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🇳🇿🇨🇳 Columnist, video @ShanghaiDaily • https://t.co/o9YT0hddSa • Fudan M.A. • INFJ • DM open • 上海日报 • 复旦大学硕士 • 不是吹捧中国的投机者,而是讲述事实的媒体人
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Jul 22, 2023 23 tweets 7 min read
CHINA'S ETHNIC MINORITIES, THEIR RIGHTS, AND HOW THEY'RE DETERMINED: A thread. 🧵

⚠️Before you read the thread below, first answer the following quiz, and don't cheat! 🤣

How many ethnic minorities does #China have?

(Video version of this thread here: ) Okay, if you chose 55, you’re right! If not, don’t worry – you’re not alone!

Many in the West think Chinese people are just that: Chinese. That’s technically correct, but looking at it that way oversimplifies just how complex and diverse the 1.4 billion people of China are. Image
Feb 24, 2023 9 tweets 2 min read
⚠️A QUICK ROUNDUP: China’s Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis was released this morning, with 12 points. A short thread. 🧵

Since day one, China’s position on the Ukraine crisis has centered around peace talks & ending the fighting ASAP (the West has ... Image largely ignored this). Now it’s super clear, with more meat.

China now also calls on all parties (incl. the US-led West) to promote peace talks and avoid “fanning the flames and aggravating tensions,” to respect the sovereignty of all nations, to abandon the Cold War ...
Feb 13, 2023 6 tweets 2 min read
OHIO: US media are barely covering a massive environmental disaster unfolding there after a train carrying vinyl chloride derailed and exploded.

A journalist reporting the incident has been arrested.

⚠️This disaster would not occur in China. Why? A short thread. 🧵 FIRST AN UPDATE ON OHIO:
⚠️When vinyl chloride burns, is produces dioxin, a potent carcinogen. Despite this, Ohio officials have told residents all is fine.

⚠️Reports suggest handling of the disaster has been poor.

⚠️Locals reported finding dead animals.

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