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I started this Weibo weekly a year ago as something that could be called “pandemic writing,” a way to reach out to connect or reconnect. Since the focus…
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With the sudden fall of Afghanistan, China’s media had a field day. Xinhua declared “The fall of Kabul rings death knell of American hegemony” and that…
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While the Chinese government and media have been doubling down on their conspiracy theory of a lab leak involving the U.S. Fort Detrick, three Chinese…
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With the Chinese shooter Yang Qian winning the first gold medal in the Tokyo Olympics in the women’s air rifle 10m competition, and with Team China…
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From July 25-26, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman visited China and held meetings with Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Vice Foreign Minister Xie…
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July 2021

China has been very angry at the WHO lately, from the Foreign Ministry to the National Health Commission and to millions of netizens. They see the…
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Ever since the collapse of the 12-story beachfront condominium Champlain Towers South in Miami, Florida on June 24, people in China have followed…
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China Daily reported on July 7th that more than 500 Chinese students with offers to do graduate studies as STEM majors at American universities were…
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China was a red sea in the last few days, from red flags to red light shows, when the Communist Party celebrated its 100th birthday on July 1. Weibo…
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June 2021

Hong Kong’s Apple Daily was forced to shut down on Thursday, following a government raid of its office, arrest of its executives, freezing of its…
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On June 17, China launched three astronauts into space aboard its Shenzhou-12 spacecraft on top of a Long March-2F carrier rocket from China’s Gobi…
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Last Sunday, June 6, when three U.S. senators paid a three-hour visit to Taiwan from South Korea, not many Americans noticed. But for many in China, it…
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