Consineo

New history of the Warring States period from Andrew Seth Meyer out 5th May from @academic.oup.com #histbookchat #sinology looks good!

We need more people to tell these accounts on-the-record. Karen Newton, a British grandmother who worked at a primary school and had a valid visa for the US, was detained for 6 weeks by ICE. At one point, she was shackled and left on the floor of a cell. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Things that should not happen but somehow happen in #China:
Strawberry sandwiches.

More and more stations in the #Beijing subway are equiped with this kind of device...

I’m reading “China, my father and I” by Felix Lee, a book detailing how his father, Wenpo Lee, helped Volkswagen enter China. In one chapter, Felix explains the origin of the Joint Venture system that brought Western and Chinese companies together:

The Runaways | China Books Review Young Chinese have been moving away from big cities into rust-belt towns with cheap housing and less pressure. A new book asks what they’re running away from.

"she gives an answer typical for the runaways, saying that she “went to an ordinary school, studied an ordinary major, had ordinary looks [and] was the type that can’t be spotted in a crowd.”"

chinabooksreview.com/2026/02/12/r...

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In #Beijing

#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#cityscape #street #streetphotography
#urban #China

A Wave of Unexplained Bot Traffic Is Sweeping the Web From small publishers to US federal agencies, websites are reporting unusual spikes in automated traffic linked to IP addresses in Lanzhou, China.

"In the last 90 days, 14.7 percent of visits to US government websites came from Lanzhou and 6.6 percent came from Singapore, making them the top two cities in the world supposedly hungry for information from the American government, according to Analytics.usa.gov. "

shorturl.at/0gb99

China cracks down on anti-marriage social media content China's top internet regulator said on Thursday it would launch a crackdown during the Lunar New Year holiday period to curb social media content it deemed problematic including any that fanned fears ...

"The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) [...] listed “inciting gender antagonism and exaggerating ‘fear of marriage’ and ‘anxiety about childbirth'” as primary examples of content “maliciously inciting negative emotions” that should be taken down by social media platforms."

shorturl.at/OqAL0

Microsoft says bug causes Copilot to summarize confidential emails Microsoft says a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely ...

"a Microsoft 365 Copilot bug has been causing the AI assistant to summarize confidential emails since late January, bypassing data loss prevention (DLP) policies that organizations rely on to protect sensitive information."

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microso...

Africans are being confined and beaten in scam camps in Myanmar Migrants toil for long hours on social-media platforms, targeting people with crypto and romance scams

"“I had a job interview by video call. They were in a fancy office, and I could see laptops, expensive furniture and even treadmills that they said were for employees to stay in shape. They promised they’d reimburse my airfare.”

www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

"The scam-camp trafficking groups in Southeast Asia typically use advertisements on social-media platforms such as Telegram and WhatsApp to recruit migrants with the promise of well-paying jobs at tech firms in the Thai capital, Bangkok. "

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Somewhere in #Beijing

#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#architecture #China #streetphotography

In an hospital in #Beijing

#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#architecture #China

In #Beijing

#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#cityscape #street #streetphotography
#urban #China

Daytime pic with the 'full spectrum' preset of Silver Efex

CCTV tower in #Beijing

#monochrome #blackandwhite #photography
#blacknwhite #bnw #blackandwhitephotography
#architecture #cityscape #street #streetphotography
#urban #China

Promoting dentist services in #Beijing #China

Interesting bronze cast sculpture at "The First Youth Sculpture Exhibition" at the National Art Museum of China (NAMOC) last month #Beijing

I’ve lost track of how many songs, dance sequences, videos, skits etc that robots have appeared in during tonight’s New Year TV gala. Chinese people are laughing on social media at this heavy handed approach from #China’s propaganda chiefs.

Sure, but this song is pretty bad and forgettable...

China's Draft Cybercrime Law The draft is already controversial, with some commentators concerned that it increases online surveillance, fortifies censorship, and extends long-arm jurisdiction to conduct overseas. While it is not...

There is so much going on in the Draft Cybercrime Law that I can't do it justice:
- fortifying real-name registration
- threatening VPNs
- China's first penalties for possession of CSAM
- cyberviolence protections
- New offenses for enabling cybercrime (including converting gains to crypto)

Understanding China through Digital Anthropology Understanding China through Digital Anthropology questions our understanding of digital technologies by demonstrating fundamental differences in the meaning of both technology and the digital between ...

Open access pdf

uclpress.co.uk/book/underst...

China overhauls CPI basket, with never-before-seen unveiling of its composition Beijing’s five-year recalibration aims to better reflect consumption, as policymakers shift weight away from food and housing.

« China overhauls CPI basket, with never-before-seen unveiling of its composition »

www.scmp.com/economy/chin...

Some of the new components are a bit surprising, such as ‘smart drones’…
www.stats.gov.cn/xxgk/jd/sjjd...

And not to mention quality...

#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Wu Zhao 武曌 (624–705), also known as Wu Zetian #武則天 or Empress Wu #武后, who established her own dynasty, the Zhou #周, in 690, becoming #China's only (recognised) #female Emperor, often reviled in #Confucian historiography. #femalemonarchs #Tang #唐

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