Kristin Shi-Kupfer

Herzliche Einladung zu einem weiteren #China Spektrum @chinaspektrum.bsky.social Webinar "Von der Werkbank der Welt zum Hub für High-tech? Chinesische Perspektiven auf #Innovation und #KI in der Volksrepublik" Mi, 25.6., 17-18 Uhr via Zoom. Registrierung und weitere Infos hier
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#China #politics This is quite a list of legislative drafting ... Law on Legal Propaganda and Education (...) Urban Residents' Committee Organizational Law ...Social Assistance Law.. and a "Convention on Establishing an International Mediation Court" ! politics.people.com.cn/n1/2025/0616...

当下最可怕的事情，不是我国剩女多达3800万，而是父母集体“松手”，认同不结婚也可以幸福了 曾经那些恨不得为儿女包办人生的父母，如今却在子女婚姻大事上选择松手。

Less pressure on single children - an essay celebrating the decreased "interference" of parents into personal/dating life of their children referencing a report/survey by CASS Shanghai 2024
#China #society #chinesevoices
mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI1... More: www.eeo.com.cn/2025/0603/72...

Some thoughts on the significance of all this. Besides their other work, CLB collected, verified and traced the outcomes of labor action in China. Between 2011 and 2025, they documented more than 19k events. The data was exportable, meaning that a program created an excel file based on your

Can scale alone secure global leadership? The @chinaspektrum.bsky.social team looked at how Chinese netizens have discussed Beijing’s industrial strategy “Made in China 2025” during the past decade and amidst increasing US competition:
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DE: merics.org/de/kommentar...

Don’t shoot your neighbors, invite them to dinner Filip Noubel has been training journalists and lawyers in authoritarian countries for decades. We asked him how we should handle Trump and Musk's America.

Another excellent Rhyming Chaos episode, 1st co-hosted by @goldkorn.bsky.social & @mariarepnikova.bsky.social, truly global, fittingly as the guest is @nasredinhoja.bsky.social, editor at large of @globalvoices.org www.rhymingchaos.com/p/dont-shoot... , good stuff on China & many other places

Please join the AI Now Institute and @karenhao.bsky.social to celebrate the launch of her book Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI, with a fireside chat and a first look at the AI Now Institute's 2025 report. Limited tickets available. Join the waitlist here: shorturl.at/LKUiq

Congrats to the winners of China Books Review's 2024 Baifang Schell Book Prize! 👏📚

@chinabksreview.bsky.social

#germany #election #merz #chancellor #china #chinesevoices | Kristin Shi-Kupfer Quick first take-away from Chinese official media and social media reporting and reactions on Merz' election. Key take-aways: 0. Sober coverage in official media linked to CN-Europe relations 1....

Europe, Weidel and some deleted comments - reporting and reactions on #Chinese official and social media re: #Merz election as the new chancellor of #Germany.

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Nice to have an official guided Q & A piece on #China's continuing concern for #labor market of #graduates. My biggest question: why get's a document issued November 4, 2024 published now (again)? What do I miss here? #society #policy www.news.cn/politics/202...

3 observations from #Chinese netizens' reactions to Trump's #tariffs
www.linkedin.com/posts/kristi... Newest reactions to China's counter measures appear to be unisono supportive. "It still needs us, the others are all surrendering", comments 晚风说--- on Weibo gaining 13K Likes. #china #economy

The Struggle for Hong Kong: Reflections on the Protests of the 2010s and the Crackdowns of the 2020s Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Emily Feng, in conversation with Sewell Chan, discuss developments in Hong Kong over the past ten years and Hong Kong-China-U.S. relations.

New York friends (& anyone interested in Hong Kong), on April 9, I'll be part of an event on resistance & repression in that city/free/in person, w/@emilyzfeng.bsky.social of @npr.org & @sewell.bsky.social of @columjournreview.bsky.social hosted by @ncuscr.bsky.social www.ncuscr.org/event/the-st...

The crisis befalling America has become the main theme of this, my personal Bluesky account.

If you want China news and analysis, I will be frequently posting China news and only China news @thechinaweek.com

Survival Comes First - China Media Project A Gen Z content moderator working for a major Chinese internet platform reveals the moral contradictions of deleting sensitive political content while struggling to make ends meet. "We're just tools,"...

China Media Project – Survival Comes First
chinamediaproject.org/2025/03/19/s...

The decade-long growth of government-authored news media in China under Xi Jinping | PNAS Autocratic governments around the world use clandestine propaganda campaigns to influence the media. We document a decade-long trend in China towar...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) – The decade-long growth of government-authored news media in China under Xi Jinping
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Both #Germany's historic spending reforms at the @bundestag.de and Annalena #Baerbock's @abaerbock.diplo.de nomination for the new president of the #UN General Assembly have received some attention among China's mircoblogging platform #Weibo. 1/6

Moving personal account relating to the death (suicide) of a doctoral student at #Fudan University...I wonder how many younger and older people in #China feel and struggle like this .. .https://archive.is/qfSKc#selection-1513.3-1515.4 #chinesevoices #society

#China #economy: Interesting details re: problems of "people-operated" companies on a subnational level: new regulation to examine fair competition by the General Office of Market Oversight
www.news.cn/fortune/2025...

Unregistered "house" church in #China declared a "heretical teaching" - this seems to be an unfortunate revival of practices last witnessed during the 1990s and 200s... #christianity #religion
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Interesting arguments! #china #society #family #children #birth

为什么我不打算鸡娃了？因为突然发现一个残酷的现实：80后指望不上子女，还得践行“生养不是恩，托举和兜底才是！” 天将降大任于80后啊！

#China #society #family: Interesting assessment of a post-80 female blogger on the impact re: deteriorating economic prospects and social immobility on relationship between parents and children. #chinesevoices @chinaspektrum.bsky.social mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=Mzky...

#Ai skills are getting more important also on #China's job market. Two other interesting stated trends: 1."Upgrading" also for caretakers & handyman e.g. "smart furniture delivery and repair master"(智能家居运维师). 2.People in 3/4 tier cities seek job closer to home. #society www.news.cn/politics/202...

So awesome to see @badiucao.bsky.social on BBC's HARDtalk! A thoughtful conversation about art, politics + the costs and calculus for resistance. An important conversation for our times:

While I of course do acknowledge the difference in governance/political systems between #China and #Germany, I can't help but wonder that comments on German social media about #Germany might sound similar...? #digitalization #ai

Seemingly a very broad - new? - #definition of "#Chinese 'people-operated' #companies operating on percentage shares in ownership: 57 mio. and "91,96%2 of all companies"... #economy #statistics
www.news.cn/fortune/2025...

Ich habe einen Podcast mit @ruehlig.bsky.social aufgenommen.

Wir sprechen über Chinas Verletzbarkeit, über die Rivalität mit “dem Westen”, über DeepSeek, TikTok, Taiwan und Trump, wie Europa China sieht, wie China Europa sieht und warum ein Interesse an der Infragestellung der Demokratie besteht.

✅ Eben unterschrieben.

Phoenix muss bleiben.

Streicht stattdessen die Talk äh Polarisierungs-Shows.

China’s fragile online spaces for debate This analysis is part of “China Spektrum,” a joint research project with the China Institute of the University of Trier (CIUT) funded by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation. As part of this project, we a...

MERICS – China’s fragile online spaces for debate
"Between entertainment and heavy state guidance, citizens raise social concerns and create new communities"

Words of the Week: “Revenge on Society” Attacks Lead to Government Monitoring of “Individuals With ‘Four Lacks and Five Frustrations’” (四无五失人员, sìwú wǔshī rényuán) A series of violent “revenge on society” attacks by disgruntled individuals—most recently, targeting innocent bystanders in Changde, Wuxi, Zhuhai, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shenzhen, Suzhou, and Shanghai—ha...

Referenced in the MERICS report – CDT coverage of "revenge on society attacks" and government monitoring of individuals exhibiting the 'four lacks and five frustrations":

The Chinese migrants hoping for a new life in Germany A small but growing number of Chinese people are fleeing home, with their sights set on Germany thanks to its reputation as a safe haven for refugees

Haven't noticed this trend before - small numbers (around 1000), but 70% rise last year and each one with a unique story...
"The #Chinese migrants hoping for a new life in #Germany" www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...