Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 21mWhen non-violent protests happened at Cornell, Trump cancelled hundreds of millions in grants in the name of "student safety." Now that an actual student safety crisis has been fully revealed it's crickets from the Feds. We all know why 0102
Reposted by Eli FriedmanCornell AAUP @cornellaaup.bsky.social · 3hThe Cornell AAUP Chapter is outraged by the sexual violence that was committed at Chi Phi in 2024. We call for the community to come together on Monday, October 5 at 4:30pm in Ho Plaza, to stand in support of the survivors of sexual violence. Our full statement is here. 13113
Reposted by Eli FriedmanCTXT.es @ctxt.es · 2hEditorial 📰 / / Razones para una huelga general por la vivienda 💡 🔴 El salario más frecuente pasó de 16.498 euros anuales a 16.520 en 2024 en diez años, según datos del INE. ctxt.es/es/20260901/...ctxt.esRazones para una huelga general por la viviendaPeriodismo libre y de servicio público. Contexto y acción. Suscríbete y defiende la prensa independiente 083
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm heartened to see our administration understands the gravity of the situationtheonion.comCornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The FutureITHACA, NY—Acknowledging serious missteps in their handling of a 2024 campus sexual assault case, administrators at Cornell University vowed Tuesday that, going forward, rapists would be forced to wri... 041
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For reference, SK's entire budget was $470 billion for 2025asia.nikkei.comSouth Korea's Lee orders officials to accelerate $589bn AI hub plansPresident seeks progress on signature megaprojects amid land and energy challenges 120
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Remember how the Feds and university sprung into action to expel non-violent protestors in 2024? That happened at precisely the same time these men were engaging in actual monstrous behavior against other students, with most getting a slight rap on the knuckles as punishment.nytimes.comCornell Sexual Assault Investigation to Be ReopenedAfter outrage over allegations in a lawsuit, the Tompkins County district attorney will revisit the decision not to pursue criminal charges against seven fraternity members. 12410
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Last night 2k people came out to see AOC in Ithaca - a town with only 30k people. I think she's running for Senate 140
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Two Day Weekend Shopping" 双休购 is an app that allowed Chinese consumers to shop at businesses that provide workers with a real two day weekend, based on worker-provided info. The app blew up, reflecting widespread dissatisfaction with overwork. Then it was banned.bbc.com「雙休購」的爆紅與下架:一個網購平臺如何撬動中國勞工權益討論 - BBC News 中文提倡雙休的民間自發平台「雙休購」曇花一現後快速被下架,中國打工人開始在社交媒體上要求雙休正當權利。學者指這樣的消費抵制是正向的發展。 12011
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Still having a hard time believing they named a car after Han chauvinismcnevpost.comBYD to launch Da Han sedan on October 13 with up to 1,008 km of EV rangeBYD began pre-sales of the Da Han EV in China in late August, with prices ranging from 249,900 yuan ($37,030) to 299,900 yuan. 5174
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"Mr. Trump called the Chinese leader 'an expert on stone' who 'loves good granite' as Mr. Xi stood by without changing his expression." As a former interpreter, I am sending solidarity to the poor soul who had to translate this while maintaining diplomatic decorumnytimes.comLive Updates: Trump Greets Xi at White House, Where Pomp May Mask Tensions 610024
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Take it from Elon: “He seems like a great leader. Under his tenure, China has prospered immensely... So he’s clearly done an excellent job and is very capable.”scmp.comTesla’s Elon Musk hails Xi Jinping’s leadership, Chinese AI strengthMusk controls SpaceX, a Pentagon and US intelligence contractor, and his business ties with China have drawn scrutiny in Washington. 074
Reposted by Eli FriedmanMade in China Journal @madeinchinajournal.com · 24/09/2026Hi all, only a few days left to pitch ideas for the upcoming issues of Made in China Journal (on Hong Kong) and Global China Pulse (on the new geopolitics of knowledge production). Short pitches are due September 30. 1/ 1105
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If Chinese auto companies want to produce in the US and they'll use union labor, pay taxes, and maybe even help to improve the EV ecosystem, then there is no justification for excluding them. This is not a security threat.reuters.comUS lawmakers urge Trump to maintain ban on Chinese automakersMore than two dozen Democratic lawmakers on Friday urged President Donald Trump to keep in place a ban on Chinese automakers out of the US market, ahead of his meeting with China's President Xi ... 4147
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Expressive Activity Area update. Those wishing to express themselves will have to crouch in between the shrubbery 2143
Reposted by Eli FriedmanGina Anne Tam @dgtam86.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The policy was quickly revoked and waved off as a draft that got published before revision, but as someone who studied this for a decade, even I find this one bizarre since it banned Cantonese but not English? 201
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I love how we continue to write articles as if the president knows or cares what words mean 161
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“If you want to organise a public event, anything explicitly related to feminism or LGBT issues is basically not possible, at least in Beijing." Great news that she's out, but this article highlights how much worse things are now than in 2018... which in turn was more restrictive than 2010.theguardian.com‘People had naive expectations’: How MeToo has changed in ChinaOn Friday, MeToo journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin was released from prison. She returns to a landscape changed by censorship, and a new generation of feminists 0134
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Apparently not intended a joke, Cornell University has set up an Expressive Activity Area just in front of the police station 53011
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Cleaners at Henan hospital on strike, haven't been paid in five months 0123
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Putting this in my "Economists excited to discover knowledge that has been taught in intro to sociology literally for generations" foldernytimes.comThe Working Class Face a ‘Class Ceiling’ in Elite OccupationsBeing female or a person of color has long been seen as a disadvantage in hiring and promotion. A new study of college professors shows that class may loom as large. 040
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"Last week, more than 20 mainland scholars reached a 12-point consensus on a plan for Taiwan during a seminar in Beijing. These included maintaining a People’s Liberation Army presence in Taiwan and implementing patriotic education." Problem solved!share.googleBeijing, Taipei need peace deal before reunification, Taiwanese scholar saysAn agreement ending hostilities could allow the two sides to discuss the future on an equal footing, Chang Ya-chung. 2132
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Possible that youth unemployment is at 25% if using the old methodology 15710
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Like @jeremywallace.bsky.social said in the intro to this panel, a rare but very welcome opportunity to have some attention on labor amid US-China tech competitionyoutube.comShared Precarity and Prosperity—Labor and Society [Getting Tech Right, Session 3]YouTube video by ACF @ Johns Hopkins SAIS 021
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026What a bummer. I wish the US required education in a second language, any languagenytimes.comIn the Age of A.I., Some in China Wonder if Learning English Is Worth the TroubleA math teacher’s viral post prompted a debate over the language, which some see as an optional skill — and a symbol of Western dominance. 061
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Union keeping the strike threat alive, demanding profit sharing. Hope they can lift the floor for semiconductor workers everywherebarrons.comMicron Stock Moves Past AI Fears With Launch of New Memory ModuleMicron stock has stabilized following an AI slowdown panic but it still has to deal with union demands in Taiwan. 041
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Tide is turningcolumbiaspectator.comColumbia prohibits electronic devices in all Literature Humanities, Contemporary Civilization sectionsColumbia has prohibited the use of electronic devices in all Literature Humanities and Contemporary Civilization sections starting this fall, 12 syllabi for the courses reviewed by Spectator show and ... 030
Reposted by Eli FriedmanThe Dig @thedigradio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026We asked Dig senior advisor @yesnomabie.bsky.social about seven things that shaped his politics. Listen to Ben on our most recent episode, Mailbag! pod.fo/e/5ebd27 041
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Tung was a disaster for Hong Kong's working class. One of the first things he did after assuming office in 1997 was to cancel collective bargaining rights. He should be remembered as a tycoon who ran the city in the interests of the tycoons (and their allies in Beijing).reuters.comTung Chee-hwa, Hong Kong's first leader under Chinese rule, dies at 89"For the first time in history, we, the people of Hong Kong, will be master of our own destiny." On July 1, 1997, Tung Chee-hwa delivered his first speech as chief executive of the territory, followin... 03714
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026TIL we in the United States have something called National Boss's Day. Hottest country in the worldnationaltoday.comNational Boss's Day — October 16, 2026 | National TodayNational Boss's Day, observed every October 16, is a dedicated time to acknowledge and appreciate the leaders who guide and inspire their teams. Discover ways to show gratitude. 110
Reposted by Eli FriedmanRyan Ho Kilpatrick 何松濤 @ryanhk.blue · 09/09/20261030 update: we've got the (current) CE's Belt and Road Summit speech but nothing yet on the death of former CE Tung Chee-hwa 053
Reposted by Eli FriedmanNick Brumfield @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Thailand wants to expand its border fence with Malaysia too 163
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026China did its border wall with Myanmar during the pandemic, India trying to catch up. A somewhat different dynamic than US/EU, but militarization of the border is happening in the South tooasia.nikkei.comIndia's Manipur vows to complete Myanmar border fence by 2028New Delhi's plan criticized as impractical, harmful to frontier communities 0167
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"Harvard University’s endowment held about $2.2bn worth of SpaceX shares as of June 30, its largest ever single public equity holding" I'm glad they didn't immediately cave to Trump, but worth considering the limits of their ability to #resistgiftarticle.ft.comBig US university endowments outperform S&P 500 indexSubstantial weightings in tech groups such as SpaceX help lift returns after several years of lagging behind market 051
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026From 2014 Guangzhou strike: Unity is strength, Unity is strength. This strength is iron, This strength is steel. Harder than iron, Stronger than steel. Open fire on fascism, Let every undemocratic system perish. Toward the sun, toward freedom, Toward a new China, Let forth boundless rays of light! 171
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026"Dongguan sanitation workers support sanitation workers in Guangzhou University City Unite and defend your rights till the end" 2014 photo expressing support for a major strike event in GZ. Can't do this anymore. 080
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026I hope they win. But regardless the outcome, the state has to divert more of this wealth to people not directly employed in the industryreuters.comMicron's Taiwan unions threaten strike over bonus disputeMicron Technology's labour unions in Taiwan said on Tuesday they were moving towards possible strike action unless the U.S. memory-chip maker overhauls its bonus system and shares more of its profits... 172
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"I want to thank the Chinese investors for investing in Cambodia," she said. "It has created many jobs and made life much better for Cambodian people." Very normal thing for a banana plantation worker to say, thank you Xinhua for the journalismenglish.news.cnFresh banana exports to China lift incomes in NW Cambodia's border province 090
Reposted by Eli FriedmanTej Nagaraja @tejnagaraja.bsky.social · 01/09/2026My new book is out this month! “Troop Movements: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II” — by Tejasvi Nagaraja Buy it! Get in touch with me — if you have any ideas?: * book review * book-tour event * assigning it to teach * interview or podcast Thanks — Stay tuned! 15022
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Nothing makes me feel young again like checking out a book that's been on the shelves since before my parents met 131
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026New article, "Beyond State Narratives: Chinese Muslim Solidarities with Palestine in Post-Mao China"brill.com 050
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Terrible news for academics in China who are already under immense work pressure. Let's hope this doesn't expandshare.google‘An earthquake in Chinese academia’: Tongji abolishes tenureShanghai’s leading research university has overhauled its faculty appointment system. Will other institutions in China follow suit? 0111
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Go to one of the top 50 universities in the world you directly get Shanghai hukou. If you went to 51-100, you can apply (no guarantee of success) after working/paying social insurance for six months. If you went to some extremely average university that is 101st or below you can join the rabble 2161
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026How nice for thembloomberg.comHong Kong Fund Managers Set for Pay Bump in New Tax PlanHedge fund managers in Hong Kong are set to benefit from a change to the city’s tax laws that will effectively eliminate levies on performance-related income for some funds. 050
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Sending solidarity to Lee Cheuk-yan, one of HK's most important labor activists 0101
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Checking in on de-Nazification progressnytimes.comYe to Play Russia Shows, a First Since Ukraine Invasion 032
Reposted by Eli FriedmanBob’s Your Uncle @bobsyouruncle.bsky.social · 18/08/20267 years ago today We will never forget www.theguardian.com/world/2019/a...theguardian.comHong Kong: 1.7m people defy police to march in pouring rainAn estimated quarter of the population fill downtown park and surrounding streets 0146
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026It's move in day at Cornell and every single one of the 18 vehicles in front of the on-campus hotel is an SUV 040
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Good episode on bamboo politics in Hong Kongopen.spotify.comBamboo Is Innocent99% Invisible · Episode 181
Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Would be funny if they had the poster of non-Muslim world leaders who want Netanyahu to lose. Gonna need a bigger poster 040