Chris Buckley 儲百亮
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New York Times reporter covering Taiwan and China from Taipei. 紐約時報記者
Taipei
Joined January 2009
Chuffed to see that the @NHM_London 's exhibition "Birds: Brilliant and Bizarre" references Flappy McFlapperson, the Beijing Cuckoo, named by Chinese schoolchildren and who captivated a global fan base. https://t.co/Tys6OqMfWe
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Taiwan is in the final days of its presidential election contest, and its big campaign rallies are boisterous, flashy spectacles — as if a variety show and a disco crashed into a candidate’s town hall meeting.
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At the island’s election rallies, warming up the crowd for candidates is crucial. “You have to light a fire in their hearts,” one host says.
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An incipient deal for a joint presidential ticket between Taiwan’s long-established Nationalist Party and the upstart Taiwan People’s Party unraveled with the speed, melodrama and lingering vitriol of a celebrity wedding gone wrong.
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The split over a proposed joint ticket bolsters the governing party candidate’s chances in the coming presidential election. That won’t please Beijing.
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If you go into the wayback machine you can see that Qin Gang was listed there previously.
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I have no clear answers on whether or how Qin Gang was removed from the State Council. But the State Council organizational list now names Wang Yi as its foreign ministry member. https://t.co/gdFcZk91xH
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NEW from @ChinaPowerCSIS: We just published a page tracking China’s military exercises around Taiwan and other key activities over the past week. This is just a first cut. In the coming days, we’ll update the timeline and add in-depth analysis. https://t.co/XmwY5FjG18
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Xi Jinping in Fujian in 1997. Looking tough toward Taiwan at tense moments, he learned long before he became China’s top leader, is essential for political survival in the ruling Communist Party. https://t.co/XN4DmVuOwd
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Thousands of miles from the cities that Russia is bombing in Ukraine, China has been studying the war. Beijing sees a source of invaluable lessons on weapons, troop power, intelligence and deterrence that can help it prepare for potential wars of its own.
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With an eye on a possible conflict over Taiwan, analysts have scrutinized the war for insights ranging from the importance of supply lines to the power of nuclear threats.
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News Analysis: Xi Jinping’s Moscow trip was cast as a mission for peace in Ukraine, but his priority was bolstering Russia as a partner in countering the U.S., @ChuBailiang, our chief China correspondent, writes. https://t.co/lph4k318XV
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Instead of focusing on a solution to the war in Ukraine, the Chinese leader’s visit to Moscow reinforced China and Russia’s shared opposition to American dominance.
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More fascinating details from @NorthropKatrina on the Chinese balloon scientist Wu Zhe's businesses invested in high-altitude airships.
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The U.S. Commerce Department is leveling sanctions against six Chinese companies involved in the balloon program. Katrina Northrop reports.
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China’s Top Airship Scientist Said He Sent One Over North America in 2019
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Corporate records and media reports reveal an airship scientist at the center of China’s high-altitude balloon program. Companies he has founded were among those targeted by Washington.
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In 2019, he proudly announced that his team had sailed an airship around most of the globe, including across North America. Now, companies he founded are among those that have been penalized by Washington.
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Corporate records and media reports reveal an airship scientist at the center of China’s high-altitude balloon program. Companies he has founded were among those targeted by Washington.
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“The whipsaw speed of this shift is partially the extent to which this is the decision of one man. But also it’s officials trying to please that one man, and trying to run where you think he’s headed — sprint, in fact." https://t.co/t5xy9SkOQh
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After micromanaging the coronavirus strategy for nearly three years, the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, has suddenly left the populace to improvise.
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He turned China’s intense top-to-bottom Covid mobilization into a showcase of the party’s strength. But eventually the effort exhausted staff, strained local finances, and appeared to drown out attempts to discuss, let alone devise, a measured transition.
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After micromanaging the coronavirus strategy for nearly three years, the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, has suddenly left the populace to improvise.
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In late November, China was still committed to a “zero Covid” strategy. Then it abandoned almost overnight the world’s strictest pandemic prevention measures.
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After micromanaging the coronavirus strategy for nearly three years, the country’s leader, Xi Jinping, has suddenly left the populace to improvise.
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People's Daily guide to staying healthy post Zero Covid explains the benefits of regularly pushing up against a wall. https://t.co/EcugjZTEBE
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Front page of the People's Daily on Thursday: Politburo meeting, Xi's visit to Saudi Arabia...No report about the big shift in Covid policy. (Look inside on page 8 for that). https://t.co/eKFXoUihDk
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The end of Zero COVID may finally be in sight. But what do three years of the basic inability to plan for tomorrow do to people’s ambition and optimism? I spent two weeks in Guangdong — one of the most dynamic parts of China — trying to find out:
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The world’s harshest Covid restrictions exemplify how Xi Jinping’s authoritarian excesses have rewritten Beijing’s longstanding social contract with its people.
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“You can’t go to bed every night having to look for work in the morning. It’s too tiring.” A compelling story about the hardships of workers behind the protests and mass actions against Covid lockdowns in southern China. https://t.co/1wbwMY6jJ5
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The world’s harshest Covid restrictions exemplify how Xi Jinping’s authoritarian excesses have rewritten Beijing’s longstanding social contract with its people.
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