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Pandemic Simulation Game Plague Inc. Pulled from iOS App Store in China(arstechnica.com)
2 points by ktln2 7y ago|0 comments
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China Spins Coronavirus Crisis, Hailing Itself as a Global Leader(nytimes.com)
1 points by ktln2 7y ago|0 comments
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Lancet withdraws Chinese nurses' letter after they say it was not first-hand(news.trust.org)
1 points by ktln2 7y ago|0 comments
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Stop Using Plate Notation(zinkov.com)
2 points by ktln2 7y ago|0 comments
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by ktln2 7y ago
They generated > $2 billion revenue during 2019Q4...
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by ktln2 7y ago
There are different types of fundings - some encourage you to find matching sponsors, some forbids you to do that explicitly.
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by ktln2 7y ago
Lieber requested that half of his money be deposited into a Chinese bank account and other half be paid to him in cash when he next visit WUT. https://twitter.com/gbrumfiel/status/1222217996959199234?s=2...
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by ktln2 7y ago
Not common (and acceptable) if you are taking grants from ONR, DARPA or Air Force grants.
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Head of Harvard’s chemistry department arrested for lying about work with China(theverge.com)
11 points by ktln2 7y ago|0 comments
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China spent the first days of outbreak arresting people who post about it online(businessinsider.com)
7 points by ktln2 7y ago|0 comments
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by ktln2 7y ago
Huawei is (essentially) a state-owned company - I don't think they are calculating revenue using external auditor and comply with GAAP. It is not comparable with any publicly traded companies.
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Hong Kong reporter diagnosed with chloracne after tear gas exposure(hongkongfp.com)
3 points by ktln2 7y ago|0 comments
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Ants are “immune” to traffic jams(arstechnica.com)
2 points by ktln2 7y ago|0 comments
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Tiffany removes advert over Hong Kong controversy(hongkongfp.com)
7 points by ktln2 7y ago|2 comments
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Beijing Takes Aim at Prague After ‘One-China’ Dispute Deepens(bloomberg.com)
148 points by ktln2 7y ago|90 comments
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by ktln2 7y ago
"consensus opinions" authorized by Chinese government - likes, "trending" and timelines are all artificially constructed to make you feel like it's the consensus of Chinese people.
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by ktln2 7y ago
There are tons of Chinese students studying in other countries. They are organized by Chinese consulate to "flex their muscle" against anything "anti-china". [1] https://www.scmp.com/news/china/
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China and Taiwan Clash over Wikipedia Edits(bbc.com)
252 points by ktln2 7y ago|93 comments
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by ktln2 7y ago
Not now - Chinese is turning Wikipedia into a censorship weapon. What you can see on Wikipedia (in Chinese) are largely edited by Chinese government. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49921173
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by ktln2 7y ago
"Culture in China is about unity. If you look at Chinese history, and if you watch Chinese movies, this is a recurrent theme." This is because the governments (ROC and PRC) deliberately construct and promote this ideology. The ide
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by ktln2 7y ago
*protest against a fellow gamer being denied access to a gaming platform because of censorship from an authoritarian government.
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by ktln2 7y ago
"This could be because Chuck Salituro, the senior news director of ESPN, sent a memo to shows mandating that any discussion of the Daryl Morey story avoid any political discussions about China and Hong Kong, and instead focus on the re
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by ktln2 7y ago
not the first time they are free from logic or basic human decency: https://supchina.com/2019/09/11/china-daily-conflates-hong-k...
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by ktln2 7y ago
modified the title because it is too long - but the meaning is the same.
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Chinese netizens say they support 9/11 in response to Adam Silver(shanghaiist.com)
6 points by ktln2 7y ago|4 comments
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by ktln2 7y ago
... and making these "celebrities" kowtow to Chinese censors. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/25/revealed-... [2] https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/2
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by ktln2 7y ago
Short answer: No Long answer: Forget about "studying". If you doesn't like doing research, i.e. try to solve open-ended problems without even knowing if an answer exists, do not do a PhD. Doing a PhD is like Antarctic expedit
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by ktln2 7y ago
> While people in Zhuhai and Foshan and Guangzhou learned a second language so they could talk to their neighbors in Dongguan and Shenzhen and Huizhou, many Hongkongers did not. I agree with most of your observations, but this part I am
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by ktln2 7y ago
Yes basically this is a state sponsored misinformation campaign.
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by ktln2 7y ago
China has been doing this for a while, not only on social media, but traditional media / institutions too. It's about time to get serious about this problem. https://www.hoover.org/news/china-exerting-sharp-po

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