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轮子Falun Gong and it's affiliation. Credit to 火锅大王 Nathan Rich. coggle.it/diagram/X09pMM…

@Anayacs71 song zi. Could be sweet or salty. Just don't eat the bamboo leaves wrapping.

My sweet Asian neighbour gave me these. She doesn't speak English so I have no idea what they are??? Any ideas

This is probably one of the best commercials I’ve ever seen ❤️👏

Update! Today, the American man who donated $5,000 to China's desert control has finally been found!👏 He is Ronald Sakolsky, currently living in Illinois. In 1999, while teaching in Luoyang, he was so moved by the story of local desert-control hero Yin Yuzhen that he donated $5,000—a fortune back then, enough to buy an entire apartment in the city! When the transoceanic call from his ex-colleague finally connected, Ronald Sakolsky, now retired with children and grandchildren, teared up on the other end of the line, saying excitedly, "I can't wait!" Today, this friendship spanning mountains and seas stands quietly amidst the deep forests of the Mu Us Desert, waiting for an old friend to return.💗💗💗

猫咪犯错千万别打，摸清猫咪的小bug，轻松改掉各种小毛病，不错，不错👍

@johnrheritage @Mattlinn01 @epaleezeldin Shall me

@Mattlinn01 @epaleezeldin How do you pronounce Xiaomi?

Americans should be able to buy the type of car they want, not the car that government demands.

@DanielDumbrill Wow! He does!

My brother's reaction to my son's book week costume. "He looks more like Aladdin than Aladdin does" 🤣

At the Canton Fair, a foreign woman with lower-body disabilities stood and walked on her own using a Chinese exoskeleton. Her family was moved to tears. Technology is for people, not for show.

@KELMAND1 @lazynicky167167 一直有团伙偷这个。疫情那几年特别多。大多是老莫干的。一般三分钟就搞定。 我的租客就在家门口被偷。中午三点。Toyota prius,还是旧款的。

@lazynicky167167 我跟你讲，他们平均教育水平不足以认识到偷三元催化更挣钱这个点。

随着油价飙升，美国各地出现了一种新的犯罪浪潮，窃贼们正利用手持电钻钻穿汽车油箱，在几分钟内抽干燃油，导致车主抛锚，并面临数千美元的维修费用。这种令人不安的趋势正在全国范围内蔓延。 washingtonpost.com/business/2026/…

@AngelicaOung I am pretty sure I have seen the hotel guy's Douying anout the Tajik Grandpa's story. Respect!

WE HAVE TIANANMEN AT HOME Yesterday before we left the Pamir plateau we stopped by a Chinese Tajik home to pay respect to a Tajik grandpa who recently passed away. It was his wish in his later years to go to Tiananmen Square himself for the flag raising ceremony. But it wasn’t possible. Grandpa was already elderly and just as we get high-altitude sickness when we go to the Pamir plateau ppl who lived on the plateau all their lives can have a hard time adjusting to sea-level. It might be hard to imagine why an elderly Tajik felt such an attachment to Tiananmen Square. But for a Tajik of grandpa’s age, the first generation of Tajik border patrollers, patriotism was strong. It’s not uncommon to find Tajik homes spackled in red certificates and memorabilia. Local hotelier Mr. Chen heard about Grandpa’s wish and went into problem solving mode. It’s not possible to bring the old man to Tienanmen square, was it not possible to bring Tienanmen square to the old man? An online search found an artist that he flew in and right in the front yard of the old man’s house went a flagpole, and a mural of Tiananmen Square. Videos of the old man witnessing the « flag raising ceremony » went viral in China. We were warmly welcomed and sat for a while with the family to pay our condolences. It was a simple but thriving home, with multiple generations (many still working as Tajik border patrols) and yaks penned in the yard.

Just back from 10 days in Hainan. A few practical observations on transportation to/around the island - this seems as good a place as any to start a place review. Hope it's helpful to anyone planning a trip. There are currently three commercial airports in Hainan: Sanya, Haikou, and Qionghai. The first two have daily connections to pretty much any large city in China, plus a handful of international flights. Qionghai (琼海) is much smaller, with only a few flights each day, built primarily to serve visitors to the Bo'ao Forum ("Asia's Davos") which just wrapped up last week. There is also a new commercial airport under construction in Danzhou (儋州), an industrial hub on the northwest coast, scheduled for completion by ~2030. Bonus: If you fly to Hainan, there's a good chance you'll get to try Hainan Airlines, widely considered China's best airline.

@CarlZha 😂😂

@whiteTony99 厉害，24年才开始研发生产自己的发动机，26年就拿站冠军。 希望这哥们再接再厉，将来能在MotoGP 赛事上看到他的摩托车！

3月28日晚，世界超级摩托车锦标赛中国制造又创造了一个奇迹！（WSBK）葡萄牙站第一回合正赛，国产摩企张雪机车以近4秒优势夺冠，打破杜卡迪、雅马哈等国际豪强对中量级组别的长期垄断，实现中国摩托车制造商在WSBK顶级赛事的历史性突破！可能不关注这项赛事的人不清楚，4秒是什么概念？此前世界顶级摩托车赛事前后车之间的差距是在1‰秒，这下直接拉开4秒！这说明赛车的技术性能至少先进一代。

I don't think people realize just how extraordinary what we're witnessing with Iran is. I was arguing with a dear journalist friend of mine yesterday who was telling me that Iran was winning, yes, but only on the strategic level, not tactically. The type of thing a skinny kid getting stuffed in lockers in highschool tells himself to make himself feel better: "These people will BEG to work for me in ten years. Everyone knows jocks peak in highschool. They'll literally beg." 😏 I think that's precisely wrong, and that's what makes the Iran war different. As of now, Iran is in fact holding its own tactically too. Think about other U.S. wars of aggression these past few decades. Take Vietnam, Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq, Serbia, etc. (the list is unfortunately very long). The pattern was roughly always the same with an immense power differential between aggressor and victim. These wars were, by and large, imperial: the empire attempting to crush a much weaker people whose only realistic recourse was guerrilla resistance. And that is when they actually had the will to resist: some - like Libya - barely even bothered, just resigning themselves to their fate (despite being, at the time, the richest country in Africa). As spectators of these wars, if you had any moral sense, the dominant emotion was a kind of helpless disgust: you were watching a giant stomp through someone else's house. Sure, the U.S. actually lost many - if not most - of these wars, famously replacing the Taliban with the Taliban or being expelled with their tail between their legs from Vietnam, but the power differential was no less real for it. It's just that power doesn't always guarantee victory: sometimes the giant can't kill everyone, and eventually tires of trying. But the “victories” won this way were always pyrrhic at best: the people endured, yes, but what they were left with was a country in ashes that takes decades to rebuild. Meanwhile, in the grand scheme of things, the giant walked away with little more than a bruised ego. Iran is - remarkably - proving to be an entirely different beast: when others were merely surviving a giant, Iran appears to be able to compete with one. What just happened over the past 48 hours is the best illustration of this. You had the President of the United States issue a formal ultimatum: reopen the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours or we "obliterate" your power grid. Iran's response was essentially: we dare you, if you do this we'll make all your Gulf allies uninhabitable within a week. And, as we saw, Trump backed down: pretexting non-existent "VERY GOOD AND PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATIONS" with Iran, he said his ultimatum no-longer applied (or, rather, became 5 days). Adding he now envisaged the Strait of Hormuz being “jointly controlled by me and the Ayatollah.” To the amusement of Iran’s diplomacy (x.com/IraninSA/statu…). That, folks, is a textbook tactical victory. It is, remarkably, Iran demonstrating in this instance that it had escalation dominance over the United States of America. That is, the ability to credibly threaten consequences so severe that the US - for perhaps the first time since the Cold War - found it preferable to stand down. That's no skinny kid being locked in a locker dreaming of revenge fantasies. That's the kid grabbing the bully's wrist mid-shove and watching his face change. And it's not the only tactical victory in this war so far. Take the episode over the Israeli attack on Iran's South Pars gas facility. Iran had warned that if that happened U.S. allies in the region - including Israel - would face a symmetrical response. And they delivered: famously devastating Qatar's Ras Laffan facility - which produced roughly 20% of global LNG supply - and leading, according to Qatar themselves, to a $20 billion loss of annual revenue for the next 5 years (oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-…). Not only that but they also managed to hit Israel's Haifa refinery (aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/19…), one of the country's most strategic and protected sites. The result was Trump distancing himself from the South Pars attack, saying that Israel had "violently lashed out" unilaterally and that "NO MORE ATTACKS WILL BE MADE BY ISRAEL pertaining to this extremely important and valuable South Pars Field." Israel then said it wouldn't strike Iran energy sites anymore (bloomberg.com/news/articles/…). From where I stand, that's another tactical victory. It is, at least, Iran demonstrating that is can fight back **symmetrically** against the U.S. and its allies. Not through asymmetric resistance with IEDs hidden in the roadside or traps hidden in the jungle, but eye for eye, and against some of the most heavily protected sites on the U.S.'s side. That's qualitatively different from any other adversaries the U.S. has directly fought in recent wars. There's plenty more, such as the pretty relevant fact that Iran has gained control of the single most strategic energy chokepoint on earth and the U.S. is finding it impossible to break that control. To the point where Trump has been reduced to publicly begging China - of all countries - for help, which given Trump's ego mustn't have been easy to do. Only to be told no. By China. And by everyone else he asked. This is the topic of my latest article: how this is, in fact, the first genuine "multipolar war." First, in the narrow sense: because Iran is revealing itself to be a genuine pole of power - not a superpower, but an actor that cannot be submitted, which is all multipolarity is. And second, because the war itself is accelerating multipolarity everywhere else: the U.S. has never been more isolated, never looked weaker and its security guarantees have never been more hollow. In my article I lay out the full scoreboard - military, economic, political - and explain why this war has already changed the world, regardless of how it ends. Enjoy the read here: open.substack.com/pub/arnaudbert…

Did YOU want to watch CCTV's AI Martial Arts cartoon about the Straits of Hormuz crisis? Complete with fighting Persian Cats? Well I subtitled it for you so you can enjoy it in all its trope-laden glory! Remember kids, the mountains will stay standing while the green water flows, and the true art of war is not figuring out how to fight, but how to stop!🥷😼🦅

I am a diplomatic aide in the Sultanate of Oman's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. My job is logistics. When two countries that cannot speak to each other need to speak to each other, I book the rooms. I prepare the briefing materials. I make sure the water glasses are the right distance apart. You would be surprised how much of diplomacy is water glasses. Too close and it feels informal. Too far and it feels like a tribunal. I have a chart. We had a very good month. Since January, Oman has been mediating indirect talks between the United States and Iran on Iran's nuclear program. The talks were held in Muscat and in Geneva. The Americans would sit in one room. The Iranians would sit in another room. I would walk between them. My Fitbit says I averaged fourteen thousand steps on negotiation days. The hallway between the two rooms at the Royal Opera House conference center is forty-seven meters. I walked it two hundred and twelve times in February. This is good for my cardiovascular health. It was less good for my knees. Both are in the service of peace. By mid-February, we had something. Iran agreed to zero stockpiling of enriched uranium. Not reduced stockpiling. Zero. They agreed to down-blend existing stockpiles to the lowest possible level. They agreed to convert them into irreversible fuel. They agreed to full IAEA verification with potential US inspector access. They agreed, in the Foreign Minister's phrase, to "never, ever" possess nuclear material for a bomb. I have worked in diplomacy for seven years. I have never seen a country agree to this many things this quickly. I made a spreadsheet of the concessions. It had fourteen rows. I color-coded it. Green for confirmed. Yellow for pending. By February 21 the spreadsheet was entirely green. I printed it. It is on my desk in Muscat. It is still green. That phrase took eleven days. "Never, ever." The Iranians initially offered "not seek to." The Americans wanted "will not under any circumstances." We landed on "never, ever" at 2:14 AM on a Tuesday in Muscat. I typed the final version myself. I used Times New Roman because Geneva prefers it. The document was fourteen pages. I was proud of every comma. Here is what they said, in the order they said it. February 24: "We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity." — The Foreign Minister, private briefing to Gulf Cooperation Council ambassadors. I prepared the slide deck. Slide 14 was the implementation timeline. Slide 15 was the signing ceremony logistics. I had reserved the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Room XX. It seats four hundred. We discussed pen brands for the signing. The Iranians preferred Montblanc. The Americans had no preference. I ordered twelve Montblanc Meisterstucks at six hundred and thirty dollars each. They arrive on Tuesday. February 27, 8:30 AM EST: "The deal is within our reach." — The Foreign Minister, CBS Face the Nation. He sat across from Margaret Brennan. He said broad political terms could be agreed "tomorrow" with ninety days for technical implementation in Vienna. He said, and I wrote this line for the briefing card he carried in his breast pocket: "If we just allow diplomacy the space it needs." He praised the American envoys by name. Steve Witkoff. Jared Kushner. He said both had been constructive. I watched from the Four Seasons Georgetown. The minibar had cashews. I ate the cashews. They were nineteen dollars. The most expensive cashew I have ever eaten. But it was a good morning and we were within our reach. February 27, 2:00 PM EST: Meeting with Vice President Vance, Washington. The Foreign Minister presented our progress. Zero stockpiling. Full verification. Irreversible conversion. "Never, ever." The Vice President used the word "encouraging." His aide took notes on an iPad. The aide did not make eye contact for the last nine minutes of the meeting. I noticed this. Noticing things is the only part of my job that is not water glasses. February 27, 4:00 PM EST: "Not happy with the pace." — President Trump, to reporters. Not happy with the pace. We had achieved zero stockpiling. Full IAEA verification. Irreversible fuel conversion. Inspector access. And the phrase "never, ever," which took eleven days and cost me two hundred and twelve trips down a forty-seven-meter hallway. Every American president since Carter has failed to get Iran to agree to this. Forty-five years. Not happy with the pace. February 27, 9:47 PM EST: The Foreign Minister's flight departs Dulles for Muscat. I am in the seat behind him. He is reviewing Slide 14 on his laptop. The implementation timeline. Vienna technical sessions. The signing ceremony. The pens. I fall asleep over the Atlantic. I dream about water glasses. February 28, 6:00 AM GST: I wake up to push notifications. February 28: "The United States has begun major combat operations in Iran." — President Trump. Operation Epic Fury. Coordinated airstrikes. The United States and Israel. Tehran. Isfahan. Qom. Karaj. Kermanshah. Nuclear facilities. IRGC bases. Sites near the Supreme Leader's office. Israel called their half Operation Roaring Lion. Someone in both governments spent time choosing these names. Epic Fury. Roaring Lion. I spent eleven days on "never, ever." They spent it on branding. The President said Iran had "rejected American calls to halt its nuclear weapons production." Rejected. Iran had agreed to zero stockpiling. Iran had agreed to full verification. Iran had agreed to "never, ever." Iran had agreed to everything in a fourteen-page document that I typed in Times New Roman. The President said they rejected it. I do not know which document the President was reading. I know which one I typed. February 28, 18:45 UTC: Iran internet connectivity: four percent. — NetBlocks, confirmed by Cloudflare. Ninety-six percent of a country went dark. You cannot negotiate with a country at four percent connectivity. You cannot negotiate with a country that is being struck. You cannot negotiate. This is not a political opinion. This is a logistics assessment. February 28: The governor of Minab reported forty girls killed at an elementary school. I do not have logistics for that. There is no slide for that. The water glass chart does not cover that. February 28: Lockheed Martin: up. Northrop Grumman: up. RTX: up. Dow futures: down six hundred and twenty-two points. Gold: five thousand two hundred and ninety-six dollars. An analyst at AInvest published a note titled "Iran Strikes: Tactical Plays." The note recommended positions in oil, defense stocks, and gold. The most expensive cashew I have ever eaten was nineteen dollars. The most expensive pen I have ever ordered was six hundred and thirty dollars. The math suggests I have been working in the wrong industry. Defense stocks do not require water glasses. Defense stocks do not require eleven days. Defense stocks require one morning. February 28: Israel closed its airspace and its schools. Iran launched retaliatory missiles toward US bases in the Gulf. The Supreme Leader promised a "crushing response." Israel's defense minister declared a permanent state of emergency. Everyone is using words I recognize in an order I do not. I recognize "permanent." I recognize "emergency." I do not recognize them next to each other. In diplomacy, nothing is permanent and everything is an emergency. In war it is the reverse. February 28: The Foreign Minister has not made a public statement. The briefing card is still in his breast pocket. It still says "within our reach."

今年2月13日，女儿的探亲假结束，要回美国军队报到了。 在去成田机场办理登机手续之前，我千叮咛万嘱咐： “记得出示你的军人证，不然你这些从娘家‘打劫’回去的大包小包，肯定过不了秤，也托不上飞机的。” 她一脸抗拒：“我不想让日本政府知道我当兵啦🤣🤣🤣。” 结果： 第一件小行李一上秤： 26.3公斤。 工作人员抬头看她一眼，说得云淡风轻：“超重了。” 女儿愣住三秒，只好乖乖掏出军人证。 下一秒，态度立刻切换模式： 三件行李全部顺利托运，一路绿灯。 那一刻我突然明白， 她不只是我的女儿， 她身上那张小小的证件， 代表的是一个国家对军人的尊重， 也是她用青春换来的身份。🌹 原来，作为一名美国军人， 被照顾这件事，真的无处不在。 而我站在一旁， 看着她拖着行李走向安检口， 心里既骄傲，又有点酸。 孩子长大了， 世界开始替我照顾她了。 🥰😁🙏🌹

@Q3hOgV5hKWL4MDi @LaoshiChu 要看移民身份，（绿卡还是公民）和收入，家庭收入低或者有某种疾病让你没办法正常工作。譬如肾病，癌症...

@LaoshiChu 之前有位加州的亲戚来拜访，就谈到工资待遇很不错，福利啥的倒是没提

@flyme26 @LaoshiChu 申请福利需要ID和地址来收信。 流浪汉没有ID,或者ID已经过期。然后申请ID需要地址证明。他/她们居无定所，没有办法拿到地址证明。 有些政府/非牟利机构可以提供临时住所，但是僧多粥少，这些地方大多数也很乱，东西被偷，打架，被监管... 一句话，复杂，不容易解决。 然后政客们只想两年/四年重新被选

@LaoshiChu 有一点不明白，美国包括加拿大似乎对一些低收入孤寡老人都有一套较好的福利制度，那么为什么对街头那些无家可归的人没有提供类似的福利呢？还有一些七八十的老人还在工作，否则就难以为继，这些人得不到政府的福利吗？

@DoggyDog1208 Maybe her if Dong Guan Canto is considered a dialect.