Robert Postings

[REVIEW] “One of the Greatest Writers, Full Stop: Lu Xun’s 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑑 𝐺𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑠 & 𝑀𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐵𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑠 𝐺𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝐷𝑢𝑠𝑘” by Robert Postings 📁 RETURN TO FIRST IMPRESSIONS📁RETURN TO CHA REVIEW OF BOOKS AND FILMS Also read “Feature: Lu Xun” in Cha. Lu Xun (author), Eileen J. Cheng (translator), Theodore Huters (editor), Wild G…

'One of the Greatest Writers, Full Stop' - was great to review Wild Grass and Morning Blossoms by Lu Xun for @asiancha.bsky.social

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On Tuesday 3rd June I'll be moderating a talk about 'Reporting on China'. Come along to hear from a diverse group of four great journalists about the realities of reporting on China.

Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/panel-disc...

Living Spirits Exhibition: The Life and Craft of Bai People “In the Hands of the Bai, all things have spirit” shares the Living Spirits: Bai Craft nd the Art of Nature exhibition at London Craft Week.

May 18th is the last chance to check out the great 'Living Spirits' exhibition in London detailing the crafts and beliefs of the Bai people from Yunnan, China. Part of London Craft Week, it is organised by Yicrafts x Liuran. Read my article about the exhibition here: chinaminutes.com/2025/05/16/l...

Living Spirits Exhibition: The Life and Craft of Bai People “In the Hands of the Bai, all things have spirit” shares the Living Spirits: Bai Craft nd the Art of Nature exhibition at London Craft Week.

May 18th is the last chance to check out the great 'Living Spirits' exhibition in London detailing the crafts and beliefs of the Bai people from Yunnan, China. Part of London Craft Week, it is organised by Yicrafts x Liuran. Read my article about the exhibition here: chinaminutes.com/2025/05/16/l...

Xueting C. Ni Interview: Sinophagia and Chinese Horror Xueting C. Ni talks to China Minutes about her latest work Sinophagia, Chinese horror, and sharing Chinese culture with the West.

I recently interviewed @xuetingni.bsky.social for China Minutes talking about Sinophagia, Chinese Horrror, and sharing Chinese cultures with a wider audience. It was a lovely chat and I hope everyone gives it a read!

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Xueting C. Ni Interview: Sinophagia and Chinese Horror Xueting C. Ni talks to China Minutes about her latest work Sinophagia, Chinese horror, and sharing Chinese culture with the West.

Interview with China Minutes, in which I talk about Sinophagia, horror literature and my work on Chinese cultures. chinaminutes.com/2025/04/25/x...

Xueting C. Ni Interview: Sinophagia and Chinese Horror Xueting C. Ni talks to China Minutes about her latest work Sinophagia, Chinese horror, and sharing Chinese culture with the West.

I recently interviewed @xuetingni.bsky.social for China Minutes talking about Sinophagia, Chinese Horrror, and sharing Chinese cultures with a wider audience. It was a lovely chat and I hope everyone gives it a read!

chinaminutes.com/2025/04/25/x...

I sent in an email with a pitch relating to China. Using the just-started demolition of a 20,000-room Covid quarantine hospital that only got used for two weeks as an argument against the Zombie idea of China's long-term planning. Please do have a look, I'm looking forward to your thoughts!

Thanks so much @robertpostings.bsky.social !

Five Biggest Myths I See About China’s Healthcare Here’s what everyone keeps getting wrong - and why it really matters.

If you're interested in China or Health, please do follow my friend @rcjwang.bsky.social and check out her Substack China Health Pulse.

She writes great articles like this one, which breaks down some of the biggest myths about Chinese healthcare:

chinahealthpulse.substack.com/p/five-bigge...

Who is IShowSpeed Unc that Followed Him Across China? IShowSpeed Unc followed him across China giving Speed food and becoming a highlight of the stream - all to promote his hometown.

I wrote about the Chinese uncle who followed IShowSpeed across China. His name is Jiang Ge from Rongchang near Chongqing. A local internet celebrity who has consistently worked to promote his hometown, support local farmers, and do charity work.

Read all here: chinaminutes.com/2025/04/09/i...

The protest started at 2pm - with speakers including MPs and dissidents - police cleared the protest at 4pm with threats of arrest if people didn't leave. Protesters blocked roads outside old Royal Mint for at least an hour. At least two arrests and two people fainted/collapsed.

Followed by a second arrest.

This was followed by protesters trying to block the police van driving off and chants to let the protester go - there was a lot of back and forth shoving and at least one protesters thrown to the ground by police.

Protesters occupied the streets around the embassy blocking off traffic. Police warned that if people didn't leave the street there would be arrests but protesters remained. There were two arrests - here's a video of the first.

A yellow and black (colours of Hong Kong's protest movement) umbrella (symbol of the 2014 and 2019 protests) with the traditional Chinese characters for fearless.

There were almost 30 groups involved in organising with Hong Kongers, Tibetan, Uyghur, Chinese, Taiwanese and more turning up. However, the overwhelming majority of protesters were Hong Kongers - lots of black protest gear, umbrellas, masks, and flags. Reminiscent of protests in Hong Kong.

Photos from the large protest at old Royal Mint yesterday, the proposed site of the new Chinese Embassy in London. Well over a thousand protesters turned up opposing the move.

There were two arrests I saw and a lot of shoving as protesters tried to stop the police van with arrested protesters drive away. Separately, two people fainted/collapsed and ambulances called for them.

Was quite large, roads including tower bridge were blocked by protesters and there were at least two arrests.

Chinese students grapple with study and language pressures, report finds Study pressures and language barriers are the biggest challenges shaping the experience of Chinese students, according to new research.

My latest for @thepienews.bsky.social translating and summarising a White Paper on Chinese overseas students' experiences. Includes lots of useful data and provides an important Chinese student perspective on struggles with English language and academic requirements.

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I made a starter pack for NUJ London Freelance branch members, committee, and union officials.

NUJ members on Bluesky - please join and share!
#StrongerTogether #JoinAUnion
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Christmas films: the less-known and the old classics This Christmas you may prefer to watch your favourite films; we offer you two alternatives you may make your new classic must-watch movies

Christmas films: the less-known and the old classics

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As always @chinahousebrief.bsky.social a great read if you have an interest in China or Sino-British relations.

Screenshot of a tweet by The Times. It has a picture of the Principal of QMUL with the Chinese vice-minister for education and the UK minister for skills. And a lead that questions the wisdom of setting up that meeting while there are concerns about Bejing and security

🥲 so proud of our institution, so proud.

The Principal always makes sure we hit the headlines in such hopeful ways. Good thing he made his office run this entire vanity conference to be the conduit between the minister and Chinese vice-minister, ambassador, and AI investors.

They had the private meeting at Queen Mary, University of London before both participating in the China-UK Universities Roundtable which was also attended by heads of Chinese + UK universities as well as the Chinese ambassador to the UK Zheng Zeguang.

Education minister held private meeting with Chinese counterpart Baroness Smith of Malvern and Wu Yan had discussed how universities could work together at a roundtable event in London

Was great getting my first article published in @thetimes.com with an exclusive scoop that UK Minister for Skills Baroness Smith had a private meeting with Chinese Vice Minister of Education Wu Yan in London last week. Previously the meeting had not been reported. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Christmas presents are both a pleasure and a pain Christmas presents seem to bring both pleasure and stress; three members of our team have a few thoughts to share

Christmas presents seem to bring both pleasure and stress; three members of our team have a few thoughts to share

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A Mysterious Poisoning, Contaminated Tanker Trucks, and a Death in Custody: 2024’s Best Investigative Stories About China Also featuring reporting on an elaborate con on a Chinese dissident, an academic credentials scandal, and trekking with Chinese migrants to the US border.

While numerous in-depth stories in China are produced every year, genuine investigative journalism remains rare. This is why GIJN's Editor’s Picks have pivoted from featuring investigative reporting “in China” to “about China."

Below are our 2024 picks: https://twp.ai/1KAb1i