Cindy Hu

Students of #PekingUniversity #BeijingUniversity protest against #COVID19 #lockdown . They actually pushed down the wall. The vice principal asks students to put down their phones to “protect Peking University”. In 1989, the students movement started from this university.

Couples in #Shanghai refused to be shipped to quarantine camps. An official threatened: “You would be taken away by force, which will be marked in your record and affect your next 3 generations.” The young man said: “We’re the last generation. Thanks.” He was applauded…

so I'm going to take the Indian Buddhist's advice to just "be" and live for whatever experience there is I guess

finally came to the realization that my ultimate dream of a flexible balance between freelance/part-time money making and part-time reading, writing & creative practice directly contradicts with the hardcore hustling required to maintain a legal working status in the US, ugh

Critical Aunty Studies 👏

A Covid Cabin Hospital in Shanghai, transformed from a business tower.

It's gone unnoticed by many. So I felt like I should properly document what just happened on Weibo today. Netizens in China, for just a few hours, got to unleash their wrath on the Chinese government for how they handled the Covid crisis in Shanghai and other social issues.

Somebody’s been documenting all the deaths caused by the covid policy, not covid itself. The original online file got “reported” and censored, but people saved it & are sharing it. We will remember. #ShanghaiLockdown

"If there's a war (between US & China), whose side will you take?" This is a question I encounter often. For @DissentMag, I write about life straddling a divided world as the chasm widens, lessons from history, & why I reject the premise of false binaries: dissentmagazine.org/article/two-ho…