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Ren Zhiqiang--and his assistant, and his son--have disappeared. They are now the world's most significant political prisoners. @You_Shu_China has translated the essay that resulted in his disappearance. credibletarget.net/notes/RZQ Read it, forward it.
And then read the archives on @You_Shu_China's website: credibletarget.net/archive. One of the most interesting sites I've found in a long time. Spend some time there. Then ask yourself this question:
Why is it impossible to imagine reading anything like this in a mainstream US newspaper? Why is it that our coverage of China is like this: google.com/search?rlz=1C5…, when it could be like this website?

credibletarget.net/index
Don't you find what he's writing *vastly* more interesting and useful? Doesn't it help you understand what's happening there so much better than this kind of self-absorbed opinion piece? eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/… washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/03…
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This was published on January 24. thelancet.com/journals/lance…

After January 24, there's no excuse. This was in the public domain.
On January 24, I didn't know enough to realize how seriously I should take an article like this. But any half-functional government, anywhere, would have an advisor whose whole job was to stay on top of things like this.
We have whole government *agencies* devoted to "staying on top of things like this."

I presume that everyone, now--as a result of our collective crash course in epidemiology, virology, zoonotic disease, and SARS--can see how little expertise you would have needed, on Jan. 24,
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I do wish people had believed me when I said Trump was unable, cognitively, to discharge the duties of the presidency. That "president" was a job that required the ability to read. That a president's power was so great that someone lacking that ability could do vast harm.
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I'm still hearing this--it sounds like castanets, or wind chimes, about four blocks away from me.
And now I'm still hearing it--9:20--making me wonder if I'm actually hearing a broken mechanical device of some sort and if this means my toilet's about to overflow.
Now church bells--is it to ring in Easter early, or is it for the health care workers, or for the dead?
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