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Gregory B. Lee is an academic, author, and broadcaster. Lee is Founding Professor of Chinese Studies at the University of… more

Gregory B. Lee
H-index: 10
Sociology 33%
Political science 31%
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#decolonisation

The gaze reversed

Seye Abimbola's The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health takes a kaleidoscopic view of the effects of outsider visions and imaginaries on the recipients, contexts, and places... in global health.

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The gaze reversed: global health through local eyes
Seye Abimbola's The Foreign Gaze: Essays on Global Health takes a kaleidoscopic view of the effects of outsider visions and imaginaries on the recipients, contexts, and places that hold attention in g...
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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.

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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.
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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.

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‘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
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The new frontier of manufacturing? For those who still think they can 'bring back' manufacturing jobs.
#china #manufacturing #tech
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China enters new era of ‘Dark Factories’ with no lights, no workers
China is on the cusp of a manufacturing revolution with the emergence of “dark factories,” fully automated facilities that operate without human workers or traditional lighting. Powered…
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The conviction of Nicolas #Sarkozy for conspiracy in the #Libyan funding case and his sentence of five years imprisonment with a deferred detention order – which means he will soon be jailed – has sparked a political and media furore in #France.

via @mediapart.fr

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Sarkozy-Gaddafi court case: ten questions to help understand an historic verdict
Mediapart has analysed the 400 pages of the court judgement that saw ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy, his former senior aides Claude Guéant, Brice Hortefeux, middleman Alexandre Djouhri and others conv…
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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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by Gregory B. Lee

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#photography #flora

"Late September quince"

OM-D with M.Zuiko digital 17mm f1.8 lens, 4000 F1.8, ISO800
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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.

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Belgian customs overwhelmed by packages from China. Temu, Shein, AliExpress, #counterfeit goods, #drugs, Chinese and #Italian mafias
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#France #Chine #Tibet
Zhang Yadi, étudiante chinoise en France et militante pro-Tibet, arrêtée lors d’un séjour en Chine

via @sleplatre.bsky.social

Publié le 23 septembre 2025 à 15h53, modifié le 24 septembre 2025 à 09h31
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Zhang Yadi, étudiante chinoise en France et militante pro-Tibet, arrêtée lors d’un séjour en Chine
La jeune femme écrivait notamment pour « Chinese Youth Stand for Tibet », un site d’information en mandarin. Cet engagement peut lui valoir l’accusation de séparatisme.
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#China #Tibet #France
via @sleplatre.bsky.social @lemonde.fr

Zhang Yadi, Chinese student in France and pro-Tibet activist, arrested in China

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Zhang Yadi, Chinese student in France and pro-Tibet activist, arrested in China
The young woman wrote for Chinese Youth Stand for Tibet, a Mandarin-language news website. Her activism may lead to charges of separatism.
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#Trump #UN

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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

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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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BluesMusic @bluesmusic.bsky.social · Sep 6
Laura Cox 🎶'Wicked Game' #lapsteel
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Another CCC event at Westminster - join us in person on 1 October at 4:30pm www.westminster.ac.uk/events/how-d...
How Do Individuals Identify with their Nation-State?
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Albert King🎸 🎶'Oh, Pretty Woman' #bluesmusic
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Nigel Farage’s immigration plans have ‘no basis in reality’, says Rachel Reeves

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Nigel Farage’s immigration plans have 'no basis in reality', says Rachel Reeves
The mass deportation announcement comes following Tommy Robinson's anti-migrant rallies
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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 📷 © @gblee.bsky.social
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#photography #Italy

'Cake cabinet'

Bari, September 2025

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#photography #Italy 'Cake cabinet' Bari, September 2025 📷 © @gblee.bsky.social
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#photography #Italy

'Cafe interior'

Bari, September 2025

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#photography #Italy 'Cafe interior' Bari, September 2025 📷 © @gblee.bsky.social
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See this Instagram post by @natachalee.art www.instagram.com/p/DOykGtkiMG...
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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."

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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...
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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"

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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)
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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

by Gregory B. Lee

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« Rainbow Warrior », 40 ans après : un crime d’État resté impuni
Le 17 septembre 1985, des révélations faisaient tomber le mensonge d’État sur l’attentat, en Nouvelle-Zélande, perpétré contre le navire amiral du mouvement écologiste Greenpeace. Mais son premier re…
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