I actually don't have words as to how angry I am.
Wonder what happened in these countries that people on student visas in the UK found themselves needing to apply for asylum instead of going home post 2021.
UK Labour are heartless bastards & apparently have bo idea whats happening in the world.
More from @sophiedrich.bsky.social:
03.03.2026 19:37 — 👍 12 🔁 9 💬 1 📌 1Wow, thanks for reading it, and for the beautiful, kind words.
26.02.2026 01:20 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Jimmy Lai sentenced to 20 years, six senior journalists and news executives sentenced between 6yrs 9mths and 10yrs. All bad enough. And then there are the little details tucked away (but still being reported) in local media that hit really hard like the story of one woman ... 1/
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China urged Kazakhstan to take "appropriate measures" against 19 citizens who protested last November against the detention of their family members in Xinjiang. They now face up to 10 years in prison for "inciting discord."
eurasianet.org/kazakhstan-a...
Excited to recieve my copy of my friend and colleague, @rianthum.bsky.social’s new book “Islamic China.” It looks like a great read! We’ll be talking about it on Feb. 10 at the Manchester Museum (see Eventbrite link below). If you’re in town, come join us!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/islamic-ch...
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
24.01.2026 18:26 — 👍 13222 🔁 5095 💬 225 📌 407Thanks Nick!
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Let’s be clear about the central political problem in the US:
Republican and conservative elites hold on to Trump, who is clearly mentally damaged and driving American society and culture and economy into oblivion, because they believe they can benefit politically and economically from the chaos.
It's not debatable that a mentally disturbed person has the nuclear codes. The Republicans know they're endangering us all by leaving him in office. This is a betrayal of every person on Earth. It is a crime against humanity.
20.01.2026 21:13 — 👍 2666 🔁 758 💬 43 📌 24
19th century Japanese print showing a man in a kimono decorated with skeletons
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This is a remarkable case of Chinese authorities threatening a UK university into halting research on human rights violations, and the university acquiescing.
03.11.2025 06:44 — 👍 404 🔁 155 💬 2 📌 15Thanks! I hope you enjoy it. Official release date is Nov 25 but “pre-orders” are already shipping, apparently. I might recommend skipping the introduction at first, maybe coming back to it later if you’re interested in the theory part.
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Several copies of the book Islamic China
The book is out! www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
02.11.2025 17:21 — 👍 23 🔁 4 💬 3 📌 1
Paris.
18.10.2025 13:21 — 👍 16 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 1
No storm troopers to repel here, so frog is just dancing
18.10.2025 12:59 — 👍 355 🔁 42 💬 2 📌 4
No Kings protest about to start in Paris. Wish I could be in the US today. There’s still plenty of time to grab your jacket and head to a protest in towns across the US!
18.10.2025 12:56 — 👍 157 🔁 37 💬 5 📌 5
history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed
student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism
teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.
/6 If you are stuck in the McArdlian view "we can't think of the other side of evil" -- which I view as sociopathic -- I have to ask, is there ANYTHING they can do that will make you call it evil? Is there ANYTHING they can do that won't make you say "I should focus on finding common ground?"
02.10.2025 19:29 — 👍 1469 🔁 207 💬 33 📌 9
My tribute to Paul Cohen as historian & mentor to many www.asianstudies.org/in-memoriam-... cc @lmansley.bsky.social
23.09.2025 14:56 — 👍 46 🔁 20 💬 1 📌 2
IDF sniper from Chicago who says he killed Gazan teenager just for trying to retrieve his brother's corpse: “They’re thinking, ‘Oh I don’t think [I’ll get shot] because I’m wearing civilian clothes and I am not carrying a weapon' and all that, but they were wrong. That’s what you have snipers for.”
09.09.2025 19:15 — 👍 1730 🔁 1012 💬 114 📌 405
What’s the ideal age for the state to impose assimilation on minorities? In Tibet, it’s 4.
Gift link to new long read from me and Niharika Mandhana Beijing's building of government-run preschools across Tibetan areas to reverse generations of opposition to party rule:
www.wsj.com/world/china/...
Same racist authoritarian data collection they've been doing in Xinjiang for years. Fight it everywhere
10.06.2025 11:36 — 👍 30 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 0
This is an official plan for ethnic cleansing. If you supported Israel for the past 18 months or so under the assumption that this was about the hostages you were taken for a ride.
If you still support Israel's assault on Gaza, you support ethnic cleansing. It's that simple.
This summer, June 7-August 7, I'll be running an online course in "Introduction to Chaghatay!" 12 meetings. $280 for the whole thing. Open access textbook + videos to walk you through grammar and readings. Fees will support GW's Uyghur Studies Initiative. Apply here!
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Radio Free Asia was the 1st to reveal China's mass detention of Uyghurs & kept the world informed about the crimes against humanity there. 🇨🇳 tried silencing RFA by imprisoning families of Uyghur RFA journos; now 🇺🇸 poised to help 🇨🇳 finish that job. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
17.03.2025 14:39 — 👍 71 🔁 38 💬 3 📌 0
This is a test for Columbia and the universities in general. They must oppose this with collective loud voices and legal aid to Khalil, who is targeted for specific speech while a student.
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Advocates Say zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...
