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Ukraine, Cultural Revolution Jokes, ORAN, Milosz, Goat Propaganda, and a Bottle-Shaped Vase for the Ages

Jordan Schneider

Apr 3, 2022

First, some odds and ends.

Rhodium is hiring its second dedicated tech analyst. If you have some professional experience and want to hang out with me researching, writing and talking about China’s tech policy and global tech dynamics, do consider applying!

Next up, Jake Eberts (aka the legendary BadChinaTake) is on a quest to shame foreign policy think tanks into paying their interns! He’s building out a comprehensive google doc spreadsheet. If you’ve recently interned at a think tank or manage interns in the US or anywhere else for that matter, send him a dm with some details!

Jake Eberts "Uncle Sam's Think Tank Gigolo" @wokeglobaltimes

I'm well into my little project compiling data on intern pay in the (US) foreign policy field. Here are the worst organizations (so far!). Many maintain nominal commitments to diversity while shutting out low-income students, and many also pay executives nearly 7 figures!

And now, onto the tweets….

Wenhao @ThisIsWenhao

In a heart-felt message, Masha, an Ukrainian Vloger with a big following on China's social media, talks in Chinese about her journey escaping the war-torn Ukraine. She asks her Chinese audience not say that they are "neutral" because "Ukrainians wouldn't understand it".

This video had me in tears

China Digital @China_Digital

A little rant about the problem of China literacy in Europe. Welcome to my Ted talk. For starters, in European governments and other institutions, the lack of China expertise and knowledge is shockingly lamentable. Put bluntly, in no European foreign affairs ministry, you'd ...

Ingrid d'Hooghe @ingriddhooghe

New UK report by @Michael_Natzler highlights urgent need to address severe UK deficit in China literacy. Situation is no better - or even much worse - elsewhere in Europe. @HEPI_news 1/2 https://t.co/D16Yp1jShg

Thread. Someone please give Rogier lots of money to fix this!

Alexander Boyd @alexludoboyd

3 Chinese political joke collections - Cultural Revolution (+ a few extra) from @gaodawei: gaodawei.wordpress.com/2022/01/20/cul… - An elaboration on them by @Stevejonesblog: stephenjones.blog/2022/03/13/cr-… -on “Epidemic Prevention Hobbyists” 防疫爱好者 by CDT: chinadigitaltimes.net/2022/03/soviet…

China Digital Times @CDT

A man posts the saying “when you ride a tiger it’s hard to dismount.” He's quarantined, and tries to defend himself: “I didn’t say *who* was riding the tiger!” “I’ve been doing epidemic prevention for 3 years,” roars the EPH. “You think I don’t know who's stuck riding the tiger?”

Fabricated Knowledge @_fabknowledge_

Semiconductors can be a hard industry to understand, especially for investors without a technical background. Here are a few of the books that really helped me understand semiconductors better. In order of approachability - a 🧵

Caleb Watney @calebwatney

This is what I wanted // And this is what I got 😭

This country….

Hosuk Lee-Makiyama @leemakiyama

@pstAsiatech I was just saying what I’ve always been saying: ZTE, a O-RAN member, is state-owned and much closer to Chinese military & law enforcement than Huawei ever was. And US policy is, de facto, to help ZTE.

Alexey Guzey @alexeyguzey

notable that so many of the internet entrepreneurs were coding since they were in high school w/out formal coding classes. My guess is that if coding was taught in high school, many more passions would've been killed than kindled (as now happening with math, bio, history, etc.)

To say nothing of language study…

max seddon @maxseddon

For someone who rails against western culture so much, the setup at Putin’s speech is very Wrestlemania. You half expect to hear glass breaking and see Stone Cold come out with a steel chair

Hats off to Kamil (former ChinaTalk guest!) for taking over twitter with fascinating explorations of historical and contemporary dyanmics relevant to the war in Ukraine over the past two months.