Joyce Cheng

If you wonder why all the posts about bamboo & why it matters.

@joycecontact.bsky.social is not active on bsky, but her post on other platform sums it up.

In fact Chinese gov have punished more severely on corruption like this in other cities. They should appreciate the citizens asking questions.

Thank you for reposting🙏

‘It’s PR, not the ER’: Gen Z is resisting the workplace emergency In an evolving workforce, Gen Z is rejecting a frenetic, stress-inducing approach to work that crosses work-life balance boundaries and leads to burnout.

As the workforce evolves, younger generations are rejecting a frenetic approach to work that can create undue stress and cross work-life balance boundaries.

Dear friends,
As have become a habit, I mark each #autumnequinox by sharing a small poem by Xin Qiji. I also start my translation cycle of Chinese and Japanese poems and prose that mark the twenty-four lunisolar micro-seasons. Translation notes blogged here:
#everynightapoem

I am not a Hannah Arendt stan, but she nailed this one: 'Under such circumstances… the Palestinian Jews would degenerate into one of those small warrior tribes about whose possibilities and importance history has amply informed us since the days of Sparta.'

Neryssa is great. If you want a great person on your team in journalism and media, hire her!

Record crowds at Gaza protests as Israel ramps up plans for ground invasion Protesters took to the streets over the weekend in the wake of a declaration of an "entirely man-made" famine in Gaza City, and the Coalition is gearing up for another fight over net zero.

Protesters took to the streets over the weekend in the wake of a declaration of an "entirely man-made" famine in Gaza City, and the Coalition is gearing up for another fight over net zero.

Opinion | Gen Z-ers Are Nostalgic for a Time Before They Were Born Longing for the past can be good news for the future.

In Opinion | In a survey, 60% of Gen Z adults said that they wished they could return to a time before everyone was “plugged in.” “That, of course, would involve returning to a time that largely predates their own lives,” the research psychologist Clay Routledge writes.

PBS Slashes Budget by 21% After Federal Funding Cuts

scoop: PBS is cutting its budget by 21% to deal with federal funding cuts
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'Psychosocial hazard': ABC management stops union meeting over meme poster A furore erupted at the ABC after a union's meme poster was deemed to be a risk to workplace health and safety.

ABC management postponed a meeting with union representatives after deeming an MEAA poster a “psychosocial hazard” and a risk to workplace health and safety. Daanyal Saeed reports.

Mid-century family. Man has high rise pants and a button-up shirt.

A man wearing high-rise pants and a button-up shirt.

Dressing well was also not limited to the rich and famous. A reader sent me pics of his grandpa, born in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) to a working-class Chinese family. He immigrated to London and then Canada, where he worked in an auto parts store and by installing light fixtures.

This is a very common tankie take when it comes to China on democracy and human rights.

My favourite genre is ‘we shouldn’t force the whole LGBTQA+ rights thing on China because it’s a western invention’ which implies there were no queer people before white folks came along.

OpenAI’s ChatGPT to hit 700 million weekly users, up 4x from last year The milestone follows a $8.3 billion raise from top investors, including Dragoneer Investment Group, Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital.

wha da FUK does "on track to hit 700 million weekly users" mean??? do we really publish random user projections now?? @edzitron.com

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“The decision was made to appease the pro-Israel lobbyists who would inevitably escalate their complaints about the ABC employing a presenter they perceived to have antisemitic and anti-Israel opinions in such a public position,” the judgment went on.

Federal court rules ABC unlawfully terminated Antoinette Lattouf after ‘orchestrated campaign by pro-Israel lobbyists’ Journalist was taken off air three days into five-day contract in December 2023 after sharing Gaza post on social media

The federal court has found that the ABC had contravened s772(1) of the Fair Work Act by terminating Lattouf’s employment “for reasons including that she held a political opinion opposing the Israeli military campaign in Gaza”. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...

If your cooking is inspired by Chinese food from your parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and family friends, we want to hear from you!

Play School staffer sues the ABC in the Federal Court The case, brought by the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) has been filed in the Federal Court on behalf of Tom Scott, a digital producer on the children’s show.

Staff who have worked hard for the ABC over multiple years or projects have a right to secure, ongoing employment that affords them the security to do their jobs well, for the public they serve.
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Why a picture of 'one banana and four apples' could be censored in China Hundreds of pages of secret documents leaked to the ABC provide a rare glimpse into how human censors and AI erase references to Beijing's violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in 1989.

Every post is first scanned by AI systems, which are particularly sensitive to any references to the Tiananmen anniversary.

A training manual for censors working for Douyin labelled the world-famous Tank Man image a "subversive picture".

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Ex-councillor's shop visited by customs on eve of Tiananmen anniversary HK customs officers inspected ex-district councillor Katrina Chan’s incense shop for hours on the eve of the Tiananmen crackdown anniversary, accusing her of failing to comply with product safety regu...

In case you were wondering how things are going in Hong Kong this week, Customs and Excise officers (along with other unidentified plainclothes agents) conducted a four hour inspection of an incense shop run by ex-district councillor Katrina Chan. Why? Chan sold candles for $6.4

Örkesh Dölet descended on to Tiananmen Square with thousands of fellow student protesters. He’s now 36 years into exile | Nuria Khasim As the anniversary of the 1989 massacre approaches, the Uyghur activist reflects on his lifelong dedication to the fight for democracy When I was little, mum used to take us to visit an elderly Uyghur couple every year. We would climb up the winding concrete stairs in a Soviet-era apartment block and be greeted with a warmth that felt like family. Over piping hot bowls of Uyghur chay, mum would talk to them for hours while my brother and I listened. I always assumed they were relatives of ours, until mum told me that they were the parents of her friend Örkesh Dölet, and they had not seen their son for over 20 years. As a child, I didn’t know who Örkesh was, but my heart broke for his parents, who clearly loved and missed their son so very dearly. Growing up in Beijing, dad used to take us to Tiananmen Square on weekends to fly colourful swallow-shaped kites. Due to censorship, I never knew that the pristine, neatly paved tiles beneath the soles of my sparkly light-up sneakers were once carpeted with the corpses of brave pro-democracy student protesters. I never saw the famous photo of “tank man”. I never knew the date “4 June 1989” had any significance for the city that I called home. Continue reading...

Örkesh Dölet descended on to Tiananmen Square with thousands of fellow student protesters. He’s now 36 years into exile | Nuria Khasim

Nearly 50 Chinese yaoi writers have reportedly been detained by police, with confessions of their ‘crimes’ posted on social media. All known detainees so far are women.

ABC pulls interview with Palestine advocate from website and iview During the interview, Nasser Mashni made a pointed remark that it was time 'for Palestine to be free, from the river to the sea'.

Exclusive | The ABC appears to have taken down an interview with Palestine advocate Nasser Mashni from its website and iview. @daanysaeed.bsky.social reports.

ABC doing ‘all the heavy lifting’ as commercial networks abandon local kids’ TV drama Just $1.75m spent on genre across free-to-air networks as advocates warn of ‘broader erosion’ of cultural investment Australian commercial television networks have all but given up on creating local children’s drama, advocates say, with just $1.75m spent on the genre across all commercial free-to-air networks in 2023-2024. But that’s $1.75m more than the previous year, according to the latest report card by the communications regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma). Continue reading...

ABC doing ‘all the heavy lifting’ as commercial networks abandon local kids’ TV drama

Australian politics has changed. Media's old blokes must shift their gaze The press gallery needs to get its head around the gender shift in parliament. So far it's not off to a great start.

The press gallery needs to get its head around the gender shift in parliament. So far it's not off to a great start. @mediumandmessage.bsky.social writes.

More than just chips: Chinese threats and Trump tariffs could disrupt lots of ‘made in Taiwan’ imports − disappointing US builders, cyclists and golfers alike Geopolitical threats from China and the United States abound. That could be a tough pill to swallow for Taiwan − and American consumers.

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Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained, activists say Activists say Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning film “No Other Land” in the occupied West Bank, and he was then detained by the Israeli military.

Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning film “ No Other Land ” in the occupied West Bank on Monday, and he was then detained by the Israeli military, Jewish activists on the scene said.

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Trump supporter wrongly detained by Ice questions his support for president Jensy Machado, a naturalized US citizen from Virginia, believes US immigration agency profiles Hispanic people

Similar to how conservatives can't wrap their head around any social issue until it affects them directly, MAGA don't understand how little their Dear Leader cares about them until their world implodes due to his policies. Mind you, that's happening a lot now.

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Facebook and YouTube have both put up barriers to people getting info during Cyclone Alfred, reminding us why governments shouldn’t be trusting closed, private platforms with crucial info during a crisis

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Help Dina, Farhan, and Their Toddlers Survive in Gaza Hello all - my name is Andrea. I am a mutual aid advocate living from Chicago, USA, organizing this campaign on behalf of my dear friend, Dina and her family who are trying to survive in Deir al-Balah...

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