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Hermes strategygroup, Ltd.
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Hermes strategygroup, Ltd. provides its clients with knowledge support to better navigate China/Asia markets. Retweets to be taken with a large grain of salt.
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Hermes strategygroup, Ltd. @hermesstrategy.bsky.social · 10h
It's also a key to soft power. It's rarely accomplished by design and almost always unintentional/organic.
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 15h
Argentina edition of Libertarian bible
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Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 4d
hmmm I guess the primary reason is when students only begin to *discuss" the idea of occupying their own campus (never mind Lujiazui) or workers begin to discuss organising in WeChat groups, they'd be arrested or reprimanded.
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Ting @tingguowrites.bsky.social · 4d
Wang Hui: "But...this expected “revolution” [Occupy Wall Street] has not yet appeared in China...Why?...China is vast and regions are unevenly developed has ironically acted as a buffer in the context of the financial crisis... Second, China has actually been in a constant process of adjustment..."
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Hermes strategygroup, Ltd. @hermesstrategy.bsky.social · 5d
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Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org · 5d
For the Mid-Autumn Festival, I translated the 17th century failson, epicure, and memoirist Zhang Dai's account of the annual Mid-Autumn singing competition on Tiger Hill in Suzhou. www.burninghou.se/p/mid-autumn...
Mid-Autumn, Tiger Hill, Late Ming
"Everyone was perfectly silent, even the mosquitoes."
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Hermes strategygroup, Ltd. @hermesstrategy.bsky.social · 6d
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Hermes strategygroup, Ltd. @hermesstrategy.bsky.social · 7d
莫之許：歷史的垃圾時間？——中美走向脫鉤的影響 – 独立中文笔会 www.chinesepen.org/blog/archive...
莫之許：歷史的垃圾時間？——中美走向脫鉤的影響
2015年10月間，筆者發表拙文<國內新極權、國際新冷戰>，論述在維持專政這一目標驅使下，儘管中國在一定程度上已融入國際經濟秩序，但拒絕做出進一步的相應改變。一方面，在中國國內，經濟發展和對外開放並沒有促成專政的軟化或自由化；另一方面，為了維持專政，體制有意識地設置了諸多障礙，防止與國際社會，尤其是西方，更多的相互交往和依賴，從此展開了「國內新極權、國際新冷戰」的序幕。忽忽十年過去，自...
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Hermes strategygroup, Ltd. @hermesstrategy.bsky.social · 7d
马建 ： 文学道德来自政治反醒 – 独立中文笔会 www.chinesepen.org/blog/archive...
马建 ： 文学道德来自政治反醒
在1987年 ，我因发表了小说《亮出你的舌苔或空空荡荡》而被禁言的那一刻，算是明白了，我其实生活在母语的文字狱里。中文语言己如陷井，你不知道哪个词是禁品，一旦写出来就被捕获了。同时我也明白，为了守护言论自由，我将在写作之外，还要不断地冲撞文字狱。因为这也是写字行业的职业道德，也是文学创作面临的安全写作。等于你坐上了飞机，那就要关注飞行安全。 这也就是常人说的“搞政治”。可文字狱不仅是为我而建...
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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 7d
I’m nearing the limits of my endurance, but I took a first crack at thinking about the winners and losers from Takaichi’s surprising upset Saturday. Much more to come.

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Takaichi wins!
Who wins and who loses from her shocking upset
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Romeo Marcantuoni @rmarcantuoni.bsky.social · 7d
I wonder if to an extent the growing divide in men and women votes played into the surprise Takaichi win. In a recent NHK poll, more women showed support for the LDP than men, with men showing vastly more support for the right wing parties than women.
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Hermes strategygroup, Ltd. @hermesstrategy.bsky.social · 13d
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【Cafestaコラボ】ひろゆきと語る夜 #変われ自民党 日本の未来を語れ！（2025.9.27）
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Hermes strategygroup, Ltd. @hermesstrategy.bsky.social · 13d
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Hermes strategygroup, Ltd. @hermesstrategy.bsky.social · 13d
"lawyers v. engineers"
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Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 14d
even though I have an entire research programme on the kind of binary narrative exemplified by the post (China this "the west" that, I even have a forthcoming book on it), at this point I find it extremely boring. and social media is horrible. bc this kind of stuff guarantees virality.
X post: One interesting difference I've noticed between the West and China, that few speak about, is the difference in approach when it comes to narrative management. To a large extent the West's approach is to change the narrative in order to change reality, whereas China's approach is almost the opposite: change reality in order to change the narrative. It's basically materialism vs idealism.
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Hermes strategygroup, Ltd. @hermesstrategy.bsky.social · 16d
Koizumi Setsu: Lafcadio Hearn’s Wife and Creative Partner | Nippon.com www.nippon.com/en/japan-top...
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Sophie Beach @sophiebeach.bsky.social · 18d
Worth a watch to get a sense of the breadth and depth of his knowledge and experience - a rare, clear-eyed voice on China who has seen it all www.jeromecohen.net/video-memoirs
Video Memoirs — Jerome A. Cohen | 孔傑榮（柯恩）
In 1960, Jerome A. Cohen, a young law teacher at Berkeley who had clerked for two U.S. Supreme Court justices, accepted an offer to study a subject that was virtually unknown — the legal system of the...
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China Books Review @chinabooksreview.com · 18d
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Jerome A. Cohen, the eminent scholar of Chinese law. Our condolences to his family and all those who loved him.

He authored many books, most recently the memoir, "Eastward, Westward: A Life in Law."

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Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 18d
nationalist sentiments usually don't add up with economic reality but China is taking this to extremes. the 4 biggest trading partners are also the most hated countries in Chinese nationalism (one of them is not recog as a country, but like, trading heavily with someone you openly prepare to invade)
table showing largest trading partners of China: US, South Korea, Japan & Taiwan (ASEAN and EU top the chart if including regional blocs)
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Jeff Wasserstrom @jwassers.bsky.social · 18d
My tribute to Paul Cohen as historian & mentor to many www.asianstudies.org/in-memoriam-... cc @lmansley.bsky.social
In Memoriam: Paul A. Cohen (1934-2025) - Association for Asian Studies
Paul A. Cohen, who died on September 15, 2025 at the age of 91, made significant contributions to both the interdisciplinary field of Chinese studies and the discipline of history. The most obvious wa...
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Hermes strategygroup, Ltd. @hermesstrategy.bsky.social · 18d
Jerome Cohen, the First American to Practice Law in China, Dies at 95 - WSJ www.wsj.com/world/china/...
Jerome Cohen, the First American to Practice Law in China, Dies at 95
An expert on China—and a sometime critic—Cohen defended companies and dissidents.
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Hermes strategygroup, Ltd. @hermesstrategy.bsky.social · 18d
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Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org · 19d
Literary Chinese for a foggy morning, courtesy of Xin Qiji 辛棄疾 (1140-1207):

何人半夜推山去？
四面浮雲猜是汝。

Someone came in the night and stole our mountain away.
Drifting clouds surround me. (Was it you?)
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Kevin @kmichaelwilson.bsky.social · 19d
It's Banned Books Week! Go read a book they don't want you to read!
Reflecting the dialectical vagaries of censorship, Ding Richang's 丁日昌（d. 1882) 1868 "Banned Books List" has become the primary way to navigate Ming-Qing novels on Wikipedia. Yes, Dream of the Red Chamber (and all its spin-offs) is on the list.
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Air-Moving Device @airmovingdevice.bsky.social · 19d
Update: 在最近公布的《全国药品集中采购文件》中，增加了两项关于集采药品生产环节变更的规定：变更时需公开变更内容、未发生变更的企业在同等价位时优先入选。

这两项规定明显弱于之前征求意见稿中的硬性规定：首个中选周期内不得进行重要生产环节的变更，否则取消中选资格。

大概是多方博弈的结果，baby steps也好吧。
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Hermes strategygroup, Ltd. @hermesstrategy.bsky.social · 21d
Nio promotional event today
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Read Japanese Literature @readjapaneseliterature.com · 23d
Check out RJL's refreshed list of Free-to-Read Japanese Fiction.

Click on "Hiromi Kawakami" and you'll see what RJL 2.0 is working toward. All her books. Important podcast episodes.

At the bottom, every time she's mentioned on the site—including where she appears in anthologies!
Free-to-Read Modern Japanese Fiction - Read Japanese Literature
images/Free-to-Read-1024x1024.jpg You don't need a lot of money or access to a great library to get started with Japanese literature. These short stories and excerpts are all freely available to read…
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