It is not just #russia who in control of our failing #democracy - #Chinese Nationalists Praise Trump’s Cuts to Voice of America #voa #Beijing has long criticized the outlet, as well as Radio Free #Asia, for highlighting #HumanRights rights abuses in #China. Can you imagine up until 6 months ago running on a platform that championed serving the China's Communist Party that ruled for 75 years https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/world/asia/china-trump-voice-of-america.html #maga #fascism #doge #trum #gop #republicans #civilliberties

Teatro chino

Buying things in cash from Chinatown grocers is quite a bit cheaper than buying from the online Asian grocer I use.

Something that costs $9.99 online is $8.50. I can also try different new restaurants as they open. Fave recent new Chinatown spot is Rice Roll Express which has good freshly made cheung fan. Saw a new takeout dimsum spot today that looks better than the one TikTok tells people to go to.

My Chinatown strategy is, if I see a large number of old Chinese aunties in line, I stand in it and get what they get.

It’s never let me down

I also prefer Chinatown to the west side Chinese grocers. It’s just more density of cool things to see.

Hell money: in Taoist Chinese culture, we burn paper money for our ancestors to use in hell

(Yes we believe everybody goes to hell)

Heaven and hell are sort of the same (doesn’t have the Christian interpretation)

I’m not up to date on dates but I think Qing Ming festival is around the corner

It still blows my mind that I can read Chinese, even if a little bit. You see, I have this part of me that understands Chinese words but can't put them down in writing. Now I can match these floating meanings to characters and it's so awesome

A river ‘died’ overnight in #Zambia after an acidic waste spill at a #Chinese-owned #mine

By RICHARD KILLE and JACOB ZIMBA
March 15, 2025

KITWE, Zambia (AP) — "Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine that contaminated a major river and could potentially affect millions of people after signs of #pollution were detected at least 100 kilometers (60 miles) downstream.

"The spill happened on Feb. 18 when a tailings dam that holds acidic waste from a #CopperMine in the north of the country collapsed, according to investigators from the Engineering Institution of Zambia.

"The collapse allowed some 50 million liters of waste containing concentrated acid, dissolved solids and heavy metals to flow into a stream that links to the #KafueRiver, Zambia’s most important waterway, the engineering institution said.

"'It is an #environmental disaster really of catastrophic consequences,' said Chilekwa Mumba, an environmental activist who works in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province."

https://apnews.com/article/mining-pollution-china-zambia-environment-93ee91d1156471aaf9a7ebd6f51333c1
#RecycleCopper #CopperMining #Pollution #WaterIsLife #Africa

One of the most useful things I did was to take the Outlier course. Expensive, yes, but I'm a geek when it comes to learning how things work. Understanding this about Chinese characters not only helped me learn better but also helped me understand the logic, philosophical and historical reasons behind why each character was written this way.

#Chinese Pheasant, by Utagawa #Hiroshige (original from ca. 1830, recarved #woodblockprint from 1930).
#ukiyoe

"Chinese and Indigenous communities have shared histories. We faced hardships together while mining for gold in the British Columbia gold rush and experiencing the rugged Canadian weather and terrain.

There are many graves on First Nations territories when Chinese people died from the flu and from the building of the railway, crushed by landslides, collapsing tunnels and premature blastings (Mittelstedt, 2014). The First Nations communities took in the Chinese railroad workers and care for their grave sites to this day (Mittelstedt, 2014). We enjoyed economic success and partnerships that were respectful and mutually beneficial (Ma, 2012). Chinese people leased lands (on First Nations) to farm and then hired Indigenous people to help farm the land (Mathur et al., 2011, p. 74). The Chinese built elaborate gold-mining operations among First Nations communities and perhaps most importantly our communities intermingled and there were many marriages between Chinese men and Indigenous women. In 1891, 98% of Chinese people in Canada lived in British Columbia (Barman, 2013, p. 1), which explains why there are such intimate ties between Chinese people and our First Nations communities in British Columbia. Unsurprisingly, one in six Chinese men created a family with a local Indigenous woman (Barman, 2013, p. 1)."

https://fccrwc.com/chinese-and-indigenous-history-relationships-canada/

#Corruption, #graft, illegal #commerce w #enemy powers - #musk is all about adding more #billions to his fortune by #exploiting his illegal role in destruction of federal government while at the same time profiting from international investments funneling who knows how much into his businesses. #Chinese investors privately take stakes in Musk’s companies. #Asset managers have been promoting tech mogul’s ties to #Trump to lure #capital to #xAI, #Neuralink and #SpaceX https://www.ft.com/content/66857e1e-a217-4ddd-8332-d9f0f75aa459?accessToken=zwAAAZYbp22xkc9mhX4eohdN3dODMtnw91qkWQE.MEQCIDfgx1CbdgLb2pqFh-9VR1VRX-awTUOx7gda2fNoLYyGAiB4CTS3xIYSCYJzeM_XEuEcg-I0ZAa_12l57mRQQuuJmA&segmentId=66857e1e-a217-4ddd-8332-d9f0f75aa459

Top marks for characters that wipes away blood stains after throwing up blood

It still blows my mind that I can read #Chinese and when I go to xiaohongshu I can read about 30% of the text. From illiterate to semi illiterate! It's a kind of joy

Good post on moving to Taiwan to study Chinese on a student visa: https://www.reddit.com/r/taiwan/comments/1j736ja/my_experience_moving_to_taiwan_to_study_chinese/

Achievement unlocked: talking about the dogs in Mandarin so the dogs don’t suspect we’re talking about them.

‘Ban These Chinese Routers NOW,’ Cries House Committee
TP-Link in crosshairs, along with other brands.

#Chinese consumer-grade networking gear is a dangerous #security threat, argue these fine gentlemen. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Illinois), Rob Joyce (former NSA director of cybersecurity) and Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Michigan) have hatched a plan to eradicate TP-Link routers and other plastic pigs from our homes.

#TPLINK on the other hand, is spitting feathers, arguing it’s not been a “Chinese” company for years. In #SBBlogwatch, we get familiar with #OpenWRT.

https://securityboulevard.com/2025/03/krishnamoorthi-joyce-moolenaar-tp-link-china-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc

The #memoir I wrote with Dr. Bruce Miller is now available in #Chinese. Thank you Johns Hopkins UP & East China Normal UP. According to this article, "#China has the world's largest population of patients with #dementia, and #Alzheimer's disease and other dementias (ADOD) is the fifth leading cause of death in China." I hope this translation finds its way to people who are looking for information about #brain health, #grief, and #caregiving.

https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/alz.14254

The #memoir I wrote with Dr. Bruce Miller is now available in #Chinese. Thank you Johns Hopkins UP & East China Normal UP. According to this article, "#China has the world's largest population of patients with #dementia, and #Alzheimer's disease and other dementias (ADOD) is the fifth leading cause of death in China." I hope this translation finds its way to people who are looking for information about #brain health, #grief, and #caregiving.

https://alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/alz.14254

“#Thailand is fighting #ScamCentres on at least 2 fronts, as serious organized crime has become entrenched in neighbouring countries. …the huge size of these compounds –…most lucrative in #Myanmar & #Cambodia – pose a threat even to #US security. The…civil war in Myanmar…has opened the door to #Chinese criminal networks who have set up shop in #Myawaddy &…further south on the #ThaiMyanmar border.”https://www.asiafinancial.com/thousands-in-limbo-as-thailand-fights-scam-hubs-on-two-fronts