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Exclusively posting here now about HK/China and global events/issues. Occasional nonsense.

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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Kimberly Guilfoyle right now:
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The China-Global South Project @chinagsproject.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
China’s defense industry is becoming harder to separate from the wars in the Horn of Africa as Chinese-made weapons from drones and artillery to armored vehicles, are increasingly visible across the battlefields of Sudan and Ethiopia. chinaglobalsouth.com/2026/10/06/c...
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More Chinese Weapons Appearing on Battlefields in Sudan and Ethiopia
Although China is not a belligerent in the wars in Sudan or Ethiopia, Chinese-made weapons are appearing prominently in recent battlefield footage. Videos posted on social media on Monday appeared to…
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Anti-imperialism in action means handing over 10% of your land to foreign mining firms.
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I wonder why Pep left when he did? 🤔🤔🤔
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Trump banned Politico from the White House because it ran “negative” stories from a leaker. And that leaker was JD Vance.
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The Source Behind The Ban
The anonymous source behind one of the stories the White House cited to justify banning POLITICO was none other than Vice President JD Vance, Status has learned.
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Get ready for 2028. I have long said that the late 2020s/early 2030s are the most likely time for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. This was the case before Russian/US attacks on Ukraine/Iran, but those attacks & the general international situation have only made it more certain.
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
No way, not TESLA!
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This and similar proposals all sound like "if we build a fence around the airport, that will stop the planes from taking off" to me.
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Malcontent News @malcontentnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ukraine is setting conditions for future ballistic missile attacks The Big Story: Ukrainian drones are hunting down Russia’s Nebu-M radars, designed to detect ballistic missiles and stealth aircraft malcontentnews.substack.com/p/ukraine-is...
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Ukraine is setting conditions for future ballistic missile attacks
A summary of the events that happened on day 1,670 of the Russia-Ukraine War.
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Vibecession Forever @ghazelleberner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I literally saw the author of 2016’s “A Liberal Case for Donald Trump” telling people, today, not to vote for Democrats for this reason. It’s the same fucking people every time (I then blocked him.)
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Yet another case of TACO it seems.
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This makes me feel like the US is more likely to be about to come and help Saudi. This is the exact kind of thing the Trump admin would demand of the Saudis before helping. www.thestandard.com.hk/finance/arti...
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Saudi Arabia withdraws from China-led mBridge digital currency project, FT reports
Saudi Arabia has withdrawn from the China-led mBridge digital currency initiative aimed at developing alternative payment systems to the US dollar, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Trump appears set to pull the trigger on further major military operations in the Persian Gulf.
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
NEW: The Russian MoD continues to greatly exaggerate the extent of advances across the frontline to construct a false narrative of battlefield progress. The unusual MoD statement comes amid State Duma elections and shortly before the convening of UNGA. 🧵(1/8) Read more: isw.pub/UkrWar091926
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Evergreen Intel @vcdgf555.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Thread. Middle East signs. 1/
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
So Trump returned early to the White House, the US issued multiple alerts across various Middle East countries and now I'm hearing that American B-1 Lancers just took off from their base in the UK. OSINT accounts seem to be brewing coffee and watching screens. Stay tuned.
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Pete Hegseth after removing the gays: "I'm gonna take some pictures of each of you naked, in case we need them, for later."
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Ever wonder why MAGA are still able to win despite being so obviously awful on a moral level as well as being incompetent?
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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
5/6 This was the same challenge the USSR faced in the 1960s and Japan in the 1980s, and neither was able to succeed. As with China today, it was precisely their highly unbalanced economies that funded their spectacular technological advances until debt capacity limits forced a reversal.
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"In the contest between libs who don't agree with me on EVERY aspect of trans issues vs people who want to erase trans people from existence, I REFUSE to participate, because I am a morally superior being. If the trans-murder loving fash win then it's all those darn libs fault."
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Yes. Please do this in the run up to the mid-terms. Block all trade with Europe and Canada. See how that impacts the markets and looks to voters. Be strong Donald - show them who's boss! Do it!
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Joel Chan @kjoules.org · 15/09/2026
“One 26-year-old Chinese citizen, who wished to be identified only as Pipi, told BBC Chinese that his passport application in 2023 was rejected and he believes it was because he attended the massive pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong in 2019.” www.bbc.com/news/article...
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China tightens travel restrictions for citizens
Observers say the new rules will further tighten the Chinese government's control over its citizens.
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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
❗️Ukrainian company Fire Point has begun military trials of the FP-7 tactical ballistic missile, which has already completed ground/lab and flight tests and is now in the codification stage. CEO Iryna Terekh said the missile could enter use in weeks rather than months.
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Aaron Busch @tripperhead.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I was today year's old when I discovered HKFP's weatherhongkong.com page. It's a far nicer layout than HKO, the Li Shield section is 🧑‍🍳 😘 .
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
An embarrassing response to their own embarrassing act: Beijing tells Manila to ‘stop lying’ after minister exposes South China Sea note (Where's the lie even supposed to be?) www.scmp.com/news/china/d...
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Beijing tells Manila to ‘stop lying’ after minister exposes South China Sea note
At Seoul Defence Dialogue, Gilberto Teodoro Jnr brands China’s handwritten memo on arbitration ruling as ‘coercion and bullying’.
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Badiucao巴丢草 @badiucao.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
1/ My cartoon on the wonderful response of Gilberto Teodoro, Secretary of National Defense of Philippines, to a coercive note from the Chinese side during the Seoul Defense Dialogue (SDD) 2026 in Seoul, Republic of Korea. watch the original video from reply
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
China being China. "...authorities promote official narratives, suppress independent accounts, discourage efforts to look back at the causes of a disaster and punish those who post claims that differ from the government-approved narrative." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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How the Nepal-Tibet disaster became the latest victim of China’s ‘Clean Internet’ campaign
The online campaign used to focus on tackling cybercrime and hacking but has since expanded to suppress information that differs from official narratives
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I don't think HK Observatory understands what dd/mm means.
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Unfortunately, I'm absolutely swamped at work these days and also need to concentrate on some side-hustles to earn extra $$$ as I really need to make more. So I'm not going to have any spare time to do things like update these monthly China threads anymore.
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Cheburashka @leshij.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Absolutely horrific looking landslide on the Tibet-Nepal border 16 dead and hundreds missing so far
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Canada should just rename it "Lake Trump Is A Pedophile".
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
For those who know their Russian history, People's Will is an interesting choice of name. The original People's Will was the most notorious of many violent revolutionary groups in late 19C Russia, & even managed to assassinate Tsar Alexander II.
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The idea that the Tang Dynasty didn't exist has taken hold among some extremely online people in China. “This is basically insane,” said William Kirby, professor of China Studies at Harvard. edition.cnn.com/2026/08/19/s...
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Why is one corner of China’s internet insisting a golden era never existed? | CNN
Something weird has been happening on China’s internet. One small and vocal corner has been claiming the country’s most famous historical dynasty never existed.
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
And Pakistan is the first Buddhist monarchy to get a nuclear weapon.
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Remember guys, it's just racist hysteria to remove Chinese tech from sensitive systems. Oh...
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Close to midnight now... Pretty crazy temperatures on a record breaking day here.
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Spoiler alert: turns out the moon has been Chinese since Ancient Times.
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Those night time temperatures seem like a blissful dream tbh. For the Americans: 27C = 80.6F; 34C = 93.2F
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
August 2026's China quarrel thread begins here, to keep track of the various arguments, incidents & threats being made by & against China. July 2026's thread below. bsky.app/profile/nine...
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I know China's huge, but 5,200 new stores in a year is nuts.
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Manya Koetse @manyapan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Many of the videos show foreigners engaging in uncivilized behavior and disrupting China’s cleanliness, etiquette, and public order. In these scenes, foreigners are portrayed as dirty, smelly, and disorderly. These videos predominantly feature Indian characters.
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Manya Koetse @manyapan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Chinese viral AI videos are turning foreigners into villains, flooding Chinese social media. They depict foreigners as threats to China’s social, moral, and national order. Strong, confident Chinese people confront, violently beat, and humiliate them in defense of their country. See more below🧵
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Wildberries BINGO: Update ‼️
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The right love to portray migration as an "invasion" & it's usually nonsense. In this case however, it's hard to call it anything else - 49,000 people in 24 hours into a territory of 83,500 ppl / 18.5sq km. If the Spanish govt don't deal with this effectively, the right will destroy them over it.
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
The extreme ignorance of the entire US administration is hard to imagine, along with their obvious willingness to rely entirely on unchecked AI slop for policy making.
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Please tell me that face is AI too.
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
It's hard to buy ethically, because many companies simply lie about where their products are from. 22% here failed country-of-origin testing (a further 6% needed further testing). ALL of the tomato products that failed came from China. Of those, 53% were from Xinjiang. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...
abc.net.au
We had the origin of more than 200 tomato products tested. The results were shocking
One of Australia's biggest tomato brands and two major supermarkets are selling products that exclusive forensic testing shows have misleading labelling.
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Nine Dragons @ninedragons.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
He's so easily fooled it's ridiculous.
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