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Feb 26 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
My dogs found another stray kitten. She looks much healthier than other kittens that we found before. I gave her some wet cat food that I had bought before for Bacon.
She is digging in
Soklat got jealous and tried to dislodge her
Wifey @BaliEarthSoul named her Bao 包 as in Chinese meat bun

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Feb 26
“If the country small but the ruler doesn’t accept humble status; its forces weak but nvr fears the strong ; the country knows no ritual propriety, insults strong neighbors; greedy and obstinate but unskilful in diplomacy; such country deserves the downfall.” Han Fei 280 – 233 BC Image
Original quote in classical Chinese of 3rd century BC.” 《韓非》《亡徵第十五》：國小而不處卑，力少而不畏強，無禮而侮大鄰，貪愎而拙交者，可亡也。
Han Fei was a prince of Han, the weakest state of 7 kingdoms in Warring States era. He wrote books as advice/admonition for his King.

King of Qin read his books became a fan and forced Han to send Han Fei to his court. Han Fei was killed by his old friend jealous of his talent Image
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Feb 26
Lots of people asking how is Chinese media covering the war in Ukraine. I have to think a moment what makes up Chinese media.

Because most Chinese people get their news frm social media where state media is only a part of the ecosystem.
With millions of Chinese people abroad and tens of millions using VPN in China.

News frm major foreign outlets and social media like Twitter/Instagram gets shared on Chinese social media Wechat in real time. bypassing the Great Fire Wall.
Chinese people abroad are translating news frm English, Russian, French, German, Spanish and feed them back on Chinese social media. I was part of that.
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Feb 24
Chinese libs often cite as act of US generosity toward China by funding Tsinghua University. I will set the record straight.

It’s Chinese money. A thread 🧵
8 foreign powers invaded China during Boxers Rebellion and sacked Beijing in 1900.

China was required to pay invaders for the privilege of being invade: 450,000,000 tael of silver, 1 tael of silver for every Chinese person alive
Spoils of war was divided among 8 foreign powers, with US getting 7.32% of the pie
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Feb 21
This was during height of KMT offensive in Chinese Civil War. Mao led a small force to play hide and seek w KMT’s 300,000 army in Shaanxi.

Mao was always 1 step ahead because KMT commander’s personal secretary is a Communist mole who fed KMT plans to Mao
Communist mole Xiong Xianghui 熊向晖, aide-de-camp to KMT commander Hu Zongnan who led 300,000 troops to attack Communist HQ in Yan’an in 1947.

Xiong fed KMT battle plans to Mao. Mao then led KMT troops on a wild goose chase in the Shaanxi countryside Image
Xiong Xianghui became People’s Republic of China’s 1st Ambassador to Mexico in 1973.

His Communist mole past only revealed in 1991. In Jung Chang’s farcical Mao biography, Chang thought Chiang Kai-shek’s trusted General Hu Zongnan was the Communist spy that let Mao escape ImageImage
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Feb 21
50 years ago today, Nixon arrived in China, beginning a new chapter in US-China relations

Today US ruling elite have decided to close that chapter for good and turn back the clock. They might not like results ImageImageImageImage
At the time of Nixon’s visit, China was still in the grips of tumultuous Cultural Revolution.

China was 1 of poorest country in East Asia, w GPD per capita behind India and Indonesia. ImageImageImageImage
Since Sino-Soviet split in 1960s, China squared off agst both superpowers USSR and US. Mao and Zhou understood China must break out of diplomatic isolation. US sought to play China card agst USSR. Common interests brought 2 sides together in Nixon’s historic visit ImageImage
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Feb 19
Gorbachev was incredibly naive to believe in the promise of no further NATO expansion.

Deng Xiaoping said abt Gorbachev aft their historical meeting in 1989: “This man may look smart, but in fact is stupid.”
Someone please PS Deng Xiaoping comment on Gorbachev on this image. Should’ve been a Meme
Or put Deng Xiaoping quote on this one since there’s more space
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