Gregory Lee 利大英
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Writer and academic. Emeritus Professor, University of St Andrews. Professeur émérite, Université Jean Moulin, Lyon. 香港人文學院院士. Formerly SOAS/PKU/Cambridge/UChicago/HKU/BBC/社科院. Founding Director IETT, Lyon. Gen editor Transtext(e)s Transcultures 跨文本 跨文化. .. more

Gregory B. Lee is an academic, author, and broadcaster. Lee is Founding Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of St Andrews. He was until July 2020, Director of the French research Institute for Transtextual and Transcultural Studies based at Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 where he is currently Professeur émérite. Lee was previously Chair Professor of Chinese and Transcultural Studies and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the City University of Hong Kong. From 2007 to 2010 Lee was First Vice-President (Research) of Jean Moulin University Lyon 3. In 2010, Lee was made a Chevalier (Knight) in the French Order of Academic Palms. In 2011, he was elected Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities. .. more

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#China is so much of the global #soybean market, you can't make up losing them by selling to other countries.
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Ok farm facts are back!

China is so much of the global soybean market, you can't make up losing them by selling to other countries. There isn't enough soybean demand in the world to fill that dent.

And farmers... know that.

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Ok farm facts are back!

China is so much of the global soybean market, you can't make up losing them by selling to other countries. There isn't enough soybean demand in the world to fill that dent.

And farmers... know that.

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Proposed law in #China to accelerate assimilation and expand Beijing’s ideological control beyond borders.

The 62-article draft Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, was submitted to the National People’s Congress on 8 September.

www.phayul.com/2025/09/29/5...
China’s draft ‘Ethnic Unity’ Law seek to expand assimilation drive - Phayul
Phayul.com is one of the most popular & successful Tibetan news website in English. With daily readers touching over 12,500 and still growing. It features news and views on Tibet.
www.phayul.com

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#ZhangYadi #China #Tibet
via Jessie Lau
Tue 30 Sep 2025 11.00 BST

Zhang was arrested in late July. Neither her family nor friends have had any contact with her since. She returned to China this summer from #France planning to travel into more Tibetan regions.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘She didn’t realise how dangerous it was’: London-bound student held in China over Tibet support
Zhang Yadi was due to begin a degree in the UK but the activist vanished on holiday amid tensions over Dalai Lama
www.theguardian.com

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All credit to @mediapart.fr journalists whose 14 years of meticulous investigative journalism have led to the condamnation of former French president Nicolas #Sarkozy to 5 years imprisonment for criminal conspiracy in the Sarkozy-Khadaffi corruption scandal.
Sarkozy-Kadhafi

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#photography #flora

"Late September quince"

OM-D with M.Zuiko digital 17mm f1.8 lens, 4000 F1.8, ISO800
📷© @gblee.bsky.social

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dress up.
#streetphotography #pink #blue #hongkong

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#China #Belgium #Europe #imports #mafia
via Jean-Pierre Stroobants @lemonde.fr

Belgian customs overwhelmed by packages from China. Temu, Shein, AliExpress, #counterfeit goods, #drugs, Chinese and #Italian mafias

Only 0,005 % of goods checked.

www.lemonde.fr/economie/art...
Belgian customs overwhelmed by packages from China. Temu, Shein, AliExpress, #counterfeit goods, #drugs, Chinese and #Italian mafias

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#photography #Palestine #France

Le drapeau palestinien déployé au côté des drapeaux européen et français sur la mairie de Grabels (Hérault), le 22 septembre 2025. © Photo Gabriel Bouys / AFP

via @mediapart.fr
Le drapeau palestinien déployé au côté des drapeaux européen et français sur la mairie de Grabels (Hérault), le 22 septembre 2025. © Photo Gabriel Bouys / AFP

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#Italy #Gaza #photography

'No.1, Lungomare Araldo di Crollalanza, Bari'

September 2025

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#Italy #Gaza

'No.1, Lungomare Araldo di Crollalanza, Bari'

September 2025

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Laura Cox, Anglo-French guitarist, singer and songwriter
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Laura Cox 🎶'Wicked Game' #lapsteel

Reposted by Gregory B. Lee

Reposted by Gregory B. Lee

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Albert King🎸 🎶'Oh, Pretty Woman' #bluesmusic

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#France #migration

No foreign workers, no claret.

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#photography #Italy

'Woman and phone box'

Monopoli, September 2025

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#photography #Italy

'Woman and phone box'

Monopoli, September 2025

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#photography #Italy

'Cake cabinet'

Bari, September 2025

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#photography #Italy

'Cake cabinet'

Bari, September 2025

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#photography #Italy

'Cafe interior'

Bari, September 2025

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#photography #Italy

'Cafe interior'

Bari, September 2025

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#China
Profound changes in societal priorities, economic burdens, & cultural norms surrounding reproduction

"China's rapidly declining #fertility rate—reaching a record low of 1·0—marks a historic demographic turning point for the world's most populous country."

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Facing the declining fertility rate in China
China's rapidly declining fertility rate—reaching a record low of 1·0—marks a historic demographic turning point for the world's most populous country.1 Although much attention has been paid to the ec...
www.thelancet.com

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Based on my 1990-2020 lectures, an open access text for students and those interested in the making of the literature and language of modern #China:

"The emergence of Chinese nation-state literature: From the Late Qing to the People’s Republic of China – Part I"

shs.hal.science/halshs-05225...
Illustration from "The emergence of Chinese nation-state literature: From the Late Qing to the People’s Republic of China – Part I"

https://shs.hal.science/halshs-05225735 Illustration from "The emergence of Chinese nation-state literature: From the Late Qing to the People’s Republic of China – Part I"

https://shs.hal.science/halshs-05225735

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#China #literature
The emergence of Chinese nation-state literature: From the Late Qing to the People’s Republic of China – Part I (DRAFT)
shs.hal.science/halshs-05225...

Based on lectures at the universities of Chicago (1990-1994),Hong Kong (1994-1998) and Jean Moulin, Lyon (1998-2020). 84 pages
#China #literature
The emergence of Chinese nation-state literature: From the Late Qing to the People’s Republic of China – Part I (DRAFT)
https://shs.hal.science/halshs-05225735

Based on lectures at the universities of Chicago (1990-1994),Hong Kong (1994-1998) and Jean Moulin, Lyon (1998-2020). 84 pages