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Canada imposes catch-all definition of “espionage” as part of bellicose anti-China furore
By Matthew Richter
In short: A Chinese PhD student has been denied a visa to study in Canada, formally on the grounds he could potentially, at some point in the future, maybe become or be forced to act as a, spy, informally on the grounds that Canada is buying into US imperialism, deliberate provocation of war with China and informal technology ( Read more... ) -
Books
- A Half-Built Garden by Ruthanna Emrys
- Conquest by Nina Allan
- The Exoskeleton Quartet by Shane Stadler - content warning because the first book is roughly 80% body horror about using a medically connected exoskeleton on condemned prisoners to automate causing severe agony in order to force out-of-body experiences
- Gareth Powell, Ack-Ack Macaque series
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Fight I
We do not fight Nazis because we think we will win.
We fight them because they are fucking Nazis. -
Shit!
If somebody could identify some part of the world, that isn't shit...
that'd be great, thanks -
Australia may ban WeChat - but for many Chinese Australians, it’s their ‘lifeline’
By Sun Wanning
One morning in February 2021, I was woken by a WeChat call from my brother in China. Mum had died the previous night, he told me. I wasn’t shocked to hear about Mum’s death - she had been very ill for a couple of years.In fact, for months before she died, our weekly WeChat exchanges mostly took the form of my simply looking at her ( Read more... ) -
Australian Budget Gripes I
Taskforce recommends single parent pay-off cut-off increased to 16 year old child. Government (Albanese) reduces to 14 years old ( Read more... ) -
LI WENLIANG’S WAILING WALL, MAR 23 “THIS SOCIETY ALLOWS ONLY ONE VOICE-THE SOUND OF MUTUAL APPLAUSE"
友人A_7087: Doctor Li, this society allows only one voice-the sound of mutual applause. // [OP responding to their own comment:] Dr. Li, my comment has been deleted again!
是你的奥利奥QAQ: During today’s sandstorm in Beijing, a cute little monster materialized near the “big underpants” [nickname for the CCTV headquarters building]:
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Eight Contradictions of Imperialist ‘Rules-Based Order’
By Vijay Prashad
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has now moved the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds to midnight, the closest it has been to the symbolic time of the annihilation of humanity and the Earth since 1947. This is alarming, which is why leaders in the Global South have been making the case to halt the warmongering over Ukraine and ( Read more... ) -
How China’s Favorite Fantasy Realm Faded Into the Background
By Cai Yiwen
From “Water Margin” to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” it was the setting of some of China’s best-loved works of fiction and fantasy. But does anyone still care about the “jianghu”?
Martial arts dramas, part of a genre known in Chinese as wuxia, were an important part of my childhood. When I was still very small, my father and I ( Read more... )
