#Chinese

Vidyādāyinī

RohiniSensei

Mughals couldn't install water wheels in even 2% of their wells. Meanwhile the Vijayanagaras were building 100 feet high dams some of which are functioning even today. Slave-o-phobia, I guess.

Everything BCFC

everythingbcfc

A thread of @XuandongRen’s input since he joined @BCFC in June 2017. #bcfc The summer of 2017 saw him appoint Harry Redknapp with a £1.75m contract and then sack

🍙 Pisukkaaq the Transient ❄

DanDanTransient

This is such an interesting topic to me.The idea of what is "believable" and what is not in a field where suspension of disbelief is so key.https://twitter.com/DanDanTransient/status/1199421247886483456 I think about

Lil⁷ Shijie is Hosting a Conference 🐰🐰

flowerofgusu

A thread of Lil's CQL/MDZS translation notes! *Translation is a slippery art, so these are not objective facts. These are literary interpretations. *I do not work as a translator. I

Kate L 💖💜💙

ohbthr

IDK if I should tag this? I wanna talk about my eating habits, which are not always the healthiest. If that might be triggering for you, please avoid.ANYway, a thing

Elliott Zaagman

ElliottZaagman

This piece is not untrue, but it’s indicative of a larger problem.It frames itself as “realistic,” while simply ignoring what are the primary issues of conflict between the US and

rhod chang @SHUOYUE1994

quigonejinn

Thread now updated with an important correction from @tonyglowheart to my bad Chinese, along with a picture of the real-life cultivar that the Jin have and more into about peonies

Esha K

eshaLegal

I am really not trying to embarrass @theserfstv here. But, yesterday, when I asked them about a citation on Chinese imperialism, this was one of the articles they cited. The

Recomposition

communistrecomp

While it's true that Mao was Party Chairman & his cult was widespread at the outset of the Cultural Revolution, the notion that everything depended upon Mao is completely false.

Edward-Isaac Dovere

IsaacDovere

Obama, hitting the stump at a car rally in Philadelphia: Obama on Trump: “by the way, his ratings are down. And you know that upsets him.” Obama on Trump: "He’s

Alex Good

goodalexander

I have bought Baidu $BIDU $280 Calls, June 17 '22 expiry. I think the end of the Archegos unwind, self-driving licensing and cloud/AI transition re-rating sends BIDU up 68% to

Joseph Cotterill

jsphctrl

Tidjane Thiam, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and others call for a two-year moratorium on eurobond payments by African sovereigns to free up funds to fight the pandemic. (This would be default, the

R.O. Kwon 권오경

rokwon

Last night, I was part of an otherwise lovely Zoom panel with writers I admire. Two of us are Asian American—one Korean, one Sri Lankan—& a racist troll or two

America Great Again

WeSurvivedObama

Phoenix TV has a exec vp that manages compliance. Unlike #our #FakeNews that does not mean cracking down on #sexualabuse by #FakeNewsMedia hosts It means only reporting what the Chinese

CodesUcq

CodesUcq

1. 05/27/2020 J.K. rOWLing Unveils 'The Ickabog', A Free Fairy-Tale For Locked-Down KidsLikely symbolism comms, so let's go through what the purpose is this time....https://www.ndtv.com/offbeat/jk-rowling-unveils-the-ickabog-a-f

Thom Woodroofe

thomwoodroofe

The next Vice President has the potential to play a huge role in regalvanizing US international climate leadership. A lot of coverage today on @KamalaHarris’ domestic climate credentials and promises,