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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · 23h

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · 8d

‘She didn’t realise how dangerous it was’: London-bound student held in China over Tibet support

Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · 9d

www.citizenhistorians.org

Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian | Protect History

Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian is a “Crowd to Cloud” effort to steward and safeguard our institution by preserving the Smithsonian Institution’s contents as they exist in 2025. With our feet ...

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 15d

Kudos to my colleagues @jimmillward.bsky.social and Chandra Manning for organizing and leading this effort. 🗃️

NPR @npr.org · 15d

Historians and citizens who say they are concerned about the Trump administration's pressure on the Smithsonian are working to document exhibits, as they exist today, throughout the museum network.

Wary of changes under Trump, 'citizen historians' are documenting the Smithsonian

Historians and citizens who say they are concerned about the Trump administration's pressure on the Smithsonian are working to document exhibits, as they exist today, throughout the museum network.

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · 23d

So disappointed with the Post these days.

Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 23d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · 23d

Interesting. I’ve been smelling dead things on my runs.

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Aug 4

No one in Qing ever said “Xinjiang has been part of China since ancient times.” Though the court did reference Tang expansion to Western Regiona

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Aug 4

To be mischievous, here and there I might say, “In the Sinocentric geographical conventions which the Qing court for some purposes adopted, former Ming China was ‘inner,’ and non-Chinese parts recently conquered by the Qing were ‘outer’”

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Aug 4

There is always inside and outside the pass. That’s the center / periphery imperial logic that 内地 originates in.

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Aug 4

The problem with “inland” is that it already means something else in English: it refers to distance from the sea-the exact opposite of neidi with regard to Xinjiang. Some Chinese writers (especially official sources) translate 内地 as “inland” but they are making a mistake.

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Aug 4

For Qing and before, “China” or Sinitic parts of the Qing, vs. Inner Asia or Central Asia. Xinjiang is geographically central (Inner) Asia. Geographical China is eastern Eurasia — a term a lot of middle period historians use to avoid confusion of “China.” Today, “eastern parts of the PRC”

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Hamilton Nolan @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social · Jul 27

It is pretty noticeable that even as mainstream opinion on Israel and Gaza finally shifts, you don’t hear the Responsible Adults apologizing for punishing all the college kids protesting the atrocities. Quite the opposite in fact!

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Jul 11

Very stupid idea to create bs new program when threatened. Everyone knows, you only create bs new programs when someone writes you a big enough check.

Patrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · Jul 11

As a conservative, my position is: Harvard should make NO changes under federal government threat. It should be willing to consider any and all changes only after that threat is lifted.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Jul 11

Exclusive: Harvard leaders have discussed creating a center for conservative scholarship as the school fights the Trump administration’s accusations that it is too liberal.

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Micah @rincewind.run · Jul 11

the story of this administration is going to be a question of which wins out: the enthusiastic capitulation of elite American society to fascism or supercharged thermostatic backlash

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Jul 11

Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings:
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)

news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Jun 30

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/o...

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Jun 29

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Jun 29

Interesting (and discouraging) example of how PRC desperation to whitewash their policies in Xinjiang hurts its international relations and makes it harder for those trying to maintain engagement with China. A 🧵regarding Princeton Press' trip to Xinjiang:

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Jun 29

你对克里斯蒂·亨利耍了这么卑鄙的花招，等于保证短中期内不会有真正的美国学者想去新疆。我们可不想成为你这出木偶戏里的傀儡。

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Jun 29

Now you trick Princeton into looking complicit in whitewashing your repression of Uyghurs. Do you actually WANT to cut off contacts with elite US universities?!?

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Jun 29

中国共产党和新疆当局：你们把普林斯顿大学出版社变成了你们透明宣传的工具，正在破坏一个努力保持中美学术交流渠道畅通的机构。难道你们不想继续与普林斯顿、哈佛等大学进行交流吗？

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Jun 29

XJ authorities and CCP, by turning PUP into a vehicle for your transparent propaganda, you are undermining the very institutions that are trying to keep channels of academic exchange open.

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Jun 29

ust the other day, DHS secretary Noem attacked Harvard again for a program in which XJ bingtuan officials took part.
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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Jun 29

Princeton U P is making the effort to stay engaged, to promote academic exchanges and even to give Chinese authors a platform to publish in English in a respected university press. They do so courageously, at a time when Trump is attacking academe precisely for China exchanges!

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Jun 29

PUP is not the first, of course--as the familiarity of the stereotypical comments and images attest. We've seen this Potemkin dog and pony show before. But what saddens me is how PRC just betrayed Princeton U Press, right after giving it an award!

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Jun 29

So the Princeton U Press delegation was tricked into helping in the on-going PRC efforts to avoid international condemnation for its repression of Uyghur identity and crimes against humanity (mass internments) from 2017.

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Jim Millward @jimmillward.bsky.social · Jun 29

Uyghur births have been suppressed in the past--not clear if it is on-going, but that's one of the criteria for genocide, along with child separation:
From un.org

Welcome to the United Nations

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