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Matsu, part of Taiwan just miles from China, lost its internet last month when its undersea cables were damaged, allegedly by Chinese vessels.
for @washingtonpost, @Yaoyu_c and I went to see how people have coped - with photos by the great @Anrizzy
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The National Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday said it would stop publishing age group-specific unemployment data this month, after China’s youth unemployment rate - for 16- to 24-year-olds — rose to a record high of 21.3% in June. @megatobin1 washingtonpost.com/world/202…
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Blinken and Wang Yi are meeting in Jakarta as reports of a Chinese cyberespionage effort targeting U.S. government email accounts has raised questions about a fragile thaw in relations between the two countries. with @megatobin1 washingtonpost.com/national-…
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China’s worn-out graduates are taking unconventional grad photos of them lying on the ground or bending over railings. With record youth unemployment rate, the photos are a response to the ultracompetitive environment they face today. w/@lilkuo Lilian Yang washingtonpost.com/world/202…
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China's AI regs will shape the technology’s trajectory in China & around 🌍.
They'll be “default settings” for their AI exports (LLMs in Indonesia, AVs everywhere). As 🇺🇸+🇨🇳 systems interact more we need to understand each system's safeguards.
Bonus: we can learn sth. (2/10)
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WaPo: "Chinese state media, after having castigated Blinken as a meddling provocateur, cast the visit in a favorable light. Sunday’s talks had brought 'positive expectations to the international community,' said…the Global Times."
@John_Hudson @megatobin1
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BYD became the best selling car brand in China in Q1 2023
Now founder Wang Chuanfu is aiming to ride a huge wave of exports with an $11,000 EV
We look at how BYD got there (incl the time Wang drank battery fluid in front of a Berkshire Hathaway exec)
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It's already the top EV in Thailand, Israel, Singapore and NZ this year
“If Tesla decides to enter a market in Latin America or Southeast Asia, guess who they’re going to have to compete against in every single one of those markets?” asked Tu Le @SinoAutoInsight
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Chinese EV giant BYD surpasses Tesla but struggles to enter U.S.
This year has marked a moment of arrival not just for BYD but for the much-maligned Chinese auto sector as a whole.
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A line from hit Netflix show Wave Makers has become a rallying cry for a wave of sexual harassment allegations in Taiwan, sparking resignations in the ruling Democratic Progressive Party
with @Yaoyu_c for @washingtonpost
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"Let's not just let this go," a party spokeswoman tells a staffer who has come forward about being harassed in the hit Taiwanese political drama
The show writers didn't plan to focus on sexual harassment, but found they couldn't write about women's experiences at work without it
“A lot of people have endured for a really long time without an emotional outlet,” one of the show writers told us.
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My QQ account, which I had used since I was a kid, was mysteriously suspended in Nov 2021. When I went back to China last month, I knew it was my only opportunity to get it back. Here's my experience at Tencent's weirdly secretive customer service center. technologyreview.com/2023/05…
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Acechada por la crisis, Argentina recurre al yuan para comerciar. Por necesidad más que por entusiasmo, el país se convierte en uno de los casos + relevantes a nivel mundial en adoptar la moneda china.
Nota p/@washingtonpost con @megatobin1 y Lyric Li.
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Taiwan's legislature today allowed same-sex couples to co-adopt children that are not related to them following a court ruling that allowed a couple to co-adopt last year, removing one of the last hurdles that differentiate same-sex from straight couples.
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“Russia’s invasion of Ukraine was a wake-up call to us all, and served as a reminder that authoritarianism does not cease in its belligerence against democracy,” Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen said at The Hudson Institute Thursday
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Taiwan lost another formal ally last weekend when Honduras cut ties. But recently Taiwan has focused less on official diplomatic relations, and more on broader ties with democracies worldwide
@Yaoyu_c and I get into why those informal ties still add up
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We spent a week chatting with Baidu's answer to ChatGPT, Ernie Bot. Sure, it cut the conversation off plenty of times. But it also gave us surprisingly nuanced responses about things like whether censorship undermines political legitimacy
with Lyric Li:
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Over the past week, Taiwan lost Honduras, welcomed German and Czech delegations, and saw its former leader make a historic visit to China. Tsai's US trip could be the climax of the recent diplomatic tug-of-war that centers on Taiwan. w/@megatobin1 washingtonpost.com/world/202…
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"Baidu approved The Washington Post’s access to Ernie Bot last week and we spent several days chatting with it. We found an intelligent, at times playful interlocutor — but one that ended the conversation at the barest mention of politics."
@megatobin1
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TikTok's critics argue it could be a vessel for pro-Beijing messages. @drewharwell and I spoke with one creator who uses the platform to do just the opposite - and who could lose a connection to Mandarin speaking users around the world if it's banned
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