe in a ceiling: in the Beijing Ancient Architecture Museum 北京古代建筑博物馆，a preserved Ming dynasty caisson ceiling from the Longfu Temple. 隆福寺. Concentric rings house stacks of buildings. A star chart, the cosmos, in the centre.

Not too far from Beijing, in the western Qing tombs 清西陵 in Hebei. This was the last tomb we saw, the Muling 慕陵, which was the most simple and beautiful. The relatively modest Daoguang emperor used extravagantly expensive Nanmu wood, unpainted. It’s still fragrant after 175 years.

What is China listening to? A 25-year-old’s eclectic pop; electronic music influenced by traditional Asian & African music; experimental rock; a controversial TikTok-famous rapper; and ethereal “Asian horror” music. Read Jake Newby's reviews of five new albums: chinabooksreview.com/2025/09/30/w...

Xu Beihong - Jiang Biwei Reading - 1920s

"In many Chinese families, children’s wishes are often negated in favor of elders’ authoritative demands. And when children push back, they may be seen as “immature” or “heartless.”" www.sixthtone.com/news/1017631

"the cover-up prompted authorities to install a joint task force inside the company and transfer its operations temporarily to a state-owned enterprise." www.sixthtone.com/news/1017656

Nice to see some of the tacky 90s property development in #Chengdu has survived. #China

Putin’s stage show goes on The same FSO staffers keep playing “grateful citizens” year after year — sometimes factory workers, sometimes fishermen, sometimes “heroes of the war.” At this point, it wouldn’t even be surprising if 5–6 second-rate actors had been swapping turns playing Putin himself

Such sad news to hear of Jerome Cohen’s death. No foreigner knew the law in #China like he did. Apart from having a brilliant intellect, and an adventurous spirit - which led him to practice law inside China then go on to defend dissidents here etc - he was a funny, giving person who will be missed.

Engaging and well-produced audio documentary by Eric Fish on the 1975 Banqiao Dam disaster and how it has stayed relatively unknown among the late 20th-century mega-disasters, even as its death toll exceeded them.

I am a third-generation of the Third Front Movement. There’s a saying that captures the experience of families like ours: “First we devote our youth, then we devote our whole lives — in the end, even the futures of our children and grandchildren are tied to the cause.”