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Konrad Lawson @kml.muninn.net · 05/10/2026

Statistical charts I've looked at in old Japanese sources really love scaled pictorial charts. I can't remember which source I found this from, but here we have 1935 global coffee consumption leaders. Sweden (7.75kg, I assume per year), Norway (6.95kg), and Denmark (6.9kg) in the lead.

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Gregory Adam Scott 史瑞骼💀 @sudasana.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Early train into Manchester today for the Modern Languages Open Day @manchester.ac.uk

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Early train into Manchester today for the Modern Languages Open Day @manchester.ac.uk

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Buddhas in the West Material Archive @buddhasinthewest.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Each intricate Kannon statue—now more than 800 years old—is carved from Japanese cypress and covered in gold leaf, details brought to life in the hand-colored photograph. French novelist Pierre Loti visited Sanjūsangen-dō in 1885, describing it as “the astonishment of astonishments.”

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Am obvious security liability is the shrinkage of UK university teaching capacity and uptake of Chinese language and associated area studies expertise. The mooted new research security fund needs to address that (and not just re China) rather than only fixating on compliance.

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UK universities comb records for China links after MI5 warning

Security agency’s alert highlights rising compliance pressures in sensitive research areas

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Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

1/ New from me: Chinese diplomats scrambled up to 90 min before the Xi/Trump visit to the National Archives to stop a Taiwan-related treaty from being shown. ..."an indication of pushback from within the U.S. government against President Trump's warm reception of Xi.." www.npr.org/2026/09/29/n...

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Potential Taiwan tension sparked 'last minute' change in Trump-Xi National Archives visit

The sudden change was precipitated because of Chinese displeasure over one document that the U.S. had planned to show.

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K. Alexander 亞天恩 @thianun.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

First review of my book is out! I was almost too scared to read it, but... Peter Thilly, reviewing for Journal of Chinese History, said kind and thoughtful things about my work. Grateful to see it reflected through his expert reading doi.org/10.1017/jch.... Maybe I am a real Qing historian!

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Teaching and Transformation in Popular Confucian Literature of the Late Qing. Katherine L Alexander. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2025. 261 pp. $100 (cloth), $34.95 (paper), eBook. | Journ...

Teaching and Transformation in Popular Confucian Literature of the Late Qing. Katherine L Alexander. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2025. 261 pp. 34.95 (paper), eBook.

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Rachel Cole @rmartincole.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cover of U.S. Department of Commerce report "Selected impacts of railroad mergers." A simple illustration shows railroad tracks split around title and converging below.

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Gregory Adam Scott 史瑞骼💀 @sudasana.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don't know if 🇹🇼 and 🇨🇳 have ever been side by side on a battlefield prior to this

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Gregory Adam Scott 史瑞骼💀 @sudasana.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My 9 games

Armoured Commander II(2020)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - Legendary Edition(2013)
Half-Life 2(2004)
Sid Meier's Civilization V(2010)
Fallout: New Vegas(2010)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas(2004)
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
XCOM: Enemy Unknown(2012)
Half-Life: Alyx(2020)

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China Historical Photos @chinahistorypics.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

May 1979. The great misperception. Young Maoists crowd around China’s leaders, unaware that the political world they believed in was already disappearing. Hua would fall; Hu Yaobang ( left) would help Deng dismantle the old order,then be sidelined himself in 1987. Deng remained and transformed China

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Simon Kuestenmacher @simongerman600.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Busy Asia vs Empty Asia. Source: buff.ly/CZlUpP1

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Robert Bickers @bickers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Come join us (or please spread the word) -- we have a great team and with our colleagues in the wider Dept of History we can offer supervision across a great range of subjects. Full bursary will cover both UK and international students. www.hkhistory.net/2026/09/24/h...

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Hong Kong History Centre Studentship (starting September 2027) – Hong Kong History Centre

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Niao Collective @niaocollective.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

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Shelly Kraicer @shellyk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My essay for the Austrian Film Museum's ongoing retrospective on early Chinese cinema is up on Letterboxd here. I've written brief introductions to each of the 12 films here: bit.ly/4xrLxzP letterboxd.com/aut_film_mus...

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The Early Spring of Chinese Cinema 1922–1964

A story on Letterboxd.

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Gregory Adam Scott 史瑞骼💀 @sudasana.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

repost with an image of your favorite James Bond (wrong answers only)

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Gregory Adam Scott 史瑞骼💀 @sudasana.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New Book> Vincent Goossaert, Des dieux qui parlent: Subjectivités invisibles en Chine (Vues de l’esprit, 2026) www.vuesdelesprit.org/publication/...

Light orange cover of the book with the title and author

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The Blogging Goth @theblogginggoth.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

On this day in 1983, #SiouxsieAndTheBanshees released their standalone single "Dear Prudence". A cover of a song by The Beatles it also featured Robert Smith of #TheCure on guitars, covering for recently departed John McGeoch.

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Suzanne Karr Schmidt @drkarrschmidt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Rare Duck!? Love this printed fabric cover for a 1960s reproduction series of Hiroshige landscapes in miniature, but something looks oddly familiar! 🔪🐥?

Shiny fabric with Japanese characters (both text and mrn in kimonos) as well as a man with a sword and a lowered hat that makes it look a little like the knife duck.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In SHAPE 'the number of teaching-only roles has increased dramatically over the past decade....Across those subjects, teaching-only numbers rose by 49 per cent between 2012-13 and 2024-25, from 31,500 (34 per cent of all SHAPE staff) to 46,890 (42 per cent of such staff).'

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Pathways for early career SHAPE academics are in decline

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Xander ✺ @spectralcodex.com · 21/09/2026

The Eighteen Arhats Cave was a folk religious attraction established around 1971 in what was likely a derelict WW2 bunker in the hills overlooking the Port of Keelung, Taiwan. It was bricked up after suffering damage during Typhoon Herb in 1996. Let's go inside... spectralcodex.com/keelung-eigh...

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Eighteen Arhats Cave (十八羅漢洞) - Spectral Codex

A cave temple damaged in a typhoon, sealed with bricks, and abandoned. In the early 2020s it was broken open and it became popular with urban explorers. The interior is dangerous and appropriate preca...

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Paul French @chinarhyming.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Women in Canton (Guangzhou) browse in a modern dress shop, 1937. Photo by Suikee Mack

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Donovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Beloved Canadian coffee chain Tim Hoitous

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The John Rylands Library @thejohnrylands.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Join us next weekend on Saturday, 26 September, for activities linked to the 2026 Medieval Faire. This is a free, drop in event between 11:00am and 4:00pm. You can find more information here: ow.ly/bmHw50ZMsNx 📸: St Christopher Woodcut, 1435-1450, Ref. JRL1200357.

Saint Christopher strides across a river. He holds a staff and carries the infant Christ, who blesses with his right hand and holds an Orb in his left. Hills form steep, jutting cliffs on either side of the river. A hermit kneels on the right, holding a lantern. On the left, one man rides a mule, carrying a sac; another climbs a steep road that ascends to a small house. Text along the bottom: "Cristofori faciem quacumque tueris Illa nempe die morte mala non morieris Millesimo cccc° xx° tertio".

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Felicity Callard @felicitycallard.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The brutal reality of universities' suppression of wages (in KPMG's report for DfE on cost of undergraduate provision in England) assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6aabfa...

Table 1 – Cost increases since the last study by cost type
Actual % increase
between 2016-17 and
2019 study cost groupings
2023-24 weighted
average unit cost
Staff costs 14%
Non-pay costs 46%
Indirect departmental costs -24%
Centrally allocated indirect costs 29%
Estates costs 40%
Sustainability adjustment -2%

Source: Analysis of Data Returns
Table 1 shows that costs have not increased equally in the time between the two costing studies. Non-pay costs have increased slightly ahead of inflation and estates costs have increased in line with inflation. Universities have managed staff costs significantly below inflation, increasing only by 14% compared to the 41.2% increase in RPIX. By contrast, indirect departmental costs have reduced by 24%, but this may be due to differences in the universities participating in the 2019 and this study. The movement in MSI is reflective of changes in financial performance rather than any inflationary impact.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

'The University and College Union (UCU)’s Edinburgh branch said staff had been called into “informal meetings at less than 24 hours' notice” and told not to bring union representatives.'

heraldscotland.com

Fear and anger as university set to announce 'massive course and programme closures'

Asked to respond, a university spokesperson said that staff and students were recently informed of changes to “our future academic offering across…

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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

#TaiwanArchives: 1945 Two dictators, Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong, last met in Chongqing for post-war negotiations following their joint victory against Japan. The Double Tenth Agreement acknowledged the KMT as the legitimate government of China, and the CCP as a legitimate opposition party.

Held in Chongqing, China, from 29 August to 10 October 1945, the negotiations were highlighted by a meeting between CCP Chairman Mao Zedong and KMT Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, marking the first time the two leaders had met in 20 years. It would also be their final meeting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Tenth_Agreement

Photo © Sept 25, 1945, Academia Historica

Mao and Chiang toasting on Sept 17, 1945 © Academia Historica

Mao and Chiang shaking hands on Sept 17, 1945 © Academia Historica

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jessstilllife.bsky.social @jessstilllife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Definitely not a British hillfort. Yamchun Fortress, overlooking the mountains of Afghanistan in the Wakhan Valley, Tajikistan. Still Iron Age! Originally built in 300 BCE to guard the ancient Silk Road, expanded in the 10th Century. 📸 by intrepid daughter a couple of weeks ago #HillfortsWednesday

A castle like stone fortification on a barren, rocky promontory with huge mountains behind, snowcapped in the distance

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Xander ✺ @spectralcodex.com · 13/09/2026

An impressive Japanese colonial era monument from 1925 wedged between houses in Dongshi, Taichung. It honored Japanese who perished in the line of duty and was re-dedicated to ROC martyrs in the post-war period only to end up completely invisible from the street. spectralcodex.com/dongshi-loya...

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Dongshi Loyalty Monument (東勢表忠碑) - Spectral Codex

A monument lost in the spaces between houses in Dongshi. Dongshi Loyalty Monument (東勢表忠碑) is a hidden monument in Dongshi, Taichung, dating back to the Japanese colonial era. It was inaugurated Octobe...

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Jonathan Chatwin @jmchatwin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

China, c.1860–70: the road to Gu Shan near Fuzhou, Zhenhai Tower in Guangzhou, visitors at a temple near Suzhou, and a street in Beijing. The first image is now attributed to the Chinese photographer Tung Hing.

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Royal Asiatic Society @royalasiaticsoc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A selection of colourful cover art from the China Journal of Science & Art, a bi‑monthly English periodical founded in 1923 in Shanghai and dedicated to popularising research and studies of the sciences and arts in China. Issues up to 1937 can be consulted in the RAS Library.

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Visualising China @vischina.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Andrew's new book, Living in the shadow of empire: women and the China Consular World, 1843-1900, will be published by Manchester University Press on 22 September 2026 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526194589/

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk

Manchester University Press - Living in the shadow of empire

Living in the shadow of empire - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Living in the shadow of empire by Andrew Hillier

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The fallacy that University leaders pushing AI are falling into is thinking that the point of undergraduate research is to find things out. It isn't. What students find out is typically already generally known. The point of undergraduate research is to learn how to find things out.

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Paul French @chinarhyming.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A nice 1942 edition of one of the most gossip-laden old Beijing novel Peking Picnic (1932). The debut novel by British author Ann Bridge (the pen name of Lady Mary Dolling O'Malley).

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Gregory Adam Scott 史瑞骼💀 @sudasana.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

For #Caturday here's a tiger, leopard, and lion from the Newly Compiled Illustrated Four-Word Glossary 新編對相四言, 1506 - a Chinese primer with sets of four character-illustration pairs archive.org/details/ldpd...

Three illustrations and vocabulary words (虎豹獅) from the text, the next one is an elephant

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

'a provider facing rising complaints has three options – it can make complaining harder, it can keep the promises it made, or it can make smaller promises.' Realistically, most UK HEIs will need to make smaller promises. What's that UUK announced yesterday? Lifetime entitlement to careers advice?

wonkhe.com

OfS wants students to complain more. AI is about to oblige

What happens when students can produce a lawyer's letter in an afternoon? Jim Dickinson weighs up whether the sector closes its complaints gap or simply promises less

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“UK university management teams have so far struggled to take a principled position on AI, often embracing the technology uncritically and seeking to ‘partner’ with AI providers rather than consider its longer-term impact on pedagogy." (Steve Jones, University of Manchester)

timeshighereducation.com

Are device-free classrooms the way forward?

US universities embrace laptop and phone bans, but professor suggests policies may be more about political positioning than pedagogy

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Min Chao @wordsfromtaiwan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New stamps from Taiwan 🎋🐈 "Cat Among Bamboo" from the Taipei National Palace Museum, featuring three Siamese cats by Qing artist Shen Chen-lin. A large cat crouches atop a craggy rock, while two lively kittens wrestle and play animatedly against a backdrop of intertwined bamboo and cherry branches.

The PHILATAIPEI 2026 World Stamp Championship Exhibition will be held from November 20 to 25, 2026, at the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall 1.

In conjunction with the exhibition’s Art Day, Chunghwa Post has selected “Cat Among Bamboo” by Shen Chen-lin of the Qing dynasty from the collection of the National Palace Museum as the subject of a souvenir sheet containing two NT$35 stamps. The souvenir sheet will be released on November 20, 2026.

清沈振麟貓竹　軸

https://digitalarchive.npm.gov.tw/Collection/Detail/6554?dep=P

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Hong Kong History Centre @hongkonghistory.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

New resource alert! We've launched an open access platform, Historical Photographs of Hong Kong. We'll be bringing online increasing numbers of digitised slides, prints and negatives donated to the Hong Kong Collections in the University of Bristol Library hphkbristol.net Please check it out 1/3

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Welcome | Historical Photographs of Hong Kong

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Mark Rothko @markrothko.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Black, Red and Black botfrens.com/collections/25/content…

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China Historical Photos @chinahistorypics.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

1917, Beijing. Papier-mâché horses, boats and servants were made for funerals, then burned so the deceased could use them in the netherworld. The empire had fallen in 1912, yet customs and social hierarchies survived a decades after. Photographs: Sidney D. Gamble.

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Medicine Man, Performing His Mysteries over a Dying Man, 1832, by the American artist George Catlin, who specialized in portraits of Native Americans in the Old West. Featured in our essay “The Long, Forgotten Walk of David Ingram” — buff.ly/2QZcWIB

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Gregory Adam Scott 史瑞骼💀 @sudasana.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I need to up my faculty profile picture game

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Patricia Sauthoff 司徒雛菊 @sauthoff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I present to you, my favorite Hong Kong toilet sign.

Please remain seated for your bowel journey. Reads the English over Traditionan Chinese writing. The images are of a cartoon squatting on a toilet that slowly cracks, with the squatter falling in.

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Brendan O’Kane @bokane.org · 03/09/2026

while you people were celebrating the late regional adoption of movable metal type in Europe…I studied The Woodblock

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