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Liddokun

@liddokun.bsky.social

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天下為公。Kindness and compassion is paramount to a functioning society. There are no evil countries, only garbage leaders and exploitative systems. I mostly talk about geopolitics, technology and the economy. 我們正進入一個需要自游的危險時代。🇺🇸🇹🇼🇺🇦

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Liddokun @liddokun.bsky.social · Aug 13

#China navy/coast guard bullying #Filipino subsistance fishermen. The #CCP always take from the poor to give to themselves. Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippines Seas documentary. Despite a 2016 #UNCLOS arbitration ruling that China refuses to abide. #Philippines
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Food Delivery: Fresh from the West Philippine Sea Trailer | Doc Edge Festival 2025

YouTube video by Doc Edge

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Denise Wu @denisewu.bsky.social · 11h

Good news everyone, more 85 C bakery is opening up in the US.

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85°C café to scale back China operations, expand in U.S. - Focus Taiwan

Gourmet Master Co., the owner of the 85°C Bakery Cafe chain, has decided to close poorly performing outlets in China under a business restructuring plan, while the company will continue to expand oper...

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Yangyang Cheng @yangyangcheng.bsky.social · 15h

I published two pieces on women in China this week! First, a review essay @chinabooksreview.com on two Fang Fang novels, Soft Burial & The Running Flame (tr. Michael Berry). Gendered oppression has persisted during the socialist period and capitalist reforms, despite the CCP's promise of liberation.

No Country for a Woman | China Books Review

Women in China have suffered abuse, silencing and erasure — despite the Communist Party’s slogans about women’s liberation. Two novels by the Wuhan writer Fang Fang show how gendered oppression persis...

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Liddokun @liddokun.bsky.social · 18h

I think the calculation from both sides ( #Beijing / #Washington) was to see if the other side would blink and also if it's own the respective #economy could withstand full decoupling/stress test. The damage might be immense but it's not Xi nor Trump paying the economic price. #tariffs #China

Today headline @todayheadline.bsky.social · 18h

‘China isn’t afraid’: Beijingers shrug off Trump tariff threat

BEIJING – Residents of China’s capital city are expressing indifference and defiance over the latest threat by US President Donald Trump to impose blistering new tariffs on their country. On Oct 10, Mr Trump announced suddenly that the…

‘China isn’t afraid’: Beijingers shrug off Trump tariff threat

BEIJING – Residents of China’s capital city are expressing indifference and defiance over the latest threat by US President Donald Trump to impose blistering new tariffs on their country. On Oct 10, Mr Trump announced suddenly that the United States would slap additional 100 per cent tariffs on all Chinese imports from Nov 1 “or sooner”, also calling into question an upcoming meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: “The Justice Department seemed poised to pursue an indictment against Letitia James on pathetically weak charges. Yet the charges that actually ended up in the indictment a jury returned on Thursday may somehow be even weaker.”

By @mollyroberts.bsky.social

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Courts & Litigation Criminal Justice & the Rule of Law
Executive Branch
The Justice Department's
Dangerously Weak Case Against
Letitia James
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Lindsey Halligan didn't have a strong case against Letitia James. She indicted her anyway.

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Liddokun @liddokun.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely 💯 true. #TerryGuo #JensenHuang

Denise Wu @denisewu.bsky.social · 2d

The only difference between Terry Guo and Jensen Huang is that Terry Guo is honest about his collusion with China, unlike Jensen, who keeps making big fat lies, claiming there’s “no evidence of any AI chip diversion.”

Liddokun @liddokun.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations Maria Corino #Machado !!! #NobelPeacePrize #NobelPrize #Venezuela

USA TODAY @usatoday.com · 1d

The White House responded to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Venezuelan opposition activist María Corina Machado by saying the prize committee was playing politics by not giving it to President Donald Trump. bit.ly/3Ww2qsR

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Liddokun @liddokun.bsky.social · 1d

In Beijing's worldview the west being collectively weakened and diminished is a good thing. #EU #US #Defense #China #Russia

Dr Sari Arho Havrén @sariarhohavren.bsky.social · 1d

Beijing kills two (or more) birds with one stone with the new export controls. For Europe, this means seriously slowing down Europe’s rearmament by hitting hard at European defence industries. Beijing was never a fan of the 5% GDP defence target.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 1d

“Oh my god… I have no words.”

Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina ( finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news.

NobelPrize #NobelPeacePrize

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Liddokun @liddokun.bsky.social · 2d

The #CCP didn't like how TechInsights exposes Huawei's tricks. #China #TechInsights
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China blacklists major chip research firm TechInsights following report on Huawei

Beijing has banned semiconductor researcher TechInsights from working with or receiving data from entities in China.

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Denise Wu @denisewu.bsky.social · 2d

Still can’t get over how humiliating this is for the British, especially knowing its history on kowtowing.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 3d

Johnson: Miss Grijalva has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the house was out of session,

Gallego: You don't want her to be on the Epstein discharge.

Johnson: You guys are experts at red herrings.

Gallego: This is an excuse

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 3d

BREAKING: Hamas will release all 20 living hostages this weekend, AP sources say, as Israelis will withdraw from majority of Gaza.

Israel, Hamas agree to 'first phase' of plan to end fighting, release hostages, Trump says

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first Phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

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UNITED24 Media @united24media.com · 3d

Russia is attempting to jam UK military satellites on a regular basis, according to the head of the UK Space Command.

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Liddokun @liddokun.bsky.social · 3d

They will copy and steal everything. #Ukraine #China #drone
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China copies Ukrainian anti-drone shield for tanks

China has filed a patent for a foldable anti-drone canopy for tanks that closely resembles a Ukrainian battlefield invention. The development, attributed to Dragon Shield Intelligent Equipment of Wuhu...

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404 Media @404media.co · 3d

BREAKING: Apple removed an app for preserving TikToks, Instagram reels, news reports, and videos documenting abuses by ICE

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Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 3d

New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed

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Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses

Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

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Denise Wu @denisewu.bsky.social · 3d

Foreign Policy with Chinese Characteristics, play all sides and pretend to want peace.

This playbook is also used in Myanmar, where Chinese pretend to be “peace brokers” while supporting the junta, rebels, and gangs in illegal activities.

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Liddokun @liddokun.bsky.social · 3d

Trump and Xi are mirroring each other. Purging many of the intellectuals, policy experts, and only retain certain ideologues. This does not bode well for the world.

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Denise Wu @denisewu.bsky.social · 4d

🇨🇳 asked bots to outline social media "listening" tools and other monitoring concepts.

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CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies @csis.org · 3d

Under the guise of fishing, Beijing is using dual-use and unmarked vessels to surveil, harass, and assert presence around Taiwan.

@futures.csis.org experts explore the data behind China’s maritime gray zone campaign: www.csis.org/analysis/sig...

Signals in the Swarm: The Data Behind China’s Maritime Gray Zone Campaign Near Taiwan

This brief presents a new data-driven framework for identifying Chinese maritime gray zone activity near Taiwan, using AIS tracking, fishing effort data, and military drill zones to flag civilian vessels likely engaged in state-directed operations.

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Michael McFaul @mcfaulmike.bsky.social · 3d

If you preorder now directly from @HarperCollins, you can save $7 when buying AUTOCRATS VS DEMOCRATS. $28 instead of $35. Bargain!

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Autocrats vs. Democrats

\"A history, an analysis, and a set of prescriptions for the greatest geopolitical challenge of our time: the threat to the democratic world posed by C...

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Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

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North Korea's Song sets three records to take world championships gold

North Korea's Song Kuk-hyang won her second World Weightlifting Championships gold medal with a dominant performance, lifting a record total of 270 kg to claim the women's 69 kg title in Forde, Norway, on Tuesday.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

WHITEHOUSE: How many suspicious activity reports did you investigate out of the hundreds related to accounts of Jeffrey Epstein?

BONDI: I'm not sure if you're concerned, because you took money I believe from Reid Hoffman, if that's correct

WHITEHOUSE: You seem to have looked at 0 of them

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Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

Tyson, Cargill to pay $88 million to consumers in beef price-fixing lawsuit reut.rs/3KwLmAq

Tyson, Cargill to pay $88 million to consumers in beef price-fixing lawsuit

Tyson Foods and Cargill have agreed to pay a combined $87.5 million to settle a federal lawsuit brought by consumers who accused the companies of conspiring to inflate U.S. beef prices by restricting supply.

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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 4d

Blockchain monitoring firm Elliptic said this year’s total is already an all-time record for the North Korean regime.

North Korean hackers stole over $2 billion in crypto so far in 2025, researchers say | TechCrunch

Blockchain monitoring firm Elliptic said this year’s total is already an all-time record for the North Korean regime.

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