Andrea Janku
@zamarginalities.bsky.social
‘sinologist’ at soas.ac.uk/about/andrea-janku. me. things I care about. blurry photos now mostly on instagram.com/zamarginalities #ActuallyAutistic
‘mimic, or fall silent’ #舆论导向
Sophie Richardson@sophiedrich.bsky.social · 4d ago"In photographs released by the [Chinese] Foreign Ministry through foreign social media platforms blocked within China itself, journalists could be seen conducting group interviews at the scene — not with survivors, mind you, but with rescue workers." linguasinica.substack.com/p/taming-new...
Chow Hang-tung's mother, Medina Chow thanked "everyone for standing with the activists and supporting them. "For today's verdict, you do not need to be overly saddened. Do not lose heart. And above all, do not feel guilty."" They are staying strong. Let's do so too.
Reuters@reuters.com · last wk.Hong Kong court jails two Tiananmen vigil group leaders for 7 years reut.rs/4r2jTHL
‘One supporter who attended the sentencing told the Guardian: “A demonstration that lasted for more than 35 years without any problem is suddenly being seen as subversion.”’ www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
Tiananmen Square vigil organisers jailed for seven years in Hong Kong
Pro-democracy activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan were found guilty of ‘incitement to subversion’ in controversial national security case
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#Tibet Film Festival London returns 25–27 September for its sixth edition, exploring the theme of “Memories of Tibet” through films, personal stories, & cultural events, including Q&As, a UK premiere, & a short film competition. asianmoviepulse.com/2026/09/tibe... #filmfestival
Tibet Film Festival London 2026 Announces Programme Exploring Memories of Tibet
Tibet Film Festival London returns for its sixth edition with a programme exploring the theme of Memories of Tibet. Tibet Film Festival London 2026 Announces Programme Exploring Memories of Tibet
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[Poste] Professeur-e assistant-e en sinologie (Chine moderne et contemporaine) afec.hypotheses.org/12472
[Poste] Professeur-e assistant-e en sinologie (Chine moderne et contemporaine)
La Faculté des lettres de l'Université de Genève met au concours un poste de professeur-e assistant-e avec prétitularisation conditionnelle (tenure track) en sinologie (Chine moderne et contemporaine)...
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UPDATE: less than two days after the closure of Have A Nice Stay, Hunter Bookstore, another independent bookstore that was raided by Hong Kong's National Security Police for incitement, announced on Instagram that they are unable to secure a lease renewal at their current physical location.
Hong Kong's independent bookstores, a refuge for Chinese readers, are under threat
Independent bookstores in Hong Kong offer a window for mainland Chinese readers who seek ideas suppressed at home.
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The fact this is his second NSL trial could really only be read as “we just want to lock the guy up for life”
AFP News Agency@en.afp.com · 2w agoBREAKING Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong has pleaded guilty to foreign collusion in a second national security trial against him, AFP journalists at the court report
China’s response to the Tibet flood shows how #censorship has evolved: don’t just delete eyewitness footage, bury it beneath polished state media. The result is a disaster recast as a spectacle of government competence while questions of negligence disappear. p.dw.com/p/5JhKS
How China buried Tibet flood images after Nepal disaster
In Tibet, a digital crackdown followed the deadly flood that has devastated communities along the China-Nepal border. Censors erased viral footage while Chinese state media flooded platforms with offi...
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831 will germinate into calls for HKPF to be disbanded later on. After all, the HK government and the police had committed an act of terror on its own citizens. Whatever system that allowed this violence is not a system fit to stand. It all needs to burn. 我們不能回復正常， 因為原來的正常就是問題
On a day where we learn that Cofnas has been given his role back at the Uni, in some form, after seeming pressure from the US, it may be useful to read the lovely things people have written about Professor Jason Arday. A tonic, in a world funding hate. leilacancode.github.io/everythinggo...
Everything Good About Jason Arday
First-hand accounts from people who knew him. Collected by his students.
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China says 261 foreign nationals from 23 countries are among 546 people still missing after floods in #Tibet. The disclosure offers one of the clearest pictures yet of the disaster on the Chinese side of the border, where information remains tightly controlled www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
China Says 261 Foreigners From 23 Countries Are Missing in Tibet Flood
The disclosure offered one of the clearest pictures yet of the disaster on the Chinese side of the border, where authorities have released few details.
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Point #1 of Chow Hang-tung's 18 point mitigation statement:- "1. The 206-page judgment, after all, boils down to saying that pursuing democracy is a crime."
Hong Kong Free Press HKFP@hongkongfp.com · 3w agoTiananmen vigil activists Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, and the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance returned to court on Friday for mitigation proceedings. Chow's mitigation statement in full: buff.ly/BCAveBL Photo: Candice Chau/HKFP.
"While such work was possible in an earlier era in China, under Xi Jinping, who took power in 2012, the room for artistic expression has contracted. The law that Gao was charged under was introduced in 2021, but the works used as evidence against him were created more than 15 years ago."
Austin Ramzy@austinramzy.bsky.social · 3w agoA prominent Chinese artist was convicted on Tuesday and sentenced to three years in prison for insulting Chinese heroes in a series of works in the early 2000s that lampooned Mao Zedong and other leaders, his brother said www.wsj.com/world/china/...
From when it was legal. (BTW, am surprised this video is still viewable in Hong Kong. And of course it's ironic that I should be surprised about this since it is a video of an event that was legal in Hong Kong at the time that it was filmed.)
2011 June Fourth Incident 22nd anniversary assembly - Bloodstained Glory
YouTube video by WinderTP
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Tze Ming Mok 莫志明@tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 4w agoGathering for a candelit vigil. Singing a song. Like the man says: "All of that is illegal now." newsroom.co.nz/2026/08/19/t...
While I don't think anyone expected a different verdict. It is still heart breaking. Free Chow Hang-tung Free Lee Cheuk-yan Free all Political Prisoners #FreeOurFriends
Tiananmen vigil activists convicted under nat. security law, face up to 10 years prison
Hong Kong Tiananmen vigil activists Chow Hang-tung and Lee Cheuk-yan have been convicted of incitement to subversion under a Beijing-imposed national security law.
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Xun-ling Au 歐迅灵 🏴@xunlingau.bsky.social · 4w agoThere are few activists that across the spectrum & generations of pro-dem Hong Kongers are as loved & respected as Chow Hang-tung and that is really what HKSARG (& Beijing) fears. The trial & charges are farce to silence those who speak out fearlessly.
Our in-depth look by Christelle Nguyen at how China is putting pressure on academics and scholarship in Europe. A must-read, based on more than 30 interviews. lingua-sinica.org/the-limits-o...
The Limits of Talking About China in Europe – Lingua Sinica
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Wanted to share this interview, Jason did before all of this back in Glasgow...talking about being autistic and black in academia. On his favourite music, things he liked. Think maybe having some things in his own words best. open.spotify.com/episode/1O33...
Ruling Passions: 2. A discussion with Jason Arday
Ruling Passions · Episode
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A public enquiry is desperately needed here. Please consider signing goodlawproject.org/s/533647
Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Great piece about a world gone by. #Shanghai #Jifeng #books
Yangyang Cheng@yangyangcheng.bsky.social · last mo.On the eve of its second birthday in DC, after being forced to end a 20-year run in Shanghai in 2018, I write about Jifeng Books. It's about decades of change in and between China and the US, cultural production under capitalism and authoritarian politics, and ringing the bells that still can ring.
Pretty neat exploration of storylines of possible climate futures by Dagomar Degroot and colleagues: after2c.com
After 2C - Histories of the Future of Global Warming
An interactive exploration of five plausible, research-grounded climate futures, written as history papers looking back from the year 2100.
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www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘We are still here’: a day in the life of 12 Afghan women
In the five years since the Taliban’s return to power, the walls have been closing in on the women and girls of Afghanistan. A dozen women and girls have, at great risk to their safety, documented the...
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From an Hong Kong Free Press four years ago about independent bookstores: "“We are five people who have stayed [in Hong Kong]… and we just want to establish a place that allows those people who have stayed, to stay” -- Have a Nice Day co-founder Kris Lau, about the bookshop's founders. 💔
Amid exodus and societal shifts, Hong Kong's independent bookstores offer freedom of thought, community | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Amid otherwise neutral tones, a neon-orange sticker asserts its presence. A fixture of the chipboard desk that runs the length of the windowsill, it marks a distance of 1.5 metres from the wall – the ...
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Hong Kong Free Press HKFP@hongkongfp.com · 2mo agoHong Kong independent bookstore Have a Nice Stay announces closure, citing financial difficulties and ‘red lines’ 🔗 hongkongfp.com/2026/07/14/h...
The MTR stickers were one of the best series of protest art from 2019, I’ll try to do a thread one day. There are just so many.
Ting@tingguowrites.bsky.social · 2mo agoPhoto memories of another recently raided bookstore: Hunter 獵人書店. They used to sell bilingual postcards featuring quotes fr @timothysnyder.bsky.social’s On Tyranny & #Havel ‘s quote, “Living in Truth,” could be spotted at many indie #bookstores in #HongKong w incredible creativity, humour, courage
Photo memories of another recently raided bookstore: Hunter 獵人書店. They used to sell bilingual postcards featuring quotes fr @timothysnyder.bsky.social’s On Tyranny & #Havel ‘s quote, “Living in Truth,” could be spotted at many indie #bookstores in #HongKong w incredible creativity, humour, courage
"My journey into anarchism did not start with textbooks or academic theories. It started with the heavy, suffocating weight of patriarchy" Worth reading this interview with Amora, an anarchist feminist fighter with a small local defence force in Myanmar. 1/
Interview with Amora: An Anarchist Feminist of Myanmar's Resistance
Amora is an anarcha-feminist from Myanmar who has been involved in political activism for several decades. She is the “co-founder” and the current “financial officer” of the “Hero Warriors”, a local d...
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Writings about rage, ideas worth thinking through, available OA for another week or so, co-written by my fabulous colleague @ananenadovic.bsky.social Congratulations! #feminism #literature
Ana Nenadovic@ananenadovic.bsky.social · 2mo agoBeen feeling angry and turned it into a book. It's out now and open access for a couple of weeks:
Today we remember #LiuXiaobo — not only as a #NobelPeacePrize laureate, but as a thinker who never stopped believing in humanity, conscience, and the power of peace. May “I have no enemies, no hatred” remain more than a quote — a legacy worth carrying forward. 🕊️ wqw2010.blogspot.com/2026/07/blog...
