magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.social
I teach Anthropology & Asian studies @ Cornell University. Formerly Director, Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, in Stockholm; Cultural Attaché, Swedish Embassy in Beijing; 2nd secretary Swedish embassy in Tokyo. Views my own.
👤 Joined on 24 noviembre 2024
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@magnusfiskesjoe.bsky.socialCargo ship HAV GERMANICA spent large parts of Oct 28-29 zig-zaging outside a Swedish military training area. A ship, highly likely her, was boarded last night, is partly or fully Russian crewed and the ship is now in a Swedish port, possibly detained.
Show PostDing dong, scoop-klockan ringer. bsky.app/profile/auon...
Show Post3. One of the most fascinating parts of the whole saga to me has been watching which of the many international pro-CCP influencers on X suddenly started tweeting about Mao and how he wasn't a dictator.
Show Post2. Afaik this is the first time that the Party launched such a campaign over foreign speech that falls in the "historical nihilism" category. So far, these kinds of campaigns had only hit Chinese people inside of China. Is the boundary of international speech the CCP wants to police shifting again?
Show PostI'm late to the party but three quick points on the Mbappé drama: 1. This kind of outrage campaign isn't organic bottom-up rage but usually CCP-organized (though of course, it often ends up being amplified organically at some point). I wrote about this here: thechinacollection.org/mareike-ohlb...
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